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Melissa Benoist

Information

Birthdate

October 4, 1988

Occupation

Actress
Voice actress
Directed by

External links

Melissa Marie Benoist (born October 4, 1988) is an American actress. She portrays Kara Danvers/Supergirl and Kara/Overgirl in Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow, also voicing the latter in Freedom Fighters: The Ray. She also portrayed Jane Doe/Bizarro and Red Daughter in Supergirl.

Credits

Supergirl

Actress

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Directed by

Season 5

"Deus Lex Machina"^[1]

The Flash

Actress

Season 2

"Welcome to Earth-2" Supergirl (archive footage)

Season 3

"Invasion!" Kara Danvers/Supergirl (special guest star)
"Duet" Kara Danvers/Supergirl (special guest star)

Season 4

"Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" Kara Danvers and Kara/Overgirl (special guest star)

Season 5

"Elseworlds, Part 1" Kara Danvers/Supergirl (special guest star)

Season 6

"Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three" Supergirl (special guest star)

Superhero Fight Club shorts

Actress

Superhero Fight Club 2.0 Supergirl

Arrow

Actress

Season 5

"Invasion!" Supergirl (special guest star)

Season 6

"Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" Kara Danvers/Supergirl and Kara/Overgirl (special guest star)

Season 7

"Elseworlds, Part 2" Kara Danvers/Supergirl (special guest star)

Season 8

"Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four" Supergirl (special guest star)
"Fadeout" Kara Danvers

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Actress

Season 2

"Invasion!" Kara Danvers/Supergirl (special guest star)

Season 3

"Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" Kara Danvers/Supergirl and Kara/Overgirl (special guest star)

Season 5

"Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" Kara Danvers/Supergirl (special guest star)

Batwoman

Actress

Season 1

"Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two" Kara Danvers/Supergirl (special guest star)

Freedom Fighters: The Ray

Voice actress

Season 1

Suit Up short

Actress

Suit Up Kara Danvers/Supergirl

Trivia

She became engaged to Supergirl co-star Chris Wood in February 2019 and married in September the same year.
From 2013/2015^[2] Benoist was married to fellow actor : Blake Jenner, but she filed for divorce from him at the end of 2016.

References

↑ "Supergirl star Melissa Benoist to make her directorial debut in season 5" - Entertainment Weekly
↑ Sources disagree as to the year Benoist and Jenner were married. See § Personal life.

[1] "Supergirl star Melissa Benoist to make her directorial debut in season 5" - Entertainment Weekly

[2] Sources disagree as to the year Benoist and Jenner were married. See § Personal life.

