Melanie Field

Melanie Field (born February 18, 1988) is an American actress and singer best known for her role as Heather Chandler in the short lived television adaptation of Heathers, Kaitlin in Florida Girls and Sunrise in You.

Melanie Field
Born (1988-02-18) February 18, 1988
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alma materYale School of Drama
OccupationActress, Singer
Years active2017-present

Career

Melanie Field graduated with a Master's Degree from Yale School of Drama in 2016.[1] She gained recognition for being cast as Heather Chandler in the television adaptation of Heathers.[2] The series was met with controversy and was cancelled after a single, hastily aired season.[3]

In 2019, Field had a recurring role in the Netflix series You as Sunrise, a stay at home mommy-blogger.[4] That same year she starred in Florida Girls as Kaitlin the leader of a quartet of girls looking to make something of themselves. Her character is described as a "badass".[5] She was later cast as Bisty Sussman in The Angel of Darkness, the sequel series of The Alienist.[6]

In 2020, Field was cast in Amazon's comedy pilot A League of Their Own as a recurring character.[7]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2017 The Tap Sandy TV Pilot
2018 Code Black Kathy Episode: "Only Human"
2018 Heathers Heather Chandler Main cast
2019 Shrill Vic 2 episodes
2019 Henry Danger Hot Dog Lady Episode: "Henry Danger: The Musical"
2019 Florida Girls Kaitlin Main cast
2019 You Sunrise Darshan Cummings Recurring (Season 2)
2020 The Angel of Darkness Bitsy Sussman Main cast

References
  1. "Graduation Post". Instagram. Melanie Field. May 23, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. Ge, Linda (October 27, 2016). "TVLand's 'Heathers' Reboot Has Found Its Heathers". The Wrap. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  3. Andreeva, Nellie (May 1, 2019). "Kent Alterman Talks Paramount Network's Focus On Cinematic, Broad-Appeal Series, 'Younger' & 'First Wives Club' Moves & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  4. Petski, Denise (April 4, 2019). "'You': Melanie Field & Magda Apanowicz To Recur In Series' Second Season On Netflix". Deadline. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  5. Bernadini, Gabrielle (July 9, 2019). "Meet Melanie Field: 'Florida Girls' Star and Total Hollywood Badass". Distractify. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  6. Petski, Denise (June 3, 2019). "Melanie Field & Rosy McEwen Join TNT's 'Alienist' Sequel 'The Angel Of Darkness'". Deadline. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. Petski, Denise (February 14, 2020). "'A League Of Their Own' Adds Chanté Adams, Roberta Colindrez, Melanie Field As Amazon Firms Up Pilot Cast". Deadline. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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