Melanie Neige Scrofano[1] is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Mrs. McMurray on the Crave comedy series Letterkenny, Rebecca on the CBC comedy-drama series Being Erica, October on the Showcase mockumentary series Pure Pwnage, and Tia on the CTV fantasy-drama series The Listener.[2] From 2016 to 2021, Scrofano starred as the title character on the Syfy modern Western drama Wynonna Earp.[3][4] In 2019, she played Emilie in the comedy horror film Ready or Not.
Early life
Scrofano was born in Ottawa, Ontario,[5] the daughter of a government worker mother and an engineer father. She is of French-Canadian and Italian descent. She began modeling at the age of 13, and picked up acting when her agent began submitting her for acting jobs.[6]
Personal life
Scrofano and her husband Jeff have two sons.[7][8][9][10] It was revealed in a July 2017 Variety article that Scrofano was pregnant for the duration of filming the second season of Wynonna Earp. She gave birth to a son in April 2017, shortly after production on the season had wrapped.[11][12]
^Dennis Harvey (November 15, 2014). "Film Review: 'Wolves'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-05-29. That status goes uncontested by Melanie Scrofano as her sister, a comic-relief drunk with a limp.