Michelle Meyrink

{{short description|Canadian teacher and former actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Michelle Meyrink | image =  | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|9|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | other_names = | occupation = Actress, teacher | years_active = 1983–1988 | spouse = John Dumbrille | children = 3 }}

'''Michelle Meyrink''' (born September 1, 1962) is a Canadian teacher and former actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Michelle-Meyrink| title=Michelle Meyrink|publisher=India Times.com|accessdate=2023-03-25}}</ref>

==Early life== Meyrink was born on September 1, 1962, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and began acting at an early age.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=https://thebiography.org/what-happened-to-michelle-meyrink-what-is-she-doing-now/ |title=What happened to Michelle Meyrink? What is she doing now? |last=Peterson |first=Robbie |date=15 December 2021 |website=The Biography |access-date=17 January 2022}}</ref>

==Acting career== She performed roles during the 1980s in both television and in feature films, mostly playing roles as offbeat teen girls. She appeared in many comedy films, including 1983's ''Valley Girl'' as Suzi Brent, and she also appeared in ''The Outsiders'' as Cherry Valance's best friend, Marcia. In 1984, she guest-starred on the television show ''Family Ties'' as Mallory's friend (and neighbor Skippy's latest infatuation).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insider.com/then-and-now-the-outsiders-cast-2021-8#michelle-meyrink-made-her-film-debut-as-marcia-cherrys-friend-21 |title=THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'The Outsiders,' 38 years later |last=Shaw |first=Gabbi |date=6 August 2021 |website=Insider Inc. |access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.looper.com/602999/whatever-happened-to-the-cast-of-the-outsiders/ |title=Whatever Happened To The Cast Of The Outsiders? |last=Carson |first=Duncan |date=13 September 2021 |website=looper.com |access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>

She is best remembered as the female nerd Judy in the 1984 comedy ''Revenge of the Nerds'' and as the hyperactive whiz-kid Jordan Cochran in Martha Coolidge's 1985 film ''Real Genius''. Her last Hollywood role was in the 1988 film ''Permanent Record.''<ref name="bio" />

==<span lang="Fe">Post</span>-acting== Meyrink gave up acting as a career in 1989, stating she wanted more out of life than the profession was offering.<ref name="actorium.ca">{{cite web | url=https://actorium.ca/meet-us/ | title=Actorium | website=Actorium.ca | access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> During this transition period she became interested in the practice of Zen Buddhism. She moved for a time to the Dominican Republic to be near family members living there. Meyrink later returned to her hometown of Vancouver, where in 1996 she met her future husband John Dumbrille at the Zen Centre of Vancouver. Following their wedding, she and John began raising a family of three children.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvovermind.com/whatever-happened-to-michelle-meyrink/ |title=Whatever Happened to Michelle Meyrink? |last=Borama |first=Jennifer |date=22 May 2020 |website=TvOverMind.com |access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>

Meyrink and Dumbrille currently live in Vancouver. Her family was the subject of a 2004 episode of the Canadian television series ''Quiet Mind'', which focused on their embrace and practice of Zen Buddhism.

In 2013 Meyrink started her own acting school named Actorium in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9sijLPjkxI |title=Michelle Meyrink Former Actress/Acting Instructor (Real Genius, Revenge of the Nerds) |work=The Movie Raid |date=15 April 2014|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> It is modeled, in part, after the Loft Studio, which she attended with other Hollywood actors while she worked in Los Angeles.<ref name="actorium.ca"/>

==Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1983|| data-sort-value="Outsiders, The" | ''The Outsiders'' || Marcia || |- |1983|| ''Valley Girl'' || Suzi Brent || |- |1984|| ''Revenge of the Nerds'' || Judy || |- |1984|| ''National Lampoon's Joy of Sex'' || Leslie Hindenberg || |- |1984|| ''Family Ties'' || Jane || Episode: "Don't Kiss Me, I'm Only the Messenger" |- |1985|| ''Real Genius'' || Jordan Cochran || |- |1985|| ''One Magic Christmas'' || Betty || |- |1987|| ''Tonight's the Night'' || Steffi || TV movie |- |1987|| ''Nice Girls Don't Explode'' || April Flowers || |- |1988|| ''Permanent Record'' || M.G. || (final film role) |}

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