Michele Suzanne Edison was born in Baltimore Maryland and is the only daughter of Don and Martha Edison. She has four brothers. Michele is a descendant of Thomas Edison

Michele's first stab at acting was a high school production of "Harvey" and "Bye, Bye Byrdie". She attended college in Georgia and was the first runner up in in the Ms. Georgia Teen Pageant.

Michele worked for Department of Defense and started modeling swimwear. She appeared in Playboy's "Women of Washington" and in "Women of the World" issues. Michele moved to Los Angeles and one of her first roles was that of a secretary in the block buster "Heat", and her first scene was with Al Pacino. "Murder She Wrote" was her television debut. "