Melanie Shatner is an actress, who is broadly known for featuring the major role in the Subspecies horror video as Becky Morgan. She also made her remarkable appearance in several hit movies Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) and Bloodstone: Subspecies 2 (1993). She appeared in an Oldsmobile commercial, mentioning her father driving a starship. The commercial ends with William Shatner beaming inside the car to join his daughter.
Raised As The Youngest Among Three
Melanie Shatner was born on August 1, 1964, in Los Angeles County, California, the United States of America. She holds an American nationality and her ethnicity is white. Melanie is the youngest of the three daughters of William Shatner and his first wife Gloria Rand. Her siblings are Leslie Carol Shatner and Lisabeth Shatner.
Melanie Shatner’s father William Shatner is an actor, director, author, and singer best known for his distinctive voice and his character on Star Trek. William has married four times. Melanie's parents divorced in March 1969 when she was only 5 years. Melanie has two sisters, Leslie, and Elisabeth Shatner.
Professional Career
Interestingly, Melanie Shatner dreamed of being an actress since her early age, which she was able to achieve in Star Trek, in 1988 in which she was playing along with her dad in a minor role for few minutes.
Melanie Shatner also played the role of Yeoman is an American science fiction movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier along with George Takei. In the same year, she also appeared in Knots Landing as Marsha.
In 1990, Melanie Shatner played in three movies including Syngenor, Camp Cucamonga, and The First Power. She then portrayed the role of Rebecca in Bloodstone: Subspecies 2 in 1993. After one year, she also played the same role in Bloodstone: Subspecies 3.
Melanie Shatner has played her major role in several popular movies and television series like Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Sisters, The Alien Within, and Perversions of Science. Additionally, she played the role of Lt. Lori Dakota Forrester along with Michael Madsen, Chad McQueen, and Larry Thomas in a 1999 war fiction film Surface to Air.
How Much Is Melanie Shatner's Net Worth?
Information regarding Melanie Shatner’s net worth is yet to be revealed, however, her father, William has a huge net worth of around $1 million. Her exact salary is not mentioned but she might be getting paid average salary around $39.84 per hour.
And Shatner's husband Joel Gretsch has a net worth of $3 million, in 2019. In the year 2009, the actor was a cast in the movie Push which grossed a whopping box office collection of over $48 million worldwide.
The actress has appeared in the movies such as Surface to Air, Perversions of Science, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Madison, TekWar, The Alien Within, Sisters, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Bloodlust: Subspecies III, Bloodlust: Subspecies II, Syngenor, Camp Cucamonga, and The First Power.
Living Successful Married Life With Joel Gretsch
Melanie Shatner has been married to her husband Joel Gretsch since September 5, 1999. Melanie Shatner’s husband Joel Gretsch is an American actor. He is best known for his work on Push (2009), The 4400 (2004), and Minority Report (2002).
The couple dated for a very long time before getting married. Melanie Shatner gave birth to their first child girl, Kaya Gretsch in 2002. After this elegance moment, the couple again welcomed their second daughter named Willow Gretsch in 2005.
They have been together for more than 1 and a half decades. It seems the couple and their children have been staying happily until now. Melanie Shatner is also best friend with actress Kristin Davis, who played as a Charlotte York Goldenblatt in Sex and the City.
Melanie Shatner's Height, Age, And Other Facts
- Melanie Shatner's stands at the of height 5 feet 6 inches.
- Shanter has an attractive body with a measurement of 33-28-34 inches.
- Shatner's age: August 1, 1964 (age 55).
- Andy Clement is her sister-in-law.
by ab-niranjan, 26 Mar, 2017