Melissa Fumero

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Melissa Fumero
Melissa Fumero May 2018.jpg
Fumero in May 2018
Born
Melissa Gallo

(1982-08-19) August 19, 1982 (age 39)
North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materNew York University
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2007)​
Children2

Melissa Fumero (née Gallo; born August 19, 1982)[1] is an American actress and director. She is known for portraying Amy Santiago on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Adriana Cramer on One Life to Live.

Early life[]

Fumero was born Melissa Gallo[2] in North Bergen, New Jersey.[3] She is the daughter of Cuban parents who moved to the U.S. as teenagers.[4][5] She grew up in Guttenberg, New Jersey until age 6, when her family moved to Lyndhurst, New Jersey. At 19, she moved to New York City[3] to attend New York University, from which she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama in 2003.[6]

Career[]

The second actress to portray Adriana on One Life to Live, Fumero joined the series on January 20, 2004. Adriana is the long-lost daughter of longtime character Dorian Cramer Lord, portrayed on-and-off since 1979 by Daytime Emmy winner Robin Strasser. Fumero won the role of Adriana on her last day as a student at NYU.[7] In late 2007 she decided not to renew her contract with the series, but remained on a recurring status to wrap up Adriana's storyline that concluded June 11, 2008. Fumero returned to One Life to Live in September 2008 for a 15-episode run.[8] Fumero did a guest stint on OLTL on February 12, 2010, to help usher in the return of Kelly Cramer (Gina Tognoni).

Fumero made her big-screen debut as the lead in the 2009 independent film Tiny Dancer. In 2010, she appeared in five episodes of The CW's Gossip Girl as Zoe, one of Blair Waldorf's minions. In 2013, she was cast in Fox/NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Amy Santiago, the female lead opposite Andy Samberg.[9] Fumero made her directorial debut in 2019 when she directed the season 6 episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Return of the King".[10]

Personal life[]

Fumero married her One Life to Live co-star David Fumero, a fellow Cuban-American,[11] on December 9, 2007, and has been credited as