Melanie Paxson

Acting · Born 1972-09-26 in Champaign, Illinois, USA

Biography

Melanie Paxson was born in Champaign, Illinois, and received her B.A. degree in theater from the University of Missouri. Relocating to Chicago, she received more training at the famed Second City and performed with another renowned theater troupe, Steppenwolf Theatre.

Filmography

• Saving Mr. Banks as Dolly
• Descendants as Fairy Godmother
• Descendants 2 as Fairy Godmother
• Descendants 3 as Fairy Godmother
• Descendants: The Rise of Red as Fairy Godmother
• Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' as Joyce DeWitt
• Come Simi as Lucy
• Slackers as Pissed Off Co-Ed
• Descendants: The Royal Wedding as Fairy Godmother (voice)

TV

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Nancy Katz, soon to be Ellis
• Bones as Patty
• Medium as Miss Colletto
• Notes from the Underbelly as Julie
• Rules of Engagement as Deidre
• Surviving Suburbia
• Last Man Standing as Liz
• American Dad! as (voice)
• American Dad! as Mother (voice)
• Happy Family as Sara Brennan