Melanie graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in acting. She then started her own production company producing feature films, documentaries, and commercials in New York. In Los Angeles, she worked in business affairs at the talent agency Writers & Artists and then went on to work at The Firm, a celebrity management company. She is now an award winning Casting Director who has cast over a thousand films, television shows and commercials. Networks she has cast for include Netflix, Amazon, CNN, Oxygen, Investigation Discovery, and many others.