Danielle Marie McCormack (born 18 September 1983) is an English actress and singer/songwriter and musician. McCormack is best known for playing Mel Barker on the TV show My Parents Are Aliens on CITV between 1999 and 2004, leaving after series 6 for a career in the music industry. She did however appear in the 2005 link episode "Thanks for All the Earthworm Custard", the last episode of series 7. McCormack was born