Melia Kreiling was born in Geneva, Switzerland to American father Randall A. Kreiling and Greek mother Katia Dimopoulou, and she was raised in Athens, Greece, as a bilingual citizen of both Greece and the US. Melia moved to the UK where she attended the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, and later the London School of Dramatic Art. She soon signed with London-based talent agent Piers Nimmo, and immediately landed her first role in the Neil Jordan-created TV series The Borgias (Showtime) as Bianca Gonzaga, playing alongside Jeremy Irons. She went on to work on television hits such as The Bible (History) and blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel), as well as art-house films Committed (S.Kliris) and Suspension of Disbelief (M.Figgis).
Following these Melia relocated to Los Angeles, California. Melia remains with Piers Nimmo Management and was also signed by CAA, and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Melia went on to be a series regular on the hit TV show Tyrant (FX Networks) for two seasons. She then appeared in Amazon’s The Last Tycoon, starred in the highest grossing movie of 2018 in Greece ‘The Last Note’ by award-winning director Pantelis Voulgaris, and most recently was in CBS’s Salvation as a series regular.
Melia is represented by Eric Schonberg, Jessica DiBiase and Dave Bugliari at CAA. She is managed by Stacy O’Neil at Brillstein Entertainment Partners. In the UK she is represented by Piers Nimmo at Piers Nimmo Management.
