Melone M'Kenzy

Place of Birth: Manchester, England

Training: Middlesex University

Theatre: Aladdin (New Wimbledon Theatre); Stomp (Ambassadors Theatre & World Tour); Dick Whittington (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry); How Lion Became King of Tinga Tinga (UK tour); Back to Bacharach: Magic Moments (UK tour)

Television: Live at the London Palladium; The Box; The Big Breakfast; Fully Booked; Viva Europe; London Tonight and Alan Carr: Chatty Man. Meloné also made a television appearance in the Olympic Closing Ceremony as part of a Stomp performance.

Other: Meloné has signed recording contracts with Chrysalis Records and Sony Music under the stage name Martay. Her debut single ‘Gimme All Your Lovin’ featured ZZ Top and entered the top 30 in the UK charts and Germany. Meloné has also featured as a solo artist for The Rebel MC, The Urban Cookie Collective, Mike Oldfield, Erroll Brown and Yasir Aktar.

Meloné has provided backing vocals for Heather Smalls, Kim Wilde, Dina Carroll, Matt Henry, Foxes and Etienne Daho, has penned songs for Girls Aloud member Sarah Harding and Leah Weller, and co-written songs with Matt Henry. Meloné is the original vocalist and lyricist for all-female music collective High on Heels.