Melissa Marie Benoist born October 4 1988 is an American actress singer and producer Her first major role was Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama Glee 20122014 where she was a series regular during the fifth season She rose to widespread prominence for portraying the title character on the CBS CW superhero series Supergirl 20152021 along with related media in the Arrowverse franchise Benoists film appearances include the psychological drama Whiplash 2014 the comedy drama Danny Collins 2015 the crime comedy Band of Robbers 2015 the romantic Western The Longest Ride 2015 the action thriller Patriots Day 2016 the drama Lowriders 2016 and the comedy drama Sun Dogs 2017 She also portrayed the wife of cult leader David Koresh on the Paramount Network miniseries Waco 2018 On stage Benoist made her Broadway debut in 2018 as Carole King in the jukebox musical Beautiful The Carole King Musical
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