Melia Kreiling

Melia Kreiling (born 1990) is an actress. She is known for her roles on television series such as Tyrant and The Last Tycoon, and for her starring role as Alycia in the second season of the CBS summer series Salvation. She also has a brief appearance in the film Guardians of the Galaxy. She also starred as Sofia in the third and fourth seasons of Emily in Paris.

Melia Kreiling
Kreiling in 2016
Born	Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

Early life

Kreiling was born in Geneva, Switzerland^[1] as the daughter of an American father, "internationally renowned commodities trader" Randall A. Kreiling (1947-2011), who lived and worked internationally in the "global cattle, pork bellies, sugar and metal markets",^[2][3] and a Greek mother, Katia Dimopoulou. She grew up in Athens, where she attended an English school. Afterwards, she attended the National State School of Dance. After moving to Great Britain, she studied at the University of Winchester and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds.^{[4][failed verification]} She received additional acting education at the London School of Dramatic Art.^[5][6]

Career

Kreiling made her film debut in the 2011 short Room to Forget. In the German-speaking world she became known for her role in the historical drama The Borgias. In December 2012 she appeared in a television program about Rosamunde Pilcher and reprised her character in The Other Wife. She made a brief cameo in the American film Guardians of the Galaxy, in which she portrayed the character Bereet.^[7] Kreiling played Bathsheba in the 2013 History Channel miniseries The Bible.^[8][9] From 2015–2016, she played the recurring role of Daliyah Al-Yazbek in the FX television series Tyrant.^[9][10][11]

In February 2018 Kreiling joined the cast of the CBS summer series Salvation in its second season, playing the role of Alycia.^[12]

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Suspension of Disbelief	Juliette
2013	Company of Heroes	Kestrel	Direct-to-video film
2013	Leopard	Kara
2014	Committed	Bride Eva
2014	Guardians of the Galaxy	Bereet	[7]
2014	X Moor	Georgia
2015	The Healer	Fernanda
2015	MindGamers	Stella
2017	The Last Note	Hara Lioudaki

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Rosamunde Pilcher	Eloise Kendall	Episode: "Die andere Frau, Teil 1"
2012	The Other Wife	Eloise Kendall	Television miniseries[13][14]
2012–2013	The Borgias	Bianca	4 episodes[9]
2013	The Bible	Bathsheba	Television miniseries; episode: "Kingdom"
2015–2016	Tyrant	Daliyah Al-Yazbek	Recurring role (season 2);[9] main role (season 3)
2017	The Last Tycoon	Hannah Taub	Recurring role[15]
2017	Behind Enemy Lines	Shia Irivani	Unsold television pilot[15][16]
2018	Salvation	Alycia Vrettou	Main role (season 2)[12]
2020	Filthy Rich	Ginger Sweet	Main role
2022	Mammals	Amandine	Main role[17]
2022-2024	Emily in Paris	Sofia	8 episodes (seasons 3 & 4)[18]
2023-2024	The Pantheons	Marmo Pantheou	Main role
2023	Zoe	Daphne	Recurring role