Portrait of Melissa Benoist

Acting

Melissa Benoist

Titles
22movies28TV shows
Career

Active from 2008 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Whiplash
Whiplash
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Melissa Benoist Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5
  • Historical
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.8, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Comic Book Adaptation 5
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Crossover Event 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Contemporary 2
  • Pop Culture 2
  • Superhero Action 2
  • Team-Up 2
  • Alternate Earths 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
TypeAllMovies19TV shows16
RoleAnyActing35Appearances15Directing1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1990s12000s42010s222020s6Upcoming2
GenreAnyDrama23Crime10Comedy8Action8Sci-Fi & Fantasy6Action & Adventure5Adventure5Thriller4Science Fiction4Fantasy3Music2Animation2Romance1Mystery1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

Upcoming

2 titles
GoodWatch30
Poster for Invasion!

as Kara Danvers/ Supergirl

2020s

6 titles · average score 63
GoodWatch62
Poster for The Waterfront

TV show · as Bree Buckley

GoodWatch62
Poster for The Girls on the Bus

TV show · as Sadie McCarthy

Poster for Crisis on Infinite Earths: Redux

as Supergirl / Kara Danvers

GoodWatch59
Poster for Clerks III

as Auditioner

Poster for Crisis on Infinite Earths

as Kara Danvers / Kara Zor-El / Supergirl

2010s

22 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch67
Poster for Waco

TV show · as Rachel Koresh

GoodWatch62
Poster for Sun Dogs

as Tally Petersen

GoodWatch69
Poster for Supergirl

TV show · as Kara Danvers / Supergirl / Kara Zor-El

GoodWatch74
Poster for The Flash

TV show · as Kara Danvers / Supergirl / Kara Danvers / Supergirl / Overgirl

GoodWatch74
Poster for Arrow

TV show · as Kara Danvers / Supergirl

GoodWatch81
Poster for Homeland

TV show · as Stacy Moore

GoodWatch73
Poster for Blue Bloods

TV show · as Renee

All 22 titles from the 2010s

2000s

4 titles · average score 68
GoodWatch71
Poster for Glee

TV show · as Marley Rose

GoodWatch85
Poster for The Good Wife

TV show · as Molly

GoodWatch46
Poster for Tennessee

as Laurel - age 18

GoodWatch68
Poster for Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV show · as Jessalyn Kerr

1990s

1 title · average score 73
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