Mekenna Melvin

Mekenna Melvin is an episodic actor on Once Upon a Time, portraying the role of Clorinda in "The Other Shoe".

Biography
Melvin was born and raised in Saratoga, California. She became interested in acting at a young age through spending time at a local theater with her mother, a theater director, and made her first acting appearance as Woodstock in a local performance of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the age of 5. She is a graduate of Independence High School in San Jose, California.

She trained at both the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, New York and the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England.

Melvin is professionally trained as an actress, dancer, and singer, and also has martial arts training, at the level of a first degree blackbelt, in taekwondo.

Melvin had a recurring role on Chuck as John Casey and Kathleen McHugh's daughter Alex McHugh. Her other television credits include Lie to Me, Three Rivers, Detroit 1-8-7, Vegas, Castle, and Grey's Anatomy.

In 2016, Melvin was cast as Clorinda on the sixth season of Once Upon a Time.

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Gallery of photographic stills used to promote the actor.