Melissa Erin McIntyre (born May 31, 1986) is a Canadian former television and theatre actress. She is best known for her role as Ashley Kerwin on the long-running CTV/The N teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation.[1]
McIntyre was a participant in many community theatre plays as a child, including The Wizard of Oz and The Secret Garden.[3] She made her stage debut in 1995 in P.M. Productions' Job and the Snake.[4]
In 1998, she was cast in Discovery Kids TV series, Real Kids, Real Adventures.[3]
McIntyre was also a radio actress, as she played the lead role in Disco Does Not Suck.[3] She took some time off during 1999 to participate mainly in theatre, but in 2000 McIntyre, then 13 years old, returned to television, voicing the character "Cornflower" in the PBS animated series Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall.[3]
Following her departure, she returned to stage acting, starring in a handful of musicals at Oh Canada Eh Dinner Show in Niagara Falls.[5]
In 2012, she briefly appeared as a singer in former INXS frontman J.D. Fortune's band.[6] She also was part of a jazz duo that played at local venues in Niagara Falls.[5]
In 2018, McIntyre made a cameo appearance in Drake's music video "I'm Upset" with her former Degrassi co-stars.[7][8] At this time, McIntrye was managing at a Toronto restaurant.[5]
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