Melissa O'Neil Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for the 2007 Juno Award for New Artist of the Year
• Has received the Dora Mavor Moore Award
• Quote: "There is so much pressure in magazines and on TV to be a certain way, look a certain way․ Forget about it, get out there, do your own thing, be original ․․․ Have confidence in who you are on the inside, and it will show on the outside․"
• Best known as the winner of the third season of "Canadian Idol․"
• Made her Broadway debut playing the role of Martha in "Jesus Christ Superstar․"
• Released her self-titled debut album, featuring her platinum hit single "Alive," in 2005
• Played the role of Eponine in a stage production of "Les Misérables" in the same Toronto theater in which she first saw the play only two weeks after she won "Canadian Idol․"