Melania Trump
Biography
Melania Trump, also known by her birth name Melanija Knavs and as Mel, is a female actor with 53 known credits according to the Movie Database. Born on April 26, 1970, in Novo Mesto, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia, which is now Slovenia, she began working as a fashion model at the age of 16 while pursuing her education. She is a Slovenian and American former model and the third wife of President Donald Trump. She served as First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021 and began serving again in 2025. She is the first naturalized citizen and non-native English speaker to become first lady, the second foreign-born first lady after Louisa Adams, the second Roman Catholic first lady after Jacqueline Kennedy, and the second first lady to hold the position nonconsecutively after Frances Cleveland.
Career overview
Melania Knauss Trump, born Melanija Knavs on April 26, 1970, in Novo Mesto, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia, is a Slovenian and American former model and the third wife of President Donald Trump. She began working as a fashion model in Yugoslavia at the age of 16 while pursuing her education.
In the scope of her media presence recorded on The Movie Database, she has accumulated 53 known credits under the acting category. She is also known by the names Melanija Knavs and Mel.
In public and political life, she has served as First Lady of the United States since 2025, having previously held the role from 2017 to 2021. She holds several historical distinctions as first lady: she is the first naturalized citizen and the first non-native English speaker in the role, the second foreign-born first lady following Louisa Adams, the second Roman Catholic first lady following Jacqueline Kennedy, and the second first lady to hold the position nonconsecutively after Frances Cleveland.
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- Melania (2026) as Self
- Melania (2026) Producer
- America Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset (2026) as Self (archive footage)
- The Donald Trump Show (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- America at War (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- The TikTok-Army of the AfD (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Die Elon-Musk-Story (2025) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- It Musk Be Love: Trump & Elon (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- We Feed People (2022) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- A Pete Hegseth and Melania Trump Interview (2022) as Self
- Melania (2022) as Self
- When Ruby Wax Met... (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- First Ladies (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- The Accidental President (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Feels Good Man (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Frenemies: Putin and Trump (2020) as Self - D. Trump's Wife (archive footage)
- Nicotine - A Drug with a Future (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- The Plot Against the President (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- The Way I See It (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- American Deep State (2020) as Self
- Looking for Melania Trump (2020) as Self
- The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Donald Trump Is President and You're Not: A Portrait of Donald J. Trump (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018) as Self - First Lady (uncredited)
- King Bibi (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Trump: An American Dream (2017) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Get Me Roger Stone (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Ivanka Trump- America's Real First Lady? (2017) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 95th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting (2017) as Self
- One Nation Under Trump (2016) as Self
- President Trump: Can He Really Win? (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Spotlight (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- The Making of Trump (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Who Is Donald Trump? (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- 7.30 (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Donald Trump: All-American Billionaire (2010) as Self
- The Rachel Maddow Show (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2007) as Self
- The Celebrity Apprentice (2004) as Self
- Zoolander (2001) as Melania Knauss (uncredited)
- White House Christmas (1998) as Self
- Dispatches (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- Frontline (1983) as Self (archive footage)
- Entertainment Tonight (1981) as Self
- 20/20 (1978) as Self
- 60 Minutes (1968) as Self
- Miss USA (1963) as Self - Judge
- Panorama (1953) as Self (archive footage)
- Untitled Melania Trump Docuseries as Self
- Untitled Melania Trump Docuseries Executive Producer