Melissa Benoist

Work in Progress with Sophia Bush

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Music, Arts, Comedy

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is an actor, a producer, mental health activist, and even a Superhero--when she’s on set. You know her best as Kara Danvers aka SuperGirl on the CW, it’s Melissa Benoist. Today she joins Sophia to talk about art as a business and art as an expression, how you often end up feeling alive in the hardest times in your life, her experience as SuperGirl and the personal challenges she was facing during that time, her new book she wrote with her sister, and so much more!

Executive Producers: Sophia Bush & Rabbit Grin Productions

Associate Producers: Samantha Skelton & Mica Sangiacomo

Editor: Josh Windisch

Artwork by the Hoodzpah Sisters

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Sophia and welcome back to this week's work in progress.
0:15.4	Today's guest is an actor, a producer, a mental health activist,
0:19.7	and even a superhero when she's on set. You know her best as Caradamvers,
0:25.2	aka Supergirl on the CW, it's Melissa Bonoist. Melissa was always attracted to acting and performing
0:31.8	and has described herself as a theater kid at heart. She's been acting in movies and
0:36.0	television since 2008 and had her Broadway musical debut in 2018's Beautiful. Melissa's husband,
0:43.2	Chris Wood, is a founder of the I Don't Mind Mental Health Awareness Campaign.
0:48.2	Cause which Melissa has vociferously supported. Melissa has also spoken out about her own experience
0:54.3	as a survivor of domestic abuse and has established herself as a voice and encouraging force
1:00.0	for domestic abuse victims everywhere. More recently, Melissa has added novelist to her ever-growing
1:07.2	list of accomplishments. She co-wrote her book The Powers Havens Secret with her sister,
1:13.1	Jessica Bonoist, and best-selling author, Marika Tamaki. I'll be asking Melissa about the book,
1:18.6	about being a superhero and about her experience with mental health as both an individual and an
1:25.4	advocate. I am incredibly impressed by Melissa's courage, her poise, and the way that she looks at
1:33.0	the world. And I think you will be too. Without further ado, welcome Melissa Bonoist.
1:51.7	I'm so excited to jump in with you today. You know, before we started the show and we were sitting
1:57.2	here on Zoom, you know, you and I were sharing that it feels like everyone we've ever met tells us
2:02.5	we're supposed to be friends. So I'm so excited to finally- So many people have told me that.
2:07.7	Yeah, I'm so jazzed to finally hang and honestly to talk about work and career and balance
2:15.0	and mental health and all the things. But before we jump into where we are today, I really like to go
2:21.4	back with people. You know, it's easy to Google a person or do research and find out what they're up to
2:26.7	and you know, the things that they've been in. But I'm always really curious if the people who come
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