Melissa McBride

Melissa McBride Biography

Melissa Suzanne McBride (born May 23, 1965) is an American actress and former casting director, best known for her role as Carol Peletier in the AMC television series The Walking Dead.

Life and career

McBride was born in Lexington, Kentucky and began acting in film and on television in the early 1990s. McBride began her professional acting career in 1991 in Atlanta, Georgia. She made her debut on television in 1993 on an episode of ABC legal drama Matlock and in later years appeared in TV movies, such as In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life, Her Deadly Rival, Close to Danger, Any Place But Home, Nathan Dixon and Pirates of Silicon Valley. In 1996 she appeared on the CBS miniseries A Season in Purgatory based on 1993 novel with the same name by Dominick Dunne.

McBride guest starred in several television series, including American Gothic, Profiler, Walker, Texas Ranger and Dawson's Creek. She also starred in several short films, and appeared in Lifetime movie Living Proof in 2008.

McBride worked as a film and commercial casting director in Atlanta, Georgia from 2000 until 2010.

In 2007, director Frank Darabont cast McBride as the "Woman With Kids at Home" in the ensemble cast science-fiction horror film The Mist based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Stephen King.

In 2010, McBride joined the cast of the AMC television drama series The Walking Dead based on the comic book series of the same name. She plays Carol Peletier, the middle aged widow and caring mother to her daughter Sophia. She was promoted to series regular as of season 2.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Mutant Species	Tiffany's Mom
2002	'	Mrs. Doyle
2006	Nailed!	Olga / Waitress / Agent	Short film
2007	'	Stacey Johnson	Short film
2007	'	Woman with Kids at Home
2007	Lost Crossing	Sheila	Short film
2008	Delgo	Miss Sutley / Elder Pearo (voice)
2012	'	Dr. Ashley Bronson	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Matlock	Darlene Kellogg / Waitress	Episode: "Matlock's Bad, Bad, Bad Dream"
1994	In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life	WPMM Reporter	TV movie
1995	Her Deadly Rival	Ellie	TV movie
1995	American Gothic	Holly Gallagher	Episode: "Dead to the World"
1996	'	Mary Pat Bradley	TV movie
1996	Profiler	Walker Young	Episode: "Insight"
1997	Close to Danger	Natalie	TV movie
1997	Any Place But Home	Brett	TV movie
1997	Walker, Texas Ranger	Dr. Rachel Woods	Episode: "Lucas: Part 1" Episode: "Lucas: Part 2"
1999	Nathan Dixon	Janine Keach	TV movie
1998	Dawson's Creek	Nina	Episode: "Road Trip"
1999	Pirates of Silicon Valley	Elizabeth Holmes	TV movie
2003	Dawson's Creek	Melanie	Episode: "All Good Things..." Episode: "...Must Come to an End"
2008	Living Proof	Sally	TV movie
2010–present	'	Carol Peletier	Season 1 (recurring; 4 episodes) Season 2-present (series regular) Satellite Award for Best Cast " Television Series (2012)

Casting Director
Year	Title	Notes
2006	The Last Adam
2007	The Promise
2009	Golden Minutes
2009	This Side Up
2010	The Party
2010	Broken Moment

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2012	Satellite Awards	Best Cast (or Best Ensemble) - Television Series	The Walking Dead
2013	Shorty Awards	Best of Social Media	Herself

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