"Fortune favors the brave"

Melissa Walker was raised in metro Detroit where she took to dance at an early age. This led her to earn a Bachelors of Arts degree in dance performance from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. One of her prized memories was being selected to perform in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a UNLV dance department company member.  Next up was Chicago where her acting training began with Meisner studies at Act One Studios (Ted Hoerl, Eileen Vorbach and Laura Sturm). She continued on with acting training at the Vagabond School of the Arts(Claire Simon), the Acting Studio Chicago(Janelle Snow, Kurt Naebig), the Green Room and the Second City Training Center. Most recent training includes virtual and in person workshops with Atlanta's Get Scene Studios. Notable instructors being Tony DeMil and Winsome Sinclair. In addition, Melissa has studied under Erica Arvold of the Arvold Warner Studio.

She is represented by Gill Talent Group in the Atlanta, New York, Chicago and LA markets. 

Melissa is also a certified yoga instructor which is a new venture she is proud of and expanding daily.

An immense animal lover, Melissa has two beautiful rescue labrador retrievers named Savannah and Safari. They love helping their mom with self-tape auditions and are always ready for their close up