Missy Peregrym

Synopsis

Canadian Screen Award-nominated actress, Missy Peregrym, is well known for portraying the character, Officer Andy McNally on the Canadian police drama television series, Rookie Blue and received widespread fame.

Early life and education

Missy Peregrym was born as Melissa Peregrym on 16th June 1982, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She belongs White-American ethnicity and holds an American nationality.

Peregrym is born to Rev. Darrell Peregrym, a minister & Vanessa Peregrym, a housewife. She grew up along with two sisters, Amanda and Ca s sandra.

During her school days, Peregrym played soccer, lacrosse, & field hockey. She went to Aurora College and graduated from there in 2004.  

Career

Missy Peregrym started her modeling career at the age of eighteen & the agency "The Lizbell" encouraged her to start a career with commercials. Due to this shift from print to screen, Peregrym did advertisements for Mercedes-Benz, Sprint Canada, and the Olympic Games.

Peregrym debuted as Hottie Blood in American cyberpunk television series, Dark Angel along with Jessica Alba, Michael Weatherly, and many others.

Later, Peregrym appeared as a guest start on The Chris Isaak Show, Black Sash, Jake 2.0, Smallville, Life as We Know It and Call Me: the Rise & Fall of Heidi Fleiss.  

Moreover, Peregrym appeared as Haley Graham in the gymnastics movie, Stick It in 2006. Furthermore, she landed a lead role of a Police Officer, Andy McNally in Canadian TV series, Rookie Blue in 2010.

In the year 2016, Peregrym was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for her role in the television series, Rookie Blue. Besides that, she joined forces with TOMS in 2006, a non-political movement dedicated to providing safe footwear for communities in the South America.

Personal life

Currently, Missy Peregrym is single. Once she was rumored to be bisexual carrying an affair with the actress, Rachel Skarsten; however, she denied the rumor.

Previously, she married to an actor, director, as well as a singer, Zachary Levi on 16th June 2014 in Maui, Hawaii. However. After six months of marriage, she filed for divorce in April 2015 & the duo separated officially with a divorced on 3rd December 2014.

Peregrym also dated Brandon Countee (2005- 2006), and Ben Roethlisberger (2007- 2008). Besides that, she enjoys snowboarding & outdoor sports in the local Vancouver Mountains.

Currently, Peregrym resides in Vancouver with her family. Other than that, she also coaches high school basketball players.

Net worth

Being a well-known Canadian model & actress, Missy Peregrym earns a decent amount of salary from her career. Most of her earnings source hails from her modeling, acting as well as an endorsements deals. As of 2017, her estimated net worth is around $3 million.