Melissa Roxburgh Profile, Age, Height, Family, Affairs, Biography & More

Melissa Roxburgh Profile, Age, Height, Family, Affairs, Biography & More

Melissa Roxburgh is a Canadian and American actress. Melissa Roxburgh is known for her roles in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012), as Ensign Syl in the 2016 film Star Trek Beyond, as Olivia Tanis in The Marine 4: Moving Target., and as Michaela Stone in the NBC/Netflix science fiction drama series Manifest.

Roxburgh is the second oldest of four children; she has two sisters (Kristie and Ashley) and one younger brother (Matt). Her father, Cam, is a Canadian pastor, and her mother, Shelley Walpole, is a retired British professional tennis player. Her parents, after moving to Canada from the United States, founded a church in Vancouver. After graduating from high school, Roxburgh began pursuing acting in Vancouver. Roxburgh is an alumna of the William Esper Studio.

Roxburgh has a passion for travel. Growing up, her family visited Africa, Europe, and South America, which sparked Roxburgh’s interest in social justice issues. She is currently the GenR Manager for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), which helps people in extreme humanitarian crisis. Before working on Manifest, Roxburgh studied communications at Simon Fraser University in hopes of becoming a journalist. She started dating co-star J.R. Ramirez in 2022