Melissa Ordway

Melissa Ordway is an American actress and model who began performing in community theater in her native Atlanta and in high school productions in Snellville, Georgia, appearing in stage shows such as Beauty and the Beast and A Midsummer Night's Dream. While studying at Georgia State University she was chosen for the MTV reality series The Assistant, won it, and moved to Los Angeles. Her first major acting part was a recurring role on The CW's Privileged, and her feature debut came in 17 Again (2009). She went on to guest spots on Entourage and How I Met Your Mother and appeared in The Last Song (2010), Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010), Escapee (2011) and Odd Thomas (2013). She played Chloe Carter on the TeenNick series Hollywood Heights before being cast as Abby Newman on The Young and the Restless, a role that earned her a 2022 Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama.