# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melanie-paxson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:22:28.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melanie-paxson"
name: "Melanie Paxson"
slug: "melanie-paxson"
description: "Melanie Paxson is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Jaclyn in Cupid, Sara Brennan in Happy Family, and Julie in Notes from the Underbelly. She also played Fairy Godmother in the Descendants film series, being the only cast member present in all five installments. Paxson also appeared in a number of Gladware television commercials in the early 2000s."
tagline: "Actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melanie_Paxson_LF_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1972-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.39
  momentum:             2.625440140845071
  historical:           14.206532
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/MellyPaxson"
    handle:    "MellyPaxson"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mellypaxson/"
    handle:    "mellypaxson"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MellyPaxson"
    handle:    "MellyPaxson"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601609/"
    handle:    "nm0601609"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://melaniepaxson.com/"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Melanie Paxson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melanie Paxson"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Paxson"
    title: "Melanie Paxson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump