Melissa Bergland

Melissa Bergland is an Australian actress who played Jenny Gross in the Seven Network series Winners & Losers. Raised in Adelaide, she completed a drama degree at Flinders University and later trained at the Victorian College of the Arts, with additional acting study in New York. A trained mezzo-soprano, she created and toured a cabaret show, Blue Eyed Soul, at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. While in final auditions for Hairspray, she was invited to try out for Jenny, and her own glasses and red hair became part of the character. After three seasons, she went to Los Angeles and signed with Untitled Management, then landed the lead in the Canadian independent film Relative Happiness as a bed and breakfast owner seeking love. She also appeared in the romantic comedy Spin Out (2016) with Xavier Samuel and Morgan Griffin, an episode of Hulu's Into the Dark in 2019, and Robert Lang's mockumentary Mind, Body & Soul (2024).