Melissa is a writer, comedian, and filmmaker living in Melbourne, Australia. Melissa has a passion for satire and has been a contributor to Reductress.com since 2016. She is currently also a Features Contributor at The Onion. Her writing can also be seen in The Hard Times, The Betoota Advocate, The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Today.com and more.

Melissa has studied and performed improv, stand up and sketch comedy all over the world, including at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre in LA and New York, Second City Chicago, The Improv Conspiracy Melbourne, ImproMelbourne and more. She is currently a company member of Soothplayers: Completely Improvised Shakespeare, The Big HooHaa and the director of Completely Improvised Potter and Completely Improvised Survivor. Her debut solo show, The Briefing, premiered at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2019. Melissa is a graduate from the Harold Ramis Film School at The Second City in Chicago (now called Second City Film School), as well as the University of Oregon.

Her award-winning debut short film, which she wrote, directed and produced, stars David Pasquesi of VEEP, TJ & Dave and Angels & Demons. The film has been an official selection at more than a dozen film festivals all over the world and even took home the Best Comedy Award at the Oregon Short Film Festival and the MadCap Comedy Short Film Festival in 2021. Keep up to date with Mel by following her on Twitter at @OhHeyMeliss or on instagram at @MelissaMcGlensey