# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-tkautz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:03:10.380Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-tkautz"
name: "Melissa Tkautz"
slug: "melissa-tkautz"
description: "Melissa Natalie Tkautz is an Australian actress, singer, model, and presenter. She played the role of Nikki Spencer on the popular Australian TV soap opera E Street, from September 1990 to May 1993. During the early 1990s she had a solo music career, performing mononymously as Melissa, and had top 20 hits on the ARIA Singles Chart with \"Read My Lips\", \"Sexy \" and \"Skin to Skin\". \"Read My Lips\" also became a Number One hit in Sweden. Her debut album, Fresh, was released in June 1992 and peaked at No. 15 on the ARIA Albums Chart."
tagline: "Australian actress, singer-songwriter and model"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melissa_Tkautz_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-01-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.99
  momentum:             1.349156777014366
  historical:           6.665412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864729/"
    handle:    "nm0864729"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.melissatkautz.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/377070"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ميليسا تكاوتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Tkautz"
    title: "Melissa Tkautz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Tkautz"
    title: "Melissa Tkautz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Tkautz"
    title: "Melissa Tkautz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Tkautz"
    title: "Melissa Tkautz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6ff71540-68d7-41f9-a93f-6d5205cace21"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6812899"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1233398"
    title: "Melissa Tkautz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump