Molly Burnett
Encyclopedia
Molly Kathleen Burnett is an American
actress and occasional singer. She has portrayed Melanie Jonas on the NBC
soap opera
Days of our Lives
since July 31, 2008.
, Colorado
. She has participated in school plays and musicals during her upbringing in Colorado, and attended Wagner College
on Staten Island
in New York City
for two years. She landed the Days of our Lives role within a year of moving to Los Angeles
. She had a small guest-starring role on the Good Luck Charlie
episode called "Boys Meet Girls" in June 2010, as Madison, PJ Duncan's crush.
, Burnett performed the song "Jesus asked me out Today" during the show's second season in episode "Keep This Party Going".
for a Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Younger Actress category.
United States
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actress and occasional singer. She has portrayed Melanie Jonas on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
since July 31, 2008.
Personal life
Burnett was born on April 23, 1988 in LittletonLittleton, Colorado
Littleton is a Home Rule Municipality contained in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and the 20th most populous city in the state of...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. She has participated in school plays and musicals during her upbringing in Colorado, and attended Wagner College
Wagner College
Wagner College is a private, co-educational, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 total students located atop Grymes Hill in New York City's borough of Staten Island...
on Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
in New York City
New York City
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for two years. She landed the Days of our Lives role within a year of moving to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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. She had a small guest-starring role on the Good Luck Charlie
Good Luck Charlie
Good Luck Charlie is an original Disney Channel television sitcom, which premiered April 4, 2010. The series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, as opposed to children only...
episode called "Boys Meet Girls" in June 2010, as Madison, PJ Duncan's crush.
Singing
In character as Amanda James on the HBO series True BloodTrue Blood
True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
, Burnett performed the song "Jesus asked me out Today" during the show's second season in episode "Keep This Party Going".
Awards
In 2010, she was nominated alongside co-star Shelley HennigShelley Hennig
Shelley Catherine "Shell" Hennig is a beauty pageant titleholder from Destrehan, Louisiana who held the Miss Teen USA 2004 title. She is also an actress who played Stephanie Johnson on Days of our Lives...
for a Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Younger Actress category.
Filmography
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Series | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Life | Josie | 1 episode |
| 2008–present | Days of our Lives Days of our Lives Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around... |
Melanie Jonas | Role: July 31, 2008–present; Contract role |
| 2009 | True Blood True Blood True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana... |
Amanda James | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Good Luck Charlie Good Luck Charlie Good Luck Charlie is an original Disney Channel television sitcom, which premiered April 4, 2010. The series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, as opposed to children only... |
Madison | 1 episode |