Alexandra Breckenridge, who plays Mel Monroe in Netflix’s Virgin River, has shared insights about emotionally charged moments in Season 6, particularly related to her character’s journey and interactions with co-stars. One notable source, a Daily Record article from January 21, 2025, highlights Breckenridge opening up about a traumatic scene where Mel suffers a miscarriage. She connected this to a personal experience, revealing that her son Jack was very sick when young and could have died, giving her a deep understanding of the emotional loss of a child. She stated, “I didn’t have to do a lot of quote-unquote, acting… it was all just very real to me.” This scene, while not explicitly tied to a specific co-star in the article, was emotionally significant and drew on her real-life empathy, likely involving co-stars like Martin Henderson (Jack Sheridan), given their close on-screen relationship.

Alexandra Breckenridge plays Mel Monroe in Virgin River

“When we were working together recently and you told me to go to the airport when I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m going to miss my flight.’ It was on your close-up of the scene we had been doing,” Alexandra explained, adding: “I’m getting sweaty palms just thinking about it!”

“I got so emotional when you were like, ‘Go. Just go,” she continued, holding back tears. “Because I missed my kids so much and you completely understood and you were just like, ‘Go’.”

Mel praised her co-star Annette O’Toole, who plays Hope

Fanning her face to dry her tears, Alexandra added: “I was so emotional at the time, I don’t think I ever let it out or said anything but I was so appreciative.”

Reassuring her co-star, Annette pointed out how important family is. “I didn’t know up until that point,” she said. “You could have gone earlier and not worried about getting to your plane because there’s nothing more important than that. Nothing.”

Fans were quick to respond to the sweet story in the comments section, with one person writing: “Love this,” while another praised Annette, adding: “Love love LOVE Annette, what a beautiful human. That lady’s got her priorities in order. Glad you made the flight.”

Alexandra stars opposite Martin Henderson in the drama

After months of filming, it’s no surprise that Alexandra was keen to return home to her two young children, son Jack and daughter Billie, whom she shares with her musician husband Casey Hooper.

The couple, who wed in 2015, live in Atlanta, Georgia, having moved from Los Angeles after their two kids were born.

Opening up about their decision to relocate across the country, the This Is Us star told Atlanta Magazine in January 2019: “We wanted our children to grow up in a place where they could play and ride their bikes that didn’t feel like a big city.”

Alexandra wed her husband Casey Hooper in 2015© Provided by Hello! Canada

While Alexandra tends to keep photos of her children off of social media, she has opened up about parenthood on several occasions.

She told Us Weekly in 2017: “When you have children. It just changes what’s important to you. Trying to find time to keep up with my hair or nails, they take me away from Jack. So I tend to put those things off.”

Another emotional highlight from Season 6 involves Mel’s wedding to Jack Sheridan, discussed in multiple sources, including a Us Weekly article from December 24, 2024. Breckenridge described watching Martin Henderson cry every time she walked down the aisle during filming as a memorable moment, noting the ceremony left most of the cast and crew in tears. Henderson emphasized the scene’s resonance, saying it felt like the “culmination of all that energy and romance and love” between Mel and Jack over six seasons. This suggests a deeply emotional filming experience with Henderson as her key co-star.

Additionally, Breckenridge spoke to Good Housekeeping about Mel’s storyline with her biological father, Everett (John Allen Nelson), in Season 6, which was particularly touching due to her own experience of losing her mother. She noted, “I found it to be really touching, especially because I know what it is to lose your mother,” indicating emotional depth in scenes with Nelson.