Michele Boyd

Boyd was born to a Navy family on October 29, 1980,{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609028450/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=835d9845 |access-date=22 December 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Michele Boyd |volume=107}} 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, and before settling into her career as an actress, she studied behavior at Harvard Medical School.Carrington, Eddie (March 1, 2009) [https://web.archive.org/web/20090305030030/http://www.brigwyn.com/2009/03/20-questions-with-michele-boyd/ "20 Questions with Michele Boyd"], The Hunting Lodge.

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.[https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/met-mother/cast/192257 How I Met Your Mother on CBS]. TV Guide. 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 web series The Guild. In 2010, Boyd co-created the geek girl group Team Unicorn. Their first music video was "G33k & G4m3r Girls", a parody of Katy Perry's "California Gurls"; it achieved over one million views in its first week.[http://ActionFlickChick.com Action Flick Chick], September 17, 2010, [http://actionflickchick.com/superaction/g33k-g4m3r-girls-interview/ Interview: G33K & G4M3R GIRLS (Geek and Gamer Girls Video) 1 Week, 1 Million Views]. In 2013, Adult Swim announced they would be producing a Team Unicorn television pilot.{{cite web|last=ANDREEVA|first=NELLIE|title=Adult Swim Announces New Series & Pilots|date=10 May 2013 |url=https://deadline.com/2013/05/adult-swim-announces-new-series-pilots-494945/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=10 May 2013}}

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.Press Release. (March 22, 2013)[http://gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/189124/NEW_VIDEOGAME_MYTH_BUSTING_WEB_SERIES_ndash_ldquoGAMECHANGERSrdquo.php "New Videogame Myth Busting Web Series"] Gamasutra.com She has also modeled for the J!NX gamers clothing line and was named one of GeekWeek.com's "10 Hottest Geek Girls".Le, Mike (April 9, 2010) [http://www.geekweek.com/2010/04/geekweeks-10-hottest-geek-girls.html GeekWeek's 10 HOTTEST GEEK GIRLS]. geekweek.com Boyd was also referenced in Diablo III from Blizzard Entertainment as a rare unicorn character named "Miss Hell" alongside other Team Unicorn members. She starred in Geek Cred, an office comedy set in a comic book store.Dimas, Sandra (June 18, 2014) [http://theproseandcons.com/2014/06/18/geek-cred-a-new-comedy-for-the-fan-in-all-of-us/ Geek Cred - A New Comedy For The Fan In All Of Us]. TheProseAndCons.com

Her feature film Bar America, directed by Matthew Jacobs, premiered at the Santa Catalina Film Festival in 2014.

Currently Boyd is the cohost of Watching Thrones, a live Game of Thrones recap/discussion show. Watching Thrones airs on Screen Junkies, an Emmy-nominated online movie magazine and YouTube channel with over six million subscribers and over 1.6 billion views.

In 2018, she became part of the reboot S.W.A.T. with Shemar Moore. She plays the character Valerie Rocker.

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• [http://www.micheleboyd.com Michele Boyd Online] – official website and blog
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