Nationality American Role Actress Name Melissa Sousa | Years active 1992–present Occupation Actress | |
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Born September 25, 1967 (age 56) ( 1967-09-25 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Education High School of Performing Arts Nominations NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Movies and TV shows The Best Man Holiday, The Best Man, Miss Congeniality, Reed Between the Lines, The Ron Clark Story Similar People Monica Calhoun, Malcolm D Lee, Regina Hall, Harold Perrineau, Sanaa Lathan Profiles | ||
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Melissa De Sousa (born September 25, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shelby in the 1999 romantic comedy-drama film The Best Man and its 2013 sequel The Best Man Holiday. De Sousa also starred as Gabriella Jimenez in BET's Reed Between the Lines (2011). Born in New York City, De Sousa is of Panamanian descent.
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Life and career
Born in 1967, De Sousa was raised in New York by Panamanian parents. She began ballet at a very young age, studying under Joan Millin. She attended the High School of Performing Arts, and acting naturally followed.
De Sousa was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Film at the NAACP Image Awards for her performance in The Best Man. Other film credits include 30 Years to Life, Lockdown, Ride, and the short films The Fire This Time and Spark. De Sousa's starring television credits include the short-lived (dropped after seven episodes) Fox series The $treet (2000), Second Time Around (2004–05), and One on One (2002–03).
De Sousa starred in the film The Best Man Holiday, released in November 2013.