Melissa McBride
Melissa Suzanne McBride (born May 23, 1965) is an American actress and former casting director. McBride began her professional acting career in the 1990s appearing in supporting and guest-starring roles in the number of made for television movies and series, and in 2000s worked as a film and commercial casting director in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2007 she had a short but key role in the science fiction horror film The Mist written and directed by Frank Darabont, who in 2010 cast her in his television series The Walking Dead. McBride is best known for her role as Carol Peletier in the AMC post-apocalyptic television drama series, The Walking Dead. In 2014, for her performance in show, McBride has won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television and was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.