Michelle Miller-Day

Michelle Miller-Day was born in Wooster, Ohio. Michelle attended the University of Southern California for her undergraduate degrees in Communication and Psychology and then completed an M.F.A. in Theatre/Acting. Michelle has always performed on stage in community and professional productions. After finishing her Ph.D. in Communication Studies and working as a Professor at Penn State University and then Chapman University she currently lives in the greater Los Angeles area and pursues her love of acting. Michelle's stage credits as an actor include Steel Magnolias (2019, M'Lynn), One Slight Hitch (2019, Delia), Gaslight/Angel Street (2019, Mrs. Manningham), The Real Inspector Hound (2019, Cynthia), Pack of Lies (2018, Barbara), Calendar Girls (2017, Annie), God of Carnage (2017, Annette), Miracle Worker (2016, Kate Keller), On Golden Pond (2013, Ethel), Streetcar Named Desire (2012, Eunice), Thoroughly Modern Millie (2011, Miss Flannery), The Full Monty (2011, Jeanette), Lettice and Lovage (2010, Lettice), Plaza Suite (2010, Karen, Muriel, Norma), Poe Plays (2009, Beatrice), Vagina Monologues (2008, 2007, Under the Burqa, Memory of her Face), HOMEwork (2005, Zoe), Two of Me (2003, Amy), The General's Daughter (2001, Sarah), Infanticide (2000, 1995, One woman show), Hay Fever (1999, Judith), Map of the World (1993, Peggy), Three Sisters (1984, Irina), Rebel without a Cause (1980, Judy) Her narration, voiceover, television, and film credits include Longform book narration (The Girl With the Glass Heart, Fancy White Trash, Captured in Lies, Knowing the Score), voiceover (L'Oreal, Skinceuticals, L'Oreal, Resveratrol), television (America's Courts, Season 7, episode 96), commercials (Sugardown, Wendys, Huggies, Ramada Inn), music video (Leroy Styles: Golden Youth), and short films: Cecropia (Dir. Carlotta Crespo Moyano) Mom; Beth (Dir. Wafa Alabdulrazzaq)Mom; All Creatures Go to Heaven (Dir. Marqus Bobesich) Mom; Wang Syrup (Dir. Tyler the Creator) White Mom; The White Door (Dir. Giovanni Ribisi) Head Nurse; JCPenney (Dir. Craig Teper) Penney; Kaleidoscope (Dir. Joe Dicamillo) Mom Her producer/director credits include Celebrating Safely, Student Stories, and HOMEwork and her writer credits include two produced stage plays: Call this Number and Two of Me. Michelle is also the author/co-author/editor of several published academic books: Constructing Motherhood and Daughterhood across the Lifespan (2019), Family Communication, Connections, and Health Transitions: Going Through this Together (2011), Communicating Intimacy in Older Adulthood (2009), Communication Among Grandmothers, Mothers, and Adult Daughters: A Qualitative Study of Women Across Three Generations (2004), and Adolescent Relationships and Drug Use (2000). Michelle is married to L. Edward Day who is a Professor of Sociology at Chapman University and she has two grown sons, Jordan Rassulo and Joshua Miller-Day. She is also the dog lady of her family, in 2020 this includes her rescues Frankie, Beckett, and Shush.