Mélissa Thomas is an Australian actress (Daughter of Famed Musician & Record Producer G. Wayne Thomas). She co-starred with Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career...

 in the television series Sweat

Sweat (TV series)

Sweat was an Australian drama series created by John Rapsey and produced by Barron Entertainment in Perth. The show aired on Network Ten in 1996 and centred around students at an Australian school for the athletically gifted.Sweat was Heath Ledger's first regular role on a television show...

(1996) and has most recently been seen in the Heath Ledger episode of E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and well-known public figures...

as herself, speaking frankly about life as his friend and co-star. She has featured in a number of films and television series / mini-series over the years. Melissa has danced from an early age and became professional at age 15 she is very well respected for her talent in the classical ballet world.

Her film work to date includes: Ghost Town (2000) playing a patient, alongside Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, director, radio presenter, producer, musician, and writer.Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator...

, Swimming Upstream

Swimming Upstream

Swimming Upstream is a 2003 Australian film written by Tony Fingleton and directed by Russell Mulcahy. It stars Harry McKeon, Jesse Spencer, Geoffrey Rush, and Judy Davis. It shows the life of Fingleton from childhood to adulthood, and dealing with a topsy-turvy family...

(2003) playing Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser AO, MBE is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times – in her case the 100 meters freestyle....

, alongside Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor and film producer. He is one of the few people who has won the "Triple Crown of Acting": an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting , three British Academy Film Awards , two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen...

 and Jesse Spencer

Jesse Spencer

Jesse Gordon Spencer is an Australian actor and musician. He is best known for his current portrayal of Dr. Robert Chase on the medical drama House and for playing Billy Kennedy in the Australian soap-opera Neighbours....

, Thank God He Met Lizzie

Thank God He Met Lizzie

Thank God He Met Lizzie is a 1997 Australian romantic comedy film starring Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh. It was the directorial debut of Cherie Nowlan...

(1997) playing a bridesmaid, alongside Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian actress. She came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in the 1998 biopic film Elizabeth, for which she won British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Golden Globe Awards, and earned her first Academy Award...

 (known as The Wedding Party in the USA), and Dallas Doll

Dallas Doll

Dallas Doll is an Australian film starring Sandra Bernhardt, David Ngoombujarra, Roy Billing, Victoria Longley, Frank Gallacher, Jake Blundell, Rose Byrne and written and directed by Ann Turner.-Plot:...

(1994) playing Margaret, alongside Sandra Bernhard

Sandra Bernhard

Sandra Bernhard is an American comedian, singer, actress and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy in which she often bitterly critiques celebrity culture and political figures. Bernhard is number 97 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of...

 and Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne

Mary Rose Byrne is an Australian actress.Byrne made her screen debut in 1994 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll...

.

Her television work includes roles in: All Saints

All Saints (TV series)

All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009...

(2003) playing Linda Thompson, "Sweat" (1996) playing Sandy Fricker alongside Heath Ledger, Late for School (1992) playing Lily Price, Brides of Christ

Brides of Christ

Brides of Christ was an Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.The series takes place behind the walls of a Sydney convent school and deals with the struggles of both the Roman Catholic nuns and the young students to adapt to the many social...

(1990) playing Brigid Maloney, alongside Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts

Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. Watts began her career in Australian television, where she appeared in series such as Hey Dad..! , Brides of Christ , and Home and Away . Her film debut was the 1986 drama For Love Alone...

 and Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealander Australian actor , film producer and musician. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, a...

, A Country Practice

A Country Practice

A Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...

(1990) playing Peta Thornton, Family and Friends

Family and Friends

Family and Friends was a short-lived Australian television soap opera debuted on 7 February 1990.The series was intended to be the Nine Network's response to the already successful soaps on the rival channels - Neighbours on the Network Ten and Home and Away on the Seven Network.Set in a suburban...

(1990), E Street

E Street

E Street is an Australian television soap opera created by Forrest Redlich and produced by the Ten Network from 1989 to 1993.Whereas Neighbours is set in a middle-class suburb, Home and Away in a seaside town, and Richmond Hill a semi-rural ordinary community, E Street was set in a tough inner-city...

(1989) and G.P. (1989).

Thomas has also worked on Holy Cross (2003). Footballers' Wives

Footballers' Wives

Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006...

(2002), and GMT: Greenwich Mean Time, as well as presenting on Level 23 (1994), on The Defenders: Choice of Evil.

Her theatre experience includes: "Annie" (Stage) Role of Annie (1986),"The Sound of Music" (Stage) Role; {Liesel von Trapp} (1989),"Swan Lake" (Lead - Principal Dancer 1993) , "Les Miserables" {Young Cosette} (1987), "Fiddler on The Roof" {Abigale} (1996), "Snow White & Seven Dwarfs" {Snow White} London (1996).

Moved to Los Angeles in 1999 and worked her way up to Executive producer for NBC and then on to CBS, wrote two television series for the networks and sold the rights for an undisclosed amount. Returned to Australia in late 2003 and married longtime partner has 3 children.Now owns & runs high end interior design company. She also works closely with Husband Peter who is one of Sydney's largest and most sought after Master Builders.