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Danielle McCormack

Known for

Acting

Born

September 18, 1983 (age 43)

Birthplace

Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

Danielle Marie McCormack (born 18 September 1983) is an English actress and singer/songwriter and musician.

McCormack is best known for playing Mel Barker on the TV show My Parents Are Aliens on CITV between 1999 and 2004, leaving after series 6 for a career in the music industry. She did however appear in the 2005 link episode "Thanks for All the Earthworm Custard", the last episode of series 7.

McCormack was born in Yorkshire. She is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and has also written a number of tracks with Geordie Walker of Killing Joke, which were released online.

Best known work

Casualty
Casualty
1986
Doctors
Doctors
2000
Back to the Secret Garden
Back to the Secret Garden
2000
My Parents Are Aliens
My Parents Are Aliens
1999
Ashes and Sand
Ashes and Sand
2003
Pure Wickedness
Pure Wickedness
1999
Daylight Robbery
Daylight Robbery
1999
Nearly Famous
Nearly Famous
2007
The Project
The Project
2002
Shockers
Shockers
2016

Filmography

  1. 2016

    ShockersTV

    as Julie (1 episode)

  2. 2007

    Nearly FamousTV

    as Saskia (1 episode)

  3. 2003

    Ashes and Sand

    as Leanne

  4. 2002

    The ProjectTV

    as Maria (2 episodes)

  5. 2000

    Back to the Secret Garden

    as Penelope

  6. 2000

    DoctorsTV

    as Emma Cormack (1 episode)

  7. 1999

    My Parents Are AliensTV

    as Melanie "Mel" Barker (73 episodes)

  8. 1999

    ShockersTV

    as Julie (1 episode)

  9. 1999

    Pure WickednessTV

    as Ellen Meadows (4 episodes)

  10. 1999

    Daylight RobberyTV

    as Samantha (1 episode)

  11. 1986

    CasualtyTV

    as Emma (2 episodes)

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