I remember when I was a dancer and I had to do this performance and I was really nervous about it, and I happened at that moment to go see 'Flashdance.' I mean, it's silly, but I walked out of that movie going 'what a feeling!' I walked out with confidence.

She was the second of four children by her father's first marriage and another by his second. As part of the senior production team Melissa Rosenberg was also co-nominated for the Outstanding Drama Series award at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards. Her mother was Patricia Rosenberg a lawyer.

Spiro and they live in Los Angeles. C. She majored in Dance and Theatre at Bennington College in Vermont but Melissa Rosenberg later graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master's Degree in Film and Television Producing.