Biography
Melanie Paxson was born in Champaign, Illinois, and received her B.A. degree in theater from the University of Missouri. Relocating to Chicago, she received more training at the famed Second City and performed with another renowned theater troupe, Steppenwolf Theatre.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Descendants: The Rise of Red
2024
as Fairy Godmother
After the Queen of Hearts incites a coup on Auradon, her rebellious daughter Red and Cinderella's perfectionist daughter Chloe join forces and travel ...
Descendants: The Royal Wedding
2021
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
Happily-ever-after continues for Auradon's power couple as they prepare to say "I do" at an epic celebration with their friends and family, but Hades ...
Descendants 3
2019
as Fairy Godmother
The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon...
Descendants 2
2017
as Fairy Godmother
When the pressure to be royal becomes too much for Mal, she returns to the Isle of the Lost where her archenemy Uma, Ursula's daughter, has taken her ...
Come Simi
2015
as Lucy
A neurotic pregnant woman on the verge of giving birth, attempts to reunite her estranged family which includes an impossible mother riddled deeply wi...
Descendants
2015
as Fairy Godmother
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspr...
Saving Mr. Banks
2013
as Dolly
Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big scre...
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
2003
as Joyce DeWitt
'Three's Company', the comedy centered on two attractive, young women who made the rent on their Santa Monica beach-side apartment by taking in a thir...
Slackers
2002
as Pissed Off Co-Ed
Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed ...
The Opera Lover
1999
as Bibi
A middle-aged produce salesman finds his love of opera and singing reawakened when his childhood love returns to town.
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
N/A
as Fairy Godmother
The next chapter explores what “happily ever after” is really like for Red and Chloe, following their return from their time-traveling adventures. Set...