Melissa DiMarco

Melissa DiMarco
File:Melissa DiMarco at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.jpg
Born	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	York University
Occupation	Actor, Television Host, Producer, Writer, Documentary Film Maker
Years active	1995 – present
Website	http://www.outtherewithmelissa.com

Melissa DiMarco is an actor, producer, and television personality. She is currently the star, creator, and a writer on Out There with Melissa DiMarco (2004–present), an award-winning television comedy which airs on Citytv's national network and The Biography Channel. Excerpts from DiMarco's celebrity interviews also air on OUTtv. One of DiMarco's best-known acting parts was her starring role on the teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation as Daphne Hatzilakos, teacher and later Principal of Degrassi Community School. She played Hatzilakos for eight seasons (2002 - 2010).

Her current show Out There mixes celebrity interviews with scripted comedy that takes a behind-the-scenes look at the life of an entertainment journalist (played by DiMarco). Among the celebrities she has interviewed on the show are Pierce Brosnan, George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Queen Latifah, Ludacris, Matthew McConaughey, Brad Pitt, and Gene Simmons. Updates and excerpts from these interviews are syndicated internationally. Out There has been recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Excellence at the 39th U.S. International Film and Video Festival.

Her film credits include leading roles in Peter Bogdanovich's Hustle: The Pete Rose Story, Duct Tape Forever (the film adaptation of The Red Green Show), The Rest of My Life: Degrassi Takes Manhattan, and Degrassi Spring Break Movie. She also appeared in Danny DeVito's dark comedy, Death to Smoochy.

DiMarco’s TV credits include a starring role on the CBC soap opera Riverdale and guest-starring spots on series such as Due South, Blue Murder, The Hardy Boys, Psi Factor, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Relic Hunter, and Kojak.

She also directed, produced, and wrote Dreamseeker: Nia Vardalos, an award-winning documentary on the rise of Nia Vardalos of My Big Fat Greek Wedding fame and was the host and producer of Nite Life, an entertainment show that focused on celebrity interviews and the nightclub, bar, and concert scene, which aired on OMNI.

DiMarco is a Dean's Honour Roll graduate of the Fine Arts Program at York University and is a member of the Canadian Association of Journalists, the Academy of Canadian Cinema, and WIFT-T (Women in Film & Television Toronto).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Hardy Boys	Reporter	Episode: "Love Birds"
	Side Effects	Belinda	Episode: "On the QT" Episode: "Time Enough to Say Good-Bye"
1996	Due South	Stella	Episode: "Starman"
	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Jennie	Episode: "Shaolin Shot"
1997	Riverdale	Irene	TV series
	While My Pretty One Sleeps	Heidi	TV movies
	The Absolute Truth	Nurse
	Time to Say Goodbye?	Courthouse Reporter
	Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal	Katie Sheffield	Episode: "The Damned"
1999	Relic Hunter	Kate Yawley	Episode: "Diamond in the Rough"
2000	No Alibi	Stella
	The Thin Blue Lie	Sandra Durano	TV movie
2001	Relic Hunter	Maxine Schneider	Episode: "Out of the Past"
	Blue Murder	Selena del Rio	Episode: "Partners"
	The Associates	Cameron	Episode: "E Pluribus Unum"
	Leap Years	Rosaline	Episode 1.9
2002	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Principal Daphne Hatzilakos	2002 - 2010 (91 episodes)
	Marker	Dianna
	Death to Smoochy	Tara
	Duct Tape Forever	Deputy Dawn
	Adventure Inc.	Elizabeth Dillon	Episode: "Message from the Deep"
2003	Wild Card	Spa Manager	Episode: "Sand Trap"
2004	Out There with Melissa DiMarco	Actor / Host / Interviewer	2004–Present (144 episodes)
	Hustle	Carol Rose	TV movie
	Life After	Angeline
2005	Bailey's Billion$	Tessa (voice)
	Kojak	Nancy Pastori	Episode: "Hitman" Episode: "Kind of Blue"
2008	Degrassi Spring Break Movie	Principal Daphne Hatzilakos	TV movie
2010	The Rest of My Life: Degrassi Takes Manhattan	Principal Daphne Hatzilakos	TV movie
2013	The Goree Girls	Erica Gilligan	Pre Production

Television Producer

• 2004: Dreamseeker: Nia Vardalos (documentary)

Further reading

• , regarding her movie appearance in Duct Tape Forever

External links

• Official Website of her show Out There with Melissa DiMarco
• Official Facebook Fan Page of Out There with Melissa DiMarco
• Melissa DiMarco's Personal Twitter Feed
• Melissa DiMarco at the Internet Movie Database
• TV.com: Degrassi: The Next Generation
• "Out There, Right Here with Melissa DiMarco", Beaches | Life (Dec./Jan. 2012/13)
• "Melissa DiMarco: In entertainment, nothing is off limits" by Diana Di Mauro, Panoram Italia (August 3, 2012)
• "A-list celebrities help comedian spoof herself" by Justin Skinner, InsideToronto.com (March 27, 2011)
• "Melissa DiMarco" by Ellen Douglas, Toronto Waterfront Magazine (November - December 2004)