Melanie Leishman

Melanie Leishman is a Canadian actress who began performing at eight and is best known for playing science geek Hannah B. Williams on the cult comedy horror series Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, for which she shared a Gemini Award for ensemble performance. She studied drama in the Claude Watson Arts Program at Earl Haig Secondary School and got her first television role on Darcy's Wild Life. Her other television credits include Being Erica, Republic of Doyle, Murdoch Mysteries, Detentionaire, Grojband, and the Total Drama Island revival. Her film work includes Liz Silver in the musical slasher Stage Fright (2014) and Ashleigh in the Christmas romantic comedy Single All the Way (2021). On television, she appeared in Never Cry Werewolf (2008) and True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet (2008) and played Christina in Catering Christmas (2022). She won a HollyWeb Fest award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy for Kristal Clear.