Melanie Paxson

Acting

Born September 26, 1972, Champaign, Illinois, USA

Melanie Paxson was born in Champaign, Illinois, and received her B.A. degree in theater from the University of Missouri. Relocating to Chicago, she received more training at the famed Second City and performed with another renowned theater troupe, Steppenwolf Theatre.

Filmography

• 2026Descendants: Wicked Wonderland — Fairy Godmother
• 2024Descendants: The Rise of Red — Fairy Godmother
• 2021Descendants: The Royal Wedding — Fairy Godmother (voice)
• 2019Descendants 3 — Fairy Godmother
• 2017Descendants 2 — Fairy Godmother
• Trial & Error — Gail
• Speechless — Carla
• 2015Come Simi — Lucy
• 2015Descendants — Fairy Godmother
• Truth Be Told — Linda
• Masters of Sex — Mrs. Turnsworth
• 2013Saving Mr. Banks — Dolly
• Last Man Standing — Liz
• Cougar Town — Mary
• Surviving Suburbia
• True Jackson, VP — Doris Aidem
• Notes from the Underbelly — Julie
• Rules of Engagement — Deidre
• American Dad! — (voice), Mother (voice), Harper (voice)
• Bones — Patty
• Kitchen Confidential — Jessica
• Medium — Miss Colletto
• Related — Kathy
• Joey — Marci
• Quintuplets — Lisa
• 2003Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' — Joyce DeWitt
• Happy Family — Sara Brennan
• 2002Slackers — Pissed Off Co-Ed
• Kristin — Madeline
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Nancy Katz, soon to be Ellis
• 1999The Opera Lover — Bibi
• The Drew Carey Show — Teri
• Hidden Heroes: A Descendants Story — Fairy Godmother