Michelle Meyrink

Michelle Meyrink
Born	September 1, 1962 (1962-09-01) (age 49) Vancouver, British Columbia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1983 - 1988
Spouse	John

Michelle Meyrink (born September 1, 1962) is a Canadian actress; she performed roles during the 1980s in both television and in feature films, mostly playing roles as offbeat teen girls. 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.

Meyrink was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She appeared in many comedy films, including 1983s Valley Girl as Suzi Brent, 1983's 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 Skippy's latest infatuation). Her last Hollywood role was in the 1988 film Permanent Record.

Thereafter, Meyrink gave up acting as a career, deciding she wanted more out of life than the profession was offering. During this transition period, she became interested in the practice of Zen Buddhism. Toward her goal of reshaping her life, Meyrink moved for a time to the Dominican Republic to be near family members living there. She later returned to her hometown of Vancouver, where in 1996 she met her future husband, John, at the Zen Centre of Vancouver.

As of 2010, Meyrink and John lived with their three children (ages 17, 15, and 11 in 2010) on Bowen Island, just off the coast of Vancouver. She and her family were the subjects of a 2004 episode of the Canadian television series Quiet Mind, which focused on their embrace and practice of Zen Buddhism.

In 2010, Wired.com named Jordan Cochran, Meyrink's Real Genius character, as #6 on their "Top 10 Greatest Minor Characters in Geek Fiction" list. Writer Matt Blum noted "Michelle Meyrink deserves most of the credit for Jordan’s appearance on this list".^[1]

Filmography

• Permanent Record (1988)
• Nice Girls Don't Explode (1987)
• Tonight's the Night (1987 TV movie)
• One Magic Christmas (1985)
• Real Genius (1985)
• Family Ties (1984, TV series)
• Don't Kiss Me, I'm Only the Messenger (1984)
• National Lampoon's Joy of Sex (1984)
• Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
• Valley Girl (1983)
• The Outsiders (1983)

References

1. ^ Blum, Matt (May 12, 2010). "Top 10 Greatest Minor Characters in Geek Fiction". GeekDad (Wired.com). http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/05/top-10-greatest-minor-characters-in-geek-fiction/. Retrieved November 18, 2011. 

External links

• Michelle Meyrink at the Internet Movie Database
• Quiet Mind documentary from Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation Web site (note: Michelle Meyrink sightings at 16:30, 25:00 and 28:00)

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Name	Meyrink, Michelle
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Date of birth	September 1, 1962
Place of birth	Vancouver, British Columbia
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