Melia Kreiling (born 1990) is an actress. She is known for her roles on television series such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', and for her starring role as Alycia in the second season of the

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summer series ''

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''. She also has a brief appearance in the film ''

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''. She also starred as Sofia in the third and fourth seasons of ''

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''.

Early life

Kreiling was born in

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, Switzerland as the daughter of an American father, "internationally renowned

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" Randall A. Kreiling (1947-2011), who lived and worked internationally in the "global cattle, pork bellies, sugar and metal markets", and a Greek mother, Katia Dimopoulou. She grew up in

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, where she attended an English school. Afterwards, she attended the National State School of Dance. After moving to Great Britain, she studied at the

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and the

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in Leeds. She received additional acting education at the

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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

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and reprised her character in ''The Other Wife''. She made a brief cameo in the American film ''

'', in which she portrayed the character

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. Kreiling played

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in the 2013

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miniseries ''

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''. From 2015–2016, she played the recurring role of Daliyah Al-Yazbek in the FX television series ''

''. In February 2018 Kreiling joined the cast of the

summer series ''

'' in its second season, playing the role of Alycia.

Filmography

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kreiling, Melia Living people 21st-century Greek actresses Actresses from Athens Actresses from Geneva Alumni of the University of Winchester Greek film actresses Greek television actresses Greek people of American descent Swiss people of American descent Swiss people of Greek descent Year of birth uncertain Year of birth missing (living people)