Messalina Morley

Messalina Teresa Valeria Morley is a British-American Actress. She was born in London, England, to English and Irish parents Ruth, an English Literature and Drama Teacher and Regional Theater Actress, and Alan Morley, an Independent AML Consultant, before moving to Ridgewood, New Jersey at barely a year old. It was there that her younger sister Artemisia Morley, more commonly known as "Tiggy", was born.

Messalina grew up surrounded by theater, going to rehearsals and sitting backstage at the many shows her mother was in. At the age of 8 Messalina performed for the first time, with her mother, in a local production of "Mr. Scrooge", a musical take on Charles Dickens' famous novel, "A Christmas Carol".

At age 10, Messalina landed her first named role as Little Mary, in "The Women" by Clare Luce Booth. Once again Messalina was acting with her mother, but this time they were actually playing mother and daughter on stage as well. Messalina received a NJACT Award nomination for most Outstanding Young Actress in a play for her performance.

Jesuit and Catholic education is an important part of Her family's beliefs. For elementary school she and her sister attended St. John's Academy in Hillsdale New Jersey. She was home schooled for one year to prepare for her entrance exams to get into a boarding school in the north of England, Stonyhurst College. It is a Jesuit school and the sister school to where her parents first met.

Throughout her time at Stonyhurst Messalina became heavily involved with the arts programs there. She was involved in every production and pushed her dancing. During the 5 years she was at the college, Messalina was in 8 plays/musicals, 4 dance shows and also directed her own experimental immersive theatre piece. She left Stonyhurst having won the Charles Laughton Award for Best Actor, and received an IB Diploma with 39 points.