Melissa Claire Egan

About

Melissa Claire Egan (born September 28) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Annie Lavery on All My Children and Chelsea Lawson on The Young and the Restless.

Egan was born to Mary and Dennis Egan, the middle of three children. She has two brothers, Ryan and Scott. She was raised Roman Catholic.
Egan has a Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and she attended the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England, where she studied Shakespeare.

Egan has guest starred on such television series as Dawson’s Creek and One Tree Hill. Her debut film role was as Ali Court in the 2005 movie, Wrestling. On July 10, 2006, she debuted on the daytime soap opera All My Children as a runaway mother Annie Novak Chandler. Coincidentally, one of Egan’s first acting appearances was on All My Children at age 12, playing an extra.
Egan guest starred as an exotic dancer on season 6, episode 7 of the CBS drama Criminal Minds.
On January 20, 2011, a statement was released on Egan’s Facebook page that she had decided to leave All My Children: “After 4 and a half incredible years as a member of the All My…