Melissa Jane Shaw

Melissa-Jane (AKA: MJ) is an actor, choreographer, theatre director and fitness expert. She was born in Nova Scotia, grew up mostly in Ottawa and has been based in Toronto for most of her career. She has been nominated for two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for acting, one BroadwayWorld Toronto nomination for Best Female Lead Actor and two BroadwayWorld Toronto nominations for Best Original Choreography.MJ can be seen and heard on Canadian screens and radios, and has worked across North America in hundreds of live productions. She has made 'dance expert' appearances on "The Dr.OZ Show" and "The Steven & Chris Show", improvised for two seasons on the Howie Mandel show "This Is How We Do It" (Global/NBC), played Sajuica for three seasons of "Erky Perky" (YTV) and hosted two seasons of "What's Cooking" (W Network). She just completed her 3rd season as Melanie on the TVO/APTN medical drama, "Hard Rock Medical".MJ has choreographed and/or directed 25 full-length live professional musicals including "Crazy For You" and "City of Angels" (Theatre By The Bay), "Rocky Horror Picture Show" (Sudbury Theatre Centre), Blood Brothers, Little Shop of Horror, Full Monty, A Chorus Line, Cabaret, She Loves Me and A Christmas Carol (Rose Theatre Brampton) and many more. She has also recently choreographed the musical movie "Country Crush" and episodes of "Stanley Dynamic" for YTV, in addition to choreographing dozens of corporate entertainment shows. She is a graduate of University of Toronto /Sheridan College Theatre where she is now part-time faculty for their theatre program. Show less «