- Born
- Nickname
- Meizy
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Meiling Melançon was born to a Chinese/Japanese father and French mother, but was raised by her step-father who is American. Her childhood was spent in countries in Asia and Europe. At the age of five she learned to play guitar and was in a Summer children's band called The Blossoms that toured around Japan. In her early teens, her family moved to the United States for the first time. She originally was aiming to pursue a career in Law. However, things changed when at the age of 18, her friend submitted her to the renowned modeling agency Kim Dawson in Dallas, Texas. Thus began a successful career as a model in both print and commercials. To date, she has appeared in over 75 commercials worldwide. From the advertising side, casting directors started calling her in for theatrical roles. Mei has trained extensively for the last 12 years under Larry Moss and Nancy Banks.
She co-wrote and acted in the Americana thriller American Romance in 2014.
She directed a short film Cafe On A Staircase; wrote a comedy short Inner Beauty, starring Liz Carey and Victoria's Secret model Frankie Rayder for Funnyordie.com; Co-wrote a short film entitled Stephany + Me with Ben Duhl co-starring Tara Summers which won an audience award at the Palm Spring Film Festival.
Mei produced a PSA starring comedian Todd Glass called Is It? Which won a student Emmy and has been covered by The Huffington Post, Perez Hilton, and Upworthy, among other news outlets.
As a creator, Mei has numerous projects in development. She is also a freelance writer for Giant Robot Magazine.
She resides in Los Angeles with her fiancé and child.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Asian Entertainment Group
- Practices Wushu Kung Fu
- Is of Japanese, Chinese, French, and Native American descent.
- Has played guitar since she was five & was in a children's band called 'Blossoms' in Japan where she grew up.
- Has modeled for Aveda, Oyster among others.
- When she was 16, her brother's friend showed her a comic book featuring none other than the exotic villainess Psylocke. Fast-forward a decade, and she's ready for action in motorcycle pants, boots, armbands, and a leather corset - a sci-fi look she describes as "really hot and rad."
- ... I love anime films like Miyazaki's Spirited Away and I do love sci-fi, both anime and live action. I feel like so much is possible when you take away the confines of current invention - if that makes sense - and open it up to what might be coming in the future or in an alternate world. It's thrilling. The Martian Chronicles was a TV miniseries that did that for me when I was younger in Japan. I was so excited to be in Shockwave Darkside for this reason; my character The Machine has lived on the moon her whole life and it was a fun challenge to get into making this sci-fi world into a reality for me.
- But honestly - from a personal place - I was pretty happy to be in the movie in whatever capacity. (On her feelings of playing Psylocke in X3)
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