Rachel Melvin

Rachel Melvin

Born: February 9, 1985
in Elmhurst, Illinois, USA
Rachel Melvin is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Chelsea Brady on Days of Our Lives and as Penny in Dumb and Dumber To.

Melvin landed her first acting job in the 2005 independent film Boo. She later won the role of Georgia LaMarque, a French girl whom Bo and Billie had been falsely led to believe was their daughter on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, but only appeared in five episodes. Months later, she took over the role of Chelsea Brady (originally portrayed by Mandy Musgrave). She and her dog were seen on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, when she was randomly interviewed at a gas station for a segment. Melvin has also guest-starred on Summerland, Jack & Bobby and 8 Simple Rules. With her family, she has also appeared on Family Feud.

In 2010, Melvin starred as Kaia in Seven Deadly Sins which premiered on Lifetime alongside Dreama Walker. The first part premiered on May 23 while the second part premiered on May 24, 2010. In 2011, Melvin appeared in episodes of House M.D. and Castle.

In 2014, Melvin appeared as Penny Pinchelow in Dumb and Dumber To, portrayed Mary in Zombeavers, and Sarah in the drama thriller film Madtown.

She appeared in the final season of MTV's Awkward.

Movies for Rachel Melvin...

The Thin Line
Title: The Thin Line
Character: Courtney-Lynn Stack
Released: August 1, 2019
Type: Movie
An aimless beauty looks to break her cycle of dating bad men by going after one she can't stand in the first place.
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The Rake
Title: The Rake
Character: Nicole
Released: June 5, 2018
Type: Movie
Ben and Ashley come together 20 years after the murder of their parents to determine the cause of their parents' death. Ashley is troubled by the idea that the thing that took her parents' lives may not be finished with her family.
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Mom and Dad
Title: Mom and Dad
Character: Jeannie
Released: January 19, 2018
Type: Movie
In a suburban community, moms and dads, one after the other, mysteriously feel the irresistible impulse to attack and kill their own offspring.
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The Trouble with Mistletoe
Title: The Trouble with Mistletoe
Character: Willa Davis
Released: December 15, 2017
Type: Movie
When San Francisco pet shop owner Willa Davis encounters the man who stood her up in high school, she fights both her head and her heart when she starts falling for him all over again ten years later.
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All I Need
Title: All I Need
Character: Ashley
Released: November 21, 2016
Type: Movie
The paths of a desperate man and an imprisoned young woman cross unexpectedly in the den of a mysterious killer.
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Madtown
Title: Madtown
Character: Sarah
Released: March 31, 2016
Type: Movie
A stand-up comedian confesses to a murder on-stage at an open mic night to a shocked audience - his crime the result of a deadly triangle formed between his older sister, just released from prison after a 20-year stay for the murder of their parents, the loving bond he now shares with a caring surrogate family, and the ultimate choice he must make between them - his dysfunctional blood ties with his own sister, or his picturesque view of the ideal family.
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Title: "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2015
Type: Movie
An expansive, five-part 45 minute making-of with cast and crew interviews.
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Backup Boyfriend
Title: Backup Boyfriend
Character: Celia
Released: January 24, 2015
Type: Movie
When his girlfriend leaves him for the star quarterback, a college man sets out to destroy the athlete he once revered.
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Dumb and Dumber To
Title: Dumb and Dumber To
Character: Penny
Released: November 12, 2014
Type: Movie
20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.
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Zombeavers
Title: Zombeavers
Character: Mary
Released: October 20, 2014
Type: Movie
College friends find their weekend of sex and debauchery ruined when deadly zombie beavers swarm their riverside cabin.
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Title: Sleepy Hollow
Character: Alex Norwood
Released: September 16, 2013
Type: TV
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
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Title: Awkward.
Character: Lizzy Raynes
Released: July 19, 2011
Type: TV
An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. Narration in the first-person voice of Jenna's blog posts captures the humor within the struggles and experiences everyone can relate to from their formative years.
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Girlfriend
Title: Girlfriend
Character: Actress on Television (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 12, 2010
Type: Movie
A young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.
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Title: Seven Deadly Sins
Character: Kaia Sellars
Released: May 23, 2010
Type: TV
A sheriff uncovers dark secrets when the daughter of her lover becomes a murder suspect. Based on the novels by Robin Wasserman.
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Title: Good Luck Charlie
Character: Syd
Released: April 4, 2010
Type: TV
Teens PJ and Teddy and tween brother Gabe are typical kids -- that is, until their mother has another baby. The arrival of their new sister completely upends the entire household. When their mother heads back to work after Charlie's birth, it's up to the kids and their dad to keep the home fires burning -- and to keep Charlie out of trouble as she learns to sit up, crawl, walk and run. Teddy, as the older sister, makes a personalized video diary for Charlie, in each episode adding a nugget of wisdom for her baby sibling.
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Title: Castle
Character: Nicole Hixton
Released: March 9, 2009
Type: TV
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
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The Boneyard Collection
Title: The Boneyard Collection
Character: 'Le Petite Sirene' Writer (segment "Cry of the Mummy")
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT MIDNIGHT, a coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif as The Devil, and endures the inept attacks of witch killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, HER MORBID DESIRES, an actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie, only to discover that starlets are being murdered on the set. The other long segment, CRY OF THE MUMMY, has the reincarnated mummy, formerly the last Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, looking to sue the movie studios because he can't get work as a mummy. His new lawyer offers to represent him as an agent, but the mummy will only work in film if he can direct.
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Title: Heroes
Character: Annie
Released: September 25, 2006
Type: TV
Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.
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Title: Bones
Character: Kate Kolfax
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
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Boo
Title: Boo
Character: Meg
Released: May 13, 2005
Type: Movie
The friends Emmett, Freddy, Marie, Kevin and his reluctant girlfriend Jessie decide to spend the Halloween night in an abandoned hospital. Meanwhile, the younger Allan meets the old friend of his father Arlo Ray Baines and asks him to help to find his vanished sister Meg in the same spot. The two groups meet each other in the mental institution section on the haunted third floor.
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Title: House
Character: Wynn
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: TV
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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Title: I Wanna Be a Soap Star
Released: October 16, 2004
Type: TV
I Wanna Be a Soap Star is a reality television series which debuted on the cable channel SOAPnet in 2004. The show is hosted by All My Children star and ex-Dancing with the Stars participant, Cameron Mathison. It is based on the British reality series Soapstars.
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Title: Jack & Bobby
Released: September 12, 2004
Type: TV
If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack and Bobby McCallister for example: two bright young brothers growing up under the watchful eye of their eccentric single mother Grace McCallister. Grace's personality is a force of nature destined to shape both of these young men's lives and secure one a place in the history books - as President of the United States.
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Title: 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter
Character: Cute Girl
Released: September 17, 2002
Type: TV
8 Simple Rules is an American sitcom television series originally starring John Ritter and Katey Sagal as middle-class parents Paul and Cate Hennessy, raising their three children. Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson and Martin Spanjers co-starred as their teenage kids: Bridget, Kerry and Rory Hennessy. The series ran on ABC from September 17, 2002, to April 15, 2005. The first season focused on Paul being left in charge of the children after Cate takes a full-time job as a nurse, with comedic emphasis on his often strict rules concerning his daughters and dating. The series' name and premise were derived from the book 8 Simple Rules by W. Bruce Cameron.