Why Melinda From Virgin River Looks So Familiar
If you've been watching Netflix's Virgin River and spent half the series scratching your head trying to work out why Melinda "Mel" Monroe looks so familiar, we've got the answer. Alexandra Breckenridge, the actor who plays Mel, is actually no stranger to our screens, boasting an impressive CV, with roles in some of the most popular TV shows of the '00s, '10s, and today. However, she's not just a famous face. Her voice is famous, too.
Breckenridge's career kicked off in the early '00s with small roles in TV series like Dawson's Creek, Freaks and Geeks, Charmed, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as movies like Big Fat Liar and She's The Man with Amanda Bynes (via IMDb). But it wasn't until 2007 that she scored one of her first high-profile roles as Willa McPherson in Dirt alongside Courteney Cox. According to IMDb, by 2009, she had a small recurring role in the relatively unknown series, The Ex List, and in 2010 she played Abby Cassidy in The CW's Life Unexpected.
Alexandra Breckenridge stars in This Is Us, The Walking Dead, True Blood, and American Horror Story
To many, Alexandra Breckenridge is best known for her role as Kevin Pearson's ex-wife and high school sweetheart Sophie in This Is Us (via Refinery29). However, fans of True Blood will recognize her as Katerina Pelham from season four. She's also starred in American Horror Story in two different roles — the first as a young Moira O'Hara in season one in 2011, then as Kaylee in two episodes of season three in 2013. And if you still can't place her, it might be because you know her as Jessie Anderson from The Walking Dead (via IMDb).
In addition to on-screen acting, Breckenridge has also spent 13 years as a voice actor on Family Guy and two years as a voice actor on Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. And if her leading role in Virgin River is anything to go by, we're bound to see and hear her in more things soon.