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 |name= Melissa Benoist
 |image= Melissa Benoist.png
 |birth= October 4, 1988
 |death=
+|job= Actress<br/>Voice actress<br/>Directed by
-|character= [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]<br/>[[Jane Doe]]<br/>[[J'onn J'onzz]] <small>(as [[Kara Danvers]])</small><br/>[[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara/Overgirl]]<br/>[[Red Daughter]]
+|character= [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]<br/>[[Jane Doe]]<br/>{{F|J'onn J'onzz|(as Kara Danvers)}}<br/>[[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara/Overgirl]]<br/>[[Red Daughter]]
+|first= {{Ep|Pilot (Supergirl)}}
+|last= {{Ep|Fadeout}}
+|imdb= 2552034
+|twitter= MelissaBenoist
+|wikipedia= Melissa_Benoist
 |show= Supergirl
+}}
-}}'''Melissa Marie Benoist''' is an American actress. She portrays [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] in the lead role on {{S|S}}. She also portrays [[Jane Doe|Jane Doe/Bizarro]] in the [[Season 1 (Supergirl)|first season]]. She reprises her role in special guest starring appearances in the [[Season 3 (The Flash)|third]], [[Season 4 (The Flash)|fourth]] and [[Season 5 (The Flash)|fifth]] seasons of {{S|F}}, [[Season 5 (Arrow)|fifth]], [[Season 6 (Arrow)|sixth]] and [[Season 7 (Arrow)|seventh]] seasons of {{S|A}} and [[Season 2 (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)|second]] and [[Season 3 (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)|third]] seasons of {{S|L}}, as well as portraying [[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara/Overgirl]]. She voices the latter in {{S|FFTR}}. In the [[Season 4 (Supergirl)|fourth season]] of {{S|S}}, she portrays [[Red Daughter]].
+'''Melissa Marie Benoist''' (born October 4, 1988) is an American actress. She portrays [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] and [[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara/Overgirl]] in {{S|S}}, {{S|F}}, {{S|A}}, and {{S|L}}, also voicing the latter in {{S|FFTR}}. She also portrayed [[Jane Doe|Jane Doe/Bizarro]] and [[Red Daughter]] in {{S|S}}.
 ==Credits==
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 *{{Ep|In Plain Sight|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]}}
 *{{Ep|Dangerous Liaisons (Supergirl)|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]}}
+*{{Ep|Confidence Women|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]}}
+*{{Ep|Tremors (Supergirl)|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]}}
+*{{Ep|The Wrath of Rama Khan|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]}}
+*{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]}}
+*{{Ep|The Bottle Episode|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]}}
+*{{Ep|Back From the Future - Part One|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]}}
 }}
+====Directed by====
+=====Season 5=====
+*{{Ep|Deus Lex Machina}}<ref>[https://ew.com/tv/2019/07/15/supergirl-melissa-benoist-directing-season-5/ "''Supergirl'' star Melissa Benoist to make her directorial debut in season 5" - Entertainment Weekly]</ref>
 ===''The Flash''===
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 =====Season 3=====
-*{{Ep|Invasion!|page=Invasion! (The Flash)|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
+*{{Ep|Invasion! (The Flash)|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
 *{{Ep|Duet|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
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 =====Season 5=====
 *{{Ep|Elseworlds, Part 1|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
+=====Season 6=====
+*{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three|[[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
 }}
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 ===''Arrow''===
 ====Actress====
+{{Scroll|
 =====Season 5=====
-*{{Ep|Invasion!|page=Invasion! (Arrow)|[[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
+*{{Ep|Invasion! (Arrow)|[[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
 =====Season 6=====
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 =====Season 7=====
 *{{Ep|Elseworlds, Part 2|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
+=====Season 8=====
+*{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four|[[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
+*{{Ep|Fadeout|[[Kara Danvers]]}}
+}}
 ===''DC's Legends of Tomorrow''===
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 =====Season 2=====
 *{{Ep|Invasion! (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
 =====Season 3=====
-* {{Ep|Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] and [[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara/Overgirl]] (special guest star)}}
+*{{Ep|Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] and [[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara/Overgirl]] (special guest star)}}
+=====Season 5=====
+*{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
+===''Batwoman''===
+====Actress====
+=====Season 1=====
+*{{Ep|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two|[[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] (special guest star)}}
 ===''Freedom Fighters: The Ray''===
 ====Voice actress====
 =====Season 1=====
-*{{Ep|Episode Two|page=Episode Two (Freedom Fighters: The Ray season 1)|[[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara]]}}
+*{{Ep|Episode Two (Freedom Fighters: The Ray season 1)|[[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara]]}}
-*{{Ep|Episode Four|page=Episode Four (Freedom Fighters: The Ray season 1)|[[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara]]}}
+*{{Ep|Episode Four (Freedom Fighters: The Ray season 1)|[[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara]]}}
-*{{Ep|Episode Six|page=Episode Six (Freedom Fighters: The Ray season 1)|[[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara]]}}
+*{{Ep|Episode Six (Freedom Fighters: The Ray season 1)|[[Kara (Earth-X)|Kara]]}}
 ===''Suit Up'' short===
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 ==Trivia==
-*Benoist was the real-life wife of [[Blake Jenner]], but she filed for divorce from him at the end of 2016.
-*Both Benoist and [[Blake Jenner]] played characters on the Fox dramedy ''Glee'', which is where they met.
 *She became engaged to {{S|S}} co-star [[Chris Wood]] in February 2019 and married in September the same year.
+*From 2013/2015<ref>Sources disagree as to the year Benoist and Jenner were married. See § [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Benoist#Personal_life Personal life].</ref> Benoist was married to fellow actor : [[Blake Jenner]], but she filed for divorce from him at the end of 2016.
+==References==
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