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Danielle McCormack

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Danielle McCormack
Born (1983-09-18) 18 September 1983 (age 41)
Yorkshire, England
Alma materSylvia Young Theatre School
Occupations
  • Actress
  • musician
Years active1999–present
Musical career
Genres

Danielle Marie McCormack (born 18 September 1983) is an English actress and singer/songwriter and musician.

McCormack is best known for playing Mel Barker on the TV show My Parents Are Aliens on CITV between 1999 and 2004, leaving after series 6 for a career in the music industry. She did however appear in the 2005 link episode "Thanks for All the Earthworm Custard", the last episode of series 7.

McCormack was born in Yorkshire.[1] She is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and has also written a number of tracks with Geordie Walker of Killing Joke which were released online.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film and television roles
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Pure Wickedness Ellen Meadows
1999–2004, 2005 My Parents Are Aliens Mel Barker Main role (series 1–6); appeared in series 7 finale "Thanks for all the Earthworm Custard"
2000 Where the Heart Is Rachel Bowen Episode: "A Foreign Field"
2001 Back to the Secret Garden Penelope Film
2001 Casualty Emma Episodes: "Breaking the Spell: Parts 1 and 2"
2002 Ashes and Sand Leanne Film
2007 Nearly Famous Saskia Season 1, episode 3
2010 Doctors Emma Cormack Episode: "Independence Day"

Theatre

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  • Oliver at the London Palladium (1996)
  • Beauty and the Beast (2011)
  • Cinderella (2009)
  • Jack (2014)

References

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  1. ^ "Former child star enjoys living every girl's dream". Northcliffe Media. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2012. Indicates age 26 at that time.
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