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Melanie Papalia is a Actor Canadienne born on 11 july 1984 at Vancouver (Canada)

Melanie Papalia

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Birth name Melanie Rose Papalia
Nationality Canada
Birth 11 july 1984 (39 years) at Vancouver (Canada)

Melanie Rose Papalia (born July 11, 1984) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Dana in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, as well as for her roles in films such as Postal (2007), Frankie and Alice (2010). In 2011, she starred as Pippa in the Showcase original series Endgame. She has also appeared in several television programs including Painkiller Jane. She appeared in the 2012 film Smiley.

Biography

Melanie Papalia commence sa carrière avec plusieurs rôles éphémères pour des séries US tels que Smallville et Blade. En 2009 elle joue le rôle de Dana Harper dans le film américain American Pie : Les Sex Commandements. de John Putch.

Après ce rôle elle a plus tard l'occasion d'incarner le personnage de Tina dans le film de 2010, Frankie et Alice. En 2014 elle incarne le second rôle d'Amy dans la saison 4 de la série américaine, Suits. Et c'est en 2016 elle apparaît dans le thriller de David Mackenzie, Comancheria aux côtés d'acteurs plus expérimentés tels que Jeff Bridges ou bien Chris Pine.

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Uwe Boll
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Chris Pine
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Dale Dickey
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Filmography of Melanie Papalia (13 films)

