Mekenna Melvin (born January 23, 1985) is an American actress best known for playing Alex McHugh in Chuck, Angela in Three Rivers and Stefanie Fife in Lie to Me.^[1] She also co-created and starred as Amber Hannold in Amber Lake, an independent film released in 2010.^[2]

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Mekenna Melvin
Mekenna Melvin in 2010
Born	(1985-01-23) January 23, 1985 (age 39) Saratoga, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present

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Melvin was born and raised in Saratoga, California.^[3] She became interested in acting at a young age through spending time at a local theater with her mother, a theater director,^[4] 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.^{[citation needed]} She is a graduate of Independence High School in San Jose, California.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

She openly dated Erik Stocklin until he cheated on her with Colleen Ballinger and they separated.^{[citation needed]}