Melanie Nicholls-King is a Canadian/American actress with Trini roots best known for playing Cheryl in the HBO series, The Wire; Officer Noelle Williams in the ABC/Global series, Rookie Blue; and Hazel LaCroix, in the beloved Netflix/CBC series, Anne with an E. She can also be seen in Orphan Black onCTV/BBC America, The Week Of with Adam Sandlerand Chris Rock on Netflix, Star Trek: Discovery on CBS, Little Fires Everywhere with Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington on AmazonPrime, Your Honor with Bryan Cranston on Showtime, Black Bird with Taron Edgerton and Paul Walter Hauser on Apple TV+, and The Gilded Age with Audra McDonald and Cynthia Nixon on HBO, to name a few. On stage, she was thrilled to be a part of the Playwright Horizons’ production of “Familiar” written by Danai Gurira, directed by Tonyaward-winning director, Rebecca Taichman and featuring an ensemble of actors that included the incredible Tamara Tunie. In the audio world, she can also be heard on Melissa Valentine’s searing memoir, The Names of All the Flowers, Christina Sharpe’s In the Wake: OnBlackness and Being, the Audie nominated sci-fi book, Sylvain Neuvel’sNo Kindness Too Soon, Colin Kaepernick’s Change the Game and AlisonBechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For. She can also be seen on the Paramount+ feature film, Little Wing with Brian Cox and in 2025, the Apple TV+ feature film, Wildvale starring Julianne Moore and Fiona Shaw.
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