Melody Portnoy
NYC Based Actress and Singer
What’s Happening & What’s To Come
Hope Cladwell in Urinetown The Musical
Hope Cladwell in Urinetown The Musical
Hope Cladwell in Urinetown The Musical
Melody Portnoy starred as Hope Cladwell in Urinetown The Musical at the Rockaway Theatre Company April 2024. Pictured above is Melody Portnoy and her costar Erech Holder-Hetmeyer who played Bobby Strong.
Director: John Panepinto and viewed by THE Nancy Opel (original Broadway Penelope Pennywise) who attended our opening night!
Trixie in Beginning of The End
Hope Cladwell in Urinetown The Musical
Hope Cladwell in Urinetown The Musical
Melody will star was Trixie in Beginning of The End by award winning director Terry Wickhem. Shooting late August in New Jersey. Stay tuned for some classic campy, slasher horror/suspense!
Casey in The Ellie Sparkles Show
Hope Cladwell in Urinetown The Musical
Casey in The Ellie Sparkles Show
Melody plays Casey in the hit kids YouTube series, The Ellie Sparkles Show. Casey is Ellie’s best friend who helps her cause mischief and learn some important life lessons along side of their other best friend Jimmy and teacher Coach Rocco. The Ellie Sparkles Show has over 2 Million subscribers!
Shopify Commercial
Sabrina in Time Boys 2
Casey in The Ellie Sparkles Show
Melody posed as a model and actor in the latest international campaign for Shopify.com!
Katie in A44
Sabrina in Time Boys 2
Sabrina in Time Boys 2
Melody played Katie in the zombie horror indie film A44 (currently in the final stages of post production).
Sabrina in Time Boys 2
Sabrina in Time Boys 2
Sabrina in Time Boys 2
Melody starred as Sabrina in the upcoming time travel sequel, Time Boys 2. Currently in post production.
Melody Portnoy is an actor, singer, and self proclaimed Beatles enthusiast. Growing up, she spent more nights sleeping in a tour bus bunk than an actual bed! Being raised by two musicians means growing up on the road and gaining a love for music as well as performing at a very young age. Melody took private vocal lessons and competed in vocal competitions since the age of 7.
After high school, Melody discovered her love for musical theatre. She packed up her life in the small town of Coopersburg, PA and moved to NYC to attend the New York Film Academy for Musical Theatre and Film/TV Acting (PCMT 2018 graduate). During her time at NYFA, Melody performed as Annabella in their MainStage production of NINE (Directed by Travis Greisler, Choreographed by Deidre Goodwin), Young Jane in Express: A New Musical, and Lucy in the original movie musical Kaya: A Taste of Paradise. Since graduating, Melody has made her 54 Below debut, Off- Broadway debut at the Triad Theatre, recorded the original demos of Psykidz by Bobby Cronin as Magnolia, and participated in numerous readings of developmental new musicals. She has also performed as Hope Cladwell in Urinetown The Musical, Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Katherine Plumber in Disney's Newsies, Catherine in Pippin, Hermia in A Midsummer Nights Dream, and many others!
She is also trained in on screen acting. She has modeled and acted in an international Shopify campaign as well as various leads in different upcoming indie feature films. She also stars as a recurring supporting role named Casey on a popular youtube children's series called The Ellie Sparkles Show with 2 Million subscribers.
Melody is signed to The Talent Express Management.
Melody currently lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with her childhood best friend and Mildred the cat.