Melissa Claire Egan is an American actress, best known for her roles as Annie Lavery on All My Children and Chelsea Lawson on The Young and the Restless.
Melissa Claire Egan | |
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 Egan at the 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards Nominees Cocktail Reception on June 19, 2014 | |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse |
Matt Katrosar (m. 2014) |
| Children | 2 |
Early years
editEgan was born to Mary and Dennis Egan, the middle of three children.[1] She has two brothers, Ryan and Scott.[2] She was raised Roman Catholic.[3] She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Dramatic Art.[citation needed]
Career
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Egan has guest starred on such television series as Dawson's Creek and One Tree Hill. Her debut film role was as Ali Court in the 2005 movie, Wrestling. On July 10, 2006, she debuted on the daytime soap opera All My Children as a runaway mother Annie Novak Chandler. Coincidentally, one of Egan's first acting appearances was on All My Children at age 12, playing an extra.
Egan guest starred as an exotic dancer on season 6, episode 7 of the CBS drama Criminal Minds.
On January 20, 2011, a statement was released on Egan's Facebook page that she had decided to leave All My Children: "After 4 and a half incredible years as a member of the All My Children cast, I have made the extremely difficult decision to leave the Pine Valley family that I have come to love and respect so much."
Egan returned to All My Children for a three-episode arc to wrap up Annie's storyline with Ryan Lavery and Emma Lavery which culminated on August 5, 2011.
On October 3, 2011, it was announced that Egan had joined The Young and the Restless as a mystery woman, Chelsea Lawson, involved in Billy Abbott's arrest in Myanmar. Her first airdate was November 11, 2011.[4] On January 31, 2018, Egan confirmed earlier reports that she had decided to leave the soap, saying it was a "goodbye for now" on her social media. It was further reported that the door would be left open for the actress to return.[5][6][7][8] In April 2019, it was announced that Egan was reprising her role on the show.[9]
On June 7, 2012, Egan played the role of Milo's date Jessica on TBS sitcom Men at Work.
Egan has served as a celebrity spokesperson for Proactiv Solution with former AMC co-star Chrishell Stause.[10]
Personal life
editIn February 2013, she became engaged to Matt Katrosar.[11] The couple were wed on July 26, 2014, in an interfaith service in Santa Barbara, California as Egan is Catholic and Katrosar is Jewish.[12][3] In August 2021, Egan gave birth to the couple's first child, a son, after experiencing two miscarriages.[13][14] In early 2023, it was revealed that Egan was pregnant with the couple's second child.[15]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Dawson's Creek | Ilyse Todd | Episode: "Use Your Disillusion" |
| 2003 | Dawson's Creek | Waitress | Episode: "Catch-22" |
| 2003 | One Tree Hill | Melody / Lori | Episodes: "Pilot" and "Life in a Glass House" |
| 2006–11 | All My Children | Annie Lavery | Role held: July 10, 2006 – August 5, 2011 |
| 2008 | Wrestling | Ali Court | Movie |
| 2009 | My Father's Will | Laura | Movie |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | Tara Dice | Episode: "Middle Man" |
| 2011–18, 2019–present | The Young and the Restless | Chelsea Lawson | Contract role |
| 2012 | Men at Work | Jessia | Episode: "Heterotextual Male" |
| 2012 | Bones | Pamela Bartlett | Episode: "The Partners in the Divorce" |
| 2013 | Somewhere Slow | Claire | Movie |
| 2013 | The Last Session | Brailey Honeycutt | Short |
| 2013 | We Are Men | Rachel | Episode: "We Are Carter's Dad Visits" |
| 2015 | Misguided | Missy | Episode: "The Actresses" |
| 2019 | Holiday for Heroes | Audrey Brown | TV movie |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009
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Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | All My Children | Nominated | |
2011
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Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | All My Children | Nominated | |
2012
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Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | All My Children | Nominated | |
2013
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Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Young and the Restless | Nominated | |
2014
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Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Young and the Restless | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Indie Series Award | Best Guest Actress — Comedy | Misguided | Nominated | |
2016
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Soap Awards France | Best New Character | The Young and the Restless | Won | |
2017
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Soap Awards France | Couple of the Year — "Chelsea and Adam" (shared with Michael Muhney) |
The Young and the Restless | Nominated | |
2021
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Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | The Young and the Restless | Nominated | |
2023
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Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | The Young and the Restless | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ "beautiful at any age... Looking good in your 30s." Soap Opera Digest. pg. 55. September 21, 2015.
- ^ "About Melissa".
- ^ a b Oliveira, Marilyn (July 2014) "Melissa Claire Egan and Matthew Katrosar Wedding". Insideweddings.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016
- ^ "Egan to be on Y&R in November 2011", soapcentral.com. Accessed March 10, 2022.
- ^ SOD (January 31, 2018). "Melissa Claire Egan Confirms Y&R Exit". Soap Opera Digest. United States: American Media, Inc. Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group Inc. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ Soaps SheKnows (January 31, 2018). "Young and the Restless Melissa Claire Egan Confirms Exit From Soap". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows Media. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ Roots, Kimberly (January 31, 2018). "The Young and the Restless Actress Melissa Claire Egan to Exit CBS Soap". TVLine. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ Roots, Kimberly (January 31, 2018). "Melissa Claire Egan Leaving The Young and the Restless". Tvline.com. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (April 30, 2019). "Melissa Claire Egan Returns to Y&R as Chelsea". Tvline.com. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- ^ "Melissa Claire Egan - A Proactiv Solution Success Story". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ Melissa Claire Egan [@MClaireEgan] (17 February 2013). "Said yes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "'Y&R's' Melissa Claire Egan Ties the Knot!". soapoperanetwork. July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- ^ "The Young and the Restless' Melissa Claire Egan and Husband Matt Katrosar Welcome Baby Boy: 'We Are Overjoyed'". people. August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "The Young and the Restless' Melissa Claire Egan Announces She's Expecting a Baby After 2 Miscarriages". Peoplemag. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "The Young and the Restless Star Melissa Claire Egan and Husband Expecting Baby No. 2: 'Grateful'". ca.style.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
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- ^ "The 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations". New York, New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. May 11, 2011. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
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- ^ "The 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations". New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. May 1, 2014. Archived from the original on June 23, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ "Nominations Announced For 7th Annual ISAs". indieseriesawards.com. February 3, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ "Soap Awards France 2016 : Hélène Rollès, Les Mystères de l'amour, Rena Sofer, Plus belle la vie...le palmarès complet". France: toutelatele.com and Médiamétrie. May 2, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ "Soap Awards France 2017 : Hélène Rollès, Les Mystères de l'amour, Ambroise Michel, Terre de passions, Eric Braeden... le palmarès complet". France: toutelatele.com and Médiamétrie. June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ "2021 Daytime Emmy Awards: Talk Show Host and Lead Actress Nominees Revealed (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. CBS Interactive. May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ "The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Nominations" (PDF). New York/Los Angeles: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.