Name
Melissa De Sousa
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1967-09-25 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Melissa De Sousa is an actress best known for her role as Shelby in the 1999 romantic comedy-drama film The Best Man, its 2013 sequel The Best Man Holiday, Gabriella Jimenez in BET's Reed Between the Lines, and Ana Lopez in Black Lightning.
Known For
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When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', ...
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After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempt...
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When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover jus...
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Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of H...
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When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the res...
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A group of Delta Force soldiers, accompanied by a CIA agent, are sent to the Belzan forest...
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An ensemble comedy that follows the lives of six friends in New York City during the year ...
- 2000 Miss Congeniality as Karen 'Rhode Island'
- 2003 Laurel Canyon as Claudia
- 2001 30 Years to Life
- 2007 Constellation as Lucy Boxer
- 2007 Bats: Human Harvest as O'Neal
- 2000 Lockdown as Krista
- 2013 The Best Man Holiday as Shelby
- 2011 Ashes as Camille
- 1998 Ride as Leta
- 2006 The Ron Clark Story as Marissa Vega
- 2014 Cru as Michelle Hughes
- 2008 A Good Man Is Hard to Find as Monica
- 2015 Supermodel as Det. Lacey
- 1999 The Best Man as Shelby
- 2006 Saturday Night Life as Darlene Maye
- 2025 Operation: Aunties as Carol
- 2015 Divas! as Angie
- 2026 A Proud Family Wizmas as Sunset Boulevardez (voice)
- 2009 Castle ( 1 episode ) as Liz Penn
- 2001 One on One ( 12 episodes ) as Natalie
- 2005 Ghost Whisperer ( 1 episode ) as Christine Nelson
- 2000 The $treet ( 12 episodes ) as Donna Pasqua
- 1995 The Wayans Bros. ( 1 episode ) as Charmaine
- 1999 Grown Ups ( 2 episodes ) as Donna Parris
- 2018 Black Lightning ( 8 episodes ) as Chief Ana Lopez
- 1996 Moesha ( 1 episode ) as Jennifer
- 1993 Living Single ( 1 episode ) as Carmen
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Estella
- 2004 Second Time Around ( 13 episodes ) as Coco Herrera
- 1998 Damon ( 13 episodes ) as Stacy Phillips
- 2011 Reed Between the Lines ( 25 episodes ) as Gabriella Jimenez
- 2011 Single Ladies ( 6 episodes ) as Austin Aguilera
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Adele McCord
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 Valley of the Dolls ( 1 episode ) as Neely O'Hara
- 2022 The Best Man: The Final Chapters ( 8 episodes ) as Shelby
- 2019 On Becoming a God in Central Florida ( 5 episodes ) as Mirta Herrera
- 2012 Elementary ( 1 episode ) as Luz Horowitz
- 2018 Ladies of the Law ( 6 episodes ) as Tina
- 2011 Shameless ( 1 episode ) as Tina
- 2022 Bel-Air ( 1 episode ) as Steph
- 1993 Living Single ( 1 episode ) as Lisa
