Michele Boyd

Michele Boyd
Born	Michele Catherine Boyd Alachua, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, producer, host
Years active	Since 2006
Website	www.micheleboyd.com

Michele Catherine Boyd is an American actress, producer and host.

Personal background

Boyd was born to a Navy family and thus spent much of her life traveling. She lived all over the United States as well as Italy and Japan before going to high school in San Diego. She was involved in school musicals from a very early age up through high school, performing in everything from The King and I to Cats. Boyd was a competitive swimmer since the age of 6, eventually competing in the California Interscholastic Federation Swimming and Diving events. Boyd also has worked as a snowboarding instructor and holds a green belt in hapkido.

She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior from the University of California, Davis.^[1] Before settling into her career as an actress, she did neuroscience research at Harvard Medical School and the National Institute of Health.^[1]

Career

After receiving her bachelor's degree, Boyd modeled in New York City before moving to Los Angeles and quickly landing roles on the television shows Sons of Anarchy, The Young and the Restless, and How I Met Your Mother.^[2] She utilized her science background cohosting the show Machines of Malice as a neuroscience consultant for the Discovery Channel. Boyd is also a Nickelodeon show favorite, guest starring on the shows iCarly, True Jackson, VP and Big Time Rush.

In 2009, Boyd appeared on 14 episodes of the popular webseries The Guild. In 2010, Boyd co-created the geek girl group Team Unicorn. Their first music video G33k & G4m3r Girls(Geek and Gamer Girls), a parody of Katy Perry's California Gurls song, achieved over one million views in its first week.^[3] In 2013, Adult Swim announced they would be producing a Team Unicorn television pilot.^[4]

Boyd's gaming background has played a large part in her career. She cohosted the series Game Changers, a Top Gear-influenced show testing out video game tropes such as jet packs, parkour and lockpicking in the real world.^[5] She has also modeled for the J!NX gamers clothing line and was named one of GeekWeek.com's "10 Hottest Geek Girls".^[6] Boyd was also referenced in Diablo III from Blizzard Entertainment as a rare unicorn character named "Miss Hell" alongside other Team Unicorn members. Most recently she starred in Geek Cred, an office comedy set in a comic book store.^[7]

Boyd's most recent feature film "Bar America", directed by Matthew Jacobs, will be premiering at the Catalina Film Festival in 2014.

Filmography

Film

Television

Internet Series

Awards and nominations

Notes and references

External links

• Michele Boyd Online – official website and blog
• Michele Boyd at the Internet Movie Database