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Actress

Hell or High Water
Directed by David Mackenzie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Heist films
Actors Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Katy Mixon, Dale Dickey, Kevin Rankin
Roles Hooker
Rating75% 3.797433.797433.797433.797433.79743
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother plan a bank robbery to save their family's West Texas farm from foreclosure, while two Texas Rangers are set to catch both brothers.
Hell or High Water, 1h42
Directed by David Mackenzie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Western
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham, Katy Mixon, Dale Dickey
Roles Hooker
Rating75% 3.797433.797433.797433.797433.79743
Après la mort de leur mère, Toby et Tanner Howard doivent éviter la saisie de leur propriété familiale. Ils décident alors de commettre une série de braquages, visant uniquement les agences d’une même banque : celle qu'ils doivent rembourser.
Frankie & Alice, 1h41
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Halle Berry, Phylicia Rashād, Chandra Wilson, Adrian Holmes, Matt Frewer
Roles Tina
Rating63% 3.1965253.1965253.1965253.1965253.196525
The film primarily takes place in Los Angeles in 1973. Frankie, a black female gogo dancer, unknowingly suffers from dissociative identity disorder, caused by a traumatic incident from her childhood (the death of a white man she was in love with, and her mother murdering her newborn when she realized the child's father was her white lover), which she has repressed. The film begins with Frankie performing at a local strip club. She is one of the best strippers at the club, and often demands the attention of wealthy Wall Street businessmen. One night the club's female employees go out for a "Girls Night". As the girls observe all the men at the bar, Frankie gets the attention of a well-known bartender. She agrees to go to his home for casual sex. Before the two can engage in any sexual activity, Frankie switches to an alter ego and cracks the man's head open with a picture frame. Word of Frankie's violent activity spreads to the strip club quickly, and Frankie is fired from the needed job. The same manic episodes occur while Frankie is at the laundromat and a wedding. During a session with the psychiatrist Frankie learns that she has two alters: Genius, a seven-year-old child; and Alice, a Southern white racist woman, whom Frankie struggles to overcome. Through regular psychiatric sessions with her doctor, she begins to recall the traumatic events that led to her split personality. She realizes that a white man with whom she was in love died in a car accident while they were on the road. In the same session, she also uncovers the memory of the birth of her child. Moments after the birth, her mother realizes that the child is half-white and takes it away to kill it, thus triggering her personality to split.
Extraterrestrial, 1h46
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Freddie Stroma, Jesse Moss, Brittany Allen, Melanie Papalia, Sean Rogerson, Emily Perkins
Roles Melanie
Rating50% 2.507742.507742.507742.507742.50774
The film begins with a woman (Emily Perkins) who runs to a nearby shop wanting to use the phone. She enters a phone booth, but is taken by an unknown creature. April (Brittany Allen) and her boyfriend Kyle (Freddie Stroma) are planning to go to her parents cabin for a romantic weekend alone, however she finds out that Kyle has invited his annoying friend Seth (Jesse Moss), Seth's girlfriend Lex (Anja Savcic), and another friend named Melanie (Melanie Papalia) along. Along the way, Seth sets off fireworks in the car and they are pulled over by Sheriff Murphy (Gil Bellows) who gives them a warning before letting them go. They finally make it to the cabin and begin drinking and smoking marijuana. Later on, Kyle proposes to April, which April rejects, angering Kyle. Suddenly they see something crash in the woods and upon investigating find that it's a UFO. After returning to the cabin they hear noises upstairs, and after getting April's father's gun find nothing but an open door. After finding an alien on the patio they shoot it to death. They then try and drive to town but find that the road is blocked.
The Den
The Den (2013)
, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television
Actors Melanie Papalia, Bill Oberst Jr., Katija Pevec, Ron Bottitta, Kirk Bovill
Roles Elizabeth Benton
Rating60% 3.000073.000073.000073.000073.00007
The movie begins with Elizabeth logging into a social media site known as "The Den". It is revealed that she is doing this for a project and her goal is to chat with as many strangers as possible. However, things become grim when she starts a chat with someone whose webcam appears to be broken. After having random chats with her, the webcam somehow turns on and a woman is seen being murdered. Throughout this time, Elizabeth's account has also been continuously hacked however she does not realize this. Her friends try to convince her it is a hoax but she remains unconvinced. She asks a friend of hers to hack the account and find out where it is being operated from, but it ultimately doesn't work since the signal is coming from too many locations to be found. Though Elizabeth had contacted the police about the murder, they do not believe her and she remains helpless. Once her boyfriend mysteriously disappears, she panics and calls the police once again. They check his apartment but find it completely empty. Another one of Elizabeth's friends is then shown getting a message from Elizabeth (though it is obviously not actually Elizabeth, as she is with the police). The message tells her friend to come over and she is then shown to be abducted just like Elizabeth's boyfriend. Elizabeth becomes more and more frantic after receiving a message showing a close up of her sister's home and an unknown figure entering it. She calls her sister and tells her to leave, but is too late and her sister and her unborn baby's life is threatened. The attacker then leaves but later returns posing as a police officer. Elizabeth leaves with an officer and contacts her sister once she reaches her apartment to tell her that she will be back with her soon. As Elizabeth is packing she receives another message showing the head detective getting murdered and then another one of her and the inside of her apartment. She goes to open her closet where a hooded figure is, she stabs him repeatedly and flees from her apartment. To her dismay, she is attacked yet again. She later awakens in an unknown building and is chained to a wall. There is a computer in her room on which she receives a video of her boyfriend. He informs her that there are more of them and then is murdered. After overpowering another hooded man in her room she attempts to escape and realizes there are multiple attackers. After finally getting out of the building, she steals a car from one of the attackers but then crashes. Another woman is then seen on the same site Elizabeth was on. She comes across Elizabeth's account where she witnesses Elizabeth being murdered. The scene then cuts to a man putting his credit card number into a site to watch more videos of murders like Elizabeth's but quickly closes the browser when he is interrupted by his young son.
Smiley
Smiley (2012)
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Actors Melanie Papalia, Caitlin Gerard, Shane Dawson, Andrew James Allen, Liza Weil, Toby Turner
Roles Proxy
Rating34% 1.7199551.7199551.7199551.7199551.719955
The plot revolves around the titular Smiley killer, the subject of an Internet myth. Supposedly, if a person on a ChatRoulette-style website types the phrase "I did it for the lulz" three times, their chat partner will be murdered by a killer called Smiley, so named because he mutilated his own face by stitching his own eyes shut and carved his mouth into a smile.
Super Hybrid, 1h34
Directed by Éric Valette
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Oded Fehr, Ryan Kennedy, Melanie Papalia, John Reardon, Benjamin Diskin
Roles Maria
Rating41% 2.0755352.0755352.0755352.0755352.075535
On the back streets of Chicago, two would-be car thieves walk past a jet black car (a fourth generation Chevrolet Nova), only to turn back a few seconds later to find a new red sports car (a Chevrolet Corvette Z06). As they climb inside they discover the ignition, the handles and every means of escape have instantly vanished, the windows go black around them and their screams are soon cut off. Driving out to the main street, the black car is demolished by a car flying down the road. The people of the second car are severely injured, but the authorities don't find any passengers in the black car and they have it impounded at a police garage. While there, the vehicle miraculously pieces itself together and kills one of the crewmen, Hector by ramming him into an elevator shaft.
Confined
Confined (2010)
, 1h30
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller
Actors Emma Caulfield, David James Elliott, Michael Hogan, Paul McGillion, Melanie Papalia, Travis Turner
Roles Eva Peyton
Rating52% 2.6055852.6055852.6055852.6055852.605585
Un couple déménage dans une banlieue paisible. Pendant son temps libre, la femme commence à croire que quelqu'un est séquestré dans le sous-sol de la maison d'à côté. Elle découvre que son voisin Fritz Wolfram a emprisonné sa fille dans le sous-sol.
Freshman Father, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Drew Seeley, Brittney Irvin, Ryan McDonald, Merrilyn Gann, Barbara Tyson, Kim Zimmer
Roles Michelle
Rating63% 3.1547053.1547053.1547053.1547053.154705
Kathy et John forment un jeune couple idéal, uni et très amoureux. Lorsque Kathy apprend qu'elle est enceinte, tous leurs projets semblent remis en question. Ils décident de faire au mieux pour privilégier les études et la carrière de John. Kathy prendra ainsi soin du bébé tandis que John poursuivra son cursus scolaire à l'université d'Harvard. Ils se débrouillent ainsi jusqu'à ce que Kathy abandonne son fils et son mari car cette vie ne lui convient pas, elle retourne chez elle . John se retrouve seul à élever son bébé tout en poursuivant ses études et en travaillant à mi-temps. Il sera aidé par la femme chez qui il loue une chambre, ainsi que ses professeurs.
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, 1h37
Directed by John Putch, Andrew Waller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Teen movie, Films about virginity
Actors Bug Hall, Eugene Levy, Brandon Hardesty, Louisa Lytton, Beth Behrs, Melanie Papalia
Roles Dana
Rating48% 2.4092052.4092052.4092052.4092052.409205
The story takes place at East Great Falls High, ten years after the events of American Pie. The new protagonists of this movie are three brand new hapless virgins: Rob (Hall), Nathan (Horton), and Lube (Hardesty). One night Rob accidentally sets fire to the school library, and finds "the Bible" (or Book of Love), the creation of Mr. Levinstein (Eugene Levy). Unfortunately for them, the book is ruined. The book had incomplete advice and sends them on a helpless journey to lose their virginity. After trying and failing for most of the time, they pledge to restore the book, and to do this, they must find Levenstein and all the other people who wrote in the book, and start the restoration.
Dancing Trees, 1h20
Directed by Anne Wheeler
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Brooke Burns, Katie Boland, Amanda Tapping, Nicholas Lea, Melanie Papalia, Michaela Mann
Roles Penny
Rating48% 2.4498652.4498652.4498652.4498652.449865
Martha, une jeune femme âgée de dix-huit ans, présente une forme d'autisme qui en fait un génie en mathématiques. Martha, qui est très entourée par sa mère, Joséphine, et sa cousine, Nicole, voit le bien en chacun. Mais un jour, la mère de Martha est sauvagement assassinée sous ses yeux et la jeune fille est envoyée dans un orphelinat. Désespérée, Nicole décide de se battre pour obtenir la garde sa cousine mais la police bloque sa requête. Nicole ne pourra s'occuper de Martha qu'à une seule condition: la jeune autiste devra aider le détective Velez à retrouver le meurtrier de sa mère.
Angel and the Badman, 1h35
Directed by Terry Ingram
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Lou Diamond Phillips, Deborah Kara Unger, Luke Perry, Melanie Papalia, Merrilyn Gann, Scott McNeil
Roles Sandy Johnson
Rating51% 2.5635752.5635752.5635752.5635752.563575
Quirt Evans, un hors-la-loi notoire, est recueilli, blessé, par Thomas Worth et sa fille, Temperance. Ceux-ci sont des quakers, de fervents adeptes d'une religion prônant le pacifisme et la philanthropie. Quirt se laisse bercer par les propos moralisateurs de Temperance, mais n'en continue pas moins de poursuivre ses attaques contre Loredo Stevens, le meurtrier de son père.
Postal
Postal (2007)
, 1h54
Directed by Uwe Boll
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about video games, Films based on video games, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Jackie Tohn, J. K. Simmons, Ralf Moeller
Roles Nasira
Rating45% 2.2513952.2513952.2513952.2513952.251395
The film takes place in the town of Paradise, Arizona (a ghost town in real life), where the volatile Postal Dude, after being mocked at a job interview, kicked out of his local unemployment office and discovering that his morbidly obese wife is cheating on him, is more than a little angry and is desperate to get enough cash to finally leave his dead-end town. He decides to team up with his Uncle Dave, a slovenly con artist turned doomsday cult leader who owes the US government over a million dollars in back-taxes. With the help of Uncle Dave's right-hand man Richie and an army of big-breasted, scantily clad cult members, the Dude devises a plan to hijack a shipment of 2,000 Krotchy Dolls, a rare, sought-after plush toy resembling a giant scrotum. Uncle Dave plans to sell them online, where their prices have reached as high as $4,000 a doll.