Melinda Reed in Actors | Portfolios & Showreels

Biography

Melinda is an actor, writer, and producer. She studied acting and theatre at the University of Southern Queensland, graduating with a Bachelor of Creative Arts. She has also trained in various movement techniques for acting and numerous dance styles. She has been involved in several theatre productions, including Richard III and The Winters’ Tale. She has also been a part of a number Screen Queensland supported and produced shorts that have received worldwide recognition in some of the top Film Festivals. Of these, her performance in “Stray” garnered a special mention from the judges of the San Sebastián Film Festival where it won the Judges Choice Award. Melinda is a budding writer and producer recently having made the drama short, “Sober” which has completed a successful film festival run.

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EXPERIENCE

Feature Film

Year	Production	Role	Company/ Director
2022	Red Book Ritual	Bonnie	The Black Madala

Short Film

Year	Production	Role	Company/ Director
2023	Sober	Jessie	3010 Productions/Michael Rodrigues
2021	Inferno	Daemoness	Sway Pictures/ Katherine Chediak
2018	Stray	Bonnie	Sway Pictures/ Dean Law
2018	Jessie	Jessie	Mixed Bag Productions/ Zachary Boulton
2017	The Devil May Care	Bethany O’Connor	Angel Reel Productions
2015	Vegetated	Amanda	SKN Productions/ Shiva Nassab
2015	Hireath	Angie	Sway Pictures/ Katherine Chediak

Web Series

Year	Production	Role	Company/ Director
2017	Riot Girl	Elle Rigby	Duckpond Productions/ Jayden Creighton

Presenting

Year	Production	Role	Company/ Director
2013	Geek Speak	Presenter	The Film Distillery
2013	Working with Shakespeare	Presenter	USQ Artworx

TRAINING

Year	Description	Institution
2023	Cinematography Workshop - Actor	Griffith University
2021	Casting Workshop	McGregor Casting
2018	LA Casting Workshop	Greg Salmon
2018	LA Acting Workshop	Anthony Meindl
2018	LA Casting Workshop	Kendra Castleberry
2018	The Audition Technique	Greg Apps Casting
2016	Marketing & Branding Workshop	TAFTA
2015	Introduction to Weapons and Firearms	AP8 - Allen Mowbrey & Michael Bates
2015	Set Secrets 2	Bud Hopes Casting
2014	Dance & Movement - Viewpoints, Jazz, Modern, Hip Hop, Ballroom	The Grid Hybrid Arts Collective
2014	Bachelor Creative Arts - Theatre/Acting	USQ
2014	Acting for Voice Over	USQ
2013	Acting for Shakespeare	USQ

THEATRE

Musical Theatre/ Stage Play

Year	Project Name	Role Name	Production/Company
2013	Winters’ Tale	Perdita/Antigonus	Artsworx
2012	Richard III	Lady Anne/ Earl Rivers	Atrsworx
2012	Henry VI Part II	Cardinal Beaufort	Artsworx
2012	Big Heart	Melanie	Patricia Cornelius
2012	Othello	Desdemona	Artsworx
2011	Away	Coral	Black Box Theatre
2011	All Sorts	Clown/Actor/Dancer	Atrsworx
2010	Captain Pathos and His Army of Imaginary Friends	Kapo	Atrsworx