Melissa McBride was working as a commercial casting director in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. from 2000 until, in 2010, when unexpectedly offered the role of "Carol Peletier" in AMC's The Walking Dead (2010); McBride had worked previously with the show's creator, Frank Darabont, three years prior, when cast for a brief role in his feature film, The Mist (2007).

McBride worked as a film and commercial casting director in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, from 2000 until 2010.

McBride guest starred in several television series, including American Gothic (1995), Profiler (1996), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) and Dawson's Creek (1998). She also starred in several short films, and appeared in Lifetime movie Living Proof (2008) in 2008.

McBride began her professional acting career in 1991 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

She had her first television role on a 1993 episode of Matlock.

Dramatic supporting actress who was nationally recognized for her role as Carol Peletier on The Walking Dead.

She made film appearances in The Mist and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.

She had a supporting role opposite Amanda Bynes in the 2008 TV movie Living Proof.

She has a brother.