Melody Klaver was born in Amsterdam, Holland. At age 15 she got nominated for a Golden Calf for Best Actress (Deep), which made her the youngest actress ever to be nominated for this prestigious award. She lost it to Carice Van Houten (Blackbook). Later she did win the Tudor Award for Best Actress (Deep) in Geneva and a Rembrandt Award for Best Actress (Winter in wartime). In 2010 she got accepted by the Maastricht theatre academy, generally considered as one of the best drama academies in Europe. At the International Theatre School Festival 2014 in Amsterdam she won the Kemna Award for the best and most outstanding graduating student of the Netherlands and Belgium. Before and after her education Melody played lead roles in films such as Oorlogswinter (Winter in Wartime) by Martin Koolhoven, Schemer (Dusk), Langer Licht (Northern Light), Brasserie Valentijn and many more.