Melissa Roxburgh made a name for herself on the small screen thanks to four seasons as Manifest 's leading lady, starting on NBC before the sci-fi drama moved over to streaming for Netflix subscribers . More recently, she joined Justin Hartley to play his on-screen sister for CBS' super successful Tracker Season 1. After explaining to CinemaBlend why it was a "no brainer" to play Dory Shaw opposite Hartley as Colter, she also reflected on her Manifest days.
When I spoke with Roxburgh ahead of her debut episode on Tracker in the 2024 TV schedule , I noted that this show definitely isn't her first time playing a sister with a complicated relationship with her brother, as that was the case when she played Michaela Stone opposite Josh Dallas as Ben Stone on Manifest . The actress shared what it was like for her to go from Michaela to Dory, saying: So on Manifest, Michaela was kind of a hot mess. Ben Stone was a little bit more put together, but this time it's the other way around.
Dory is the one with her stuff together and she's a professor and she's got all her ducks in a row and she's kind of the one handing out the advice this time. He doesn't take it obviously, because he's Colter. She just wants her family to come back together, and so there's a lot of love there.
And I hope that comes across on screen. It truly is a twist on the sibling dynamics, as Manifest fans will remember that Ben Stone started out the series as a college professor. Fortunately, Dory didn't go through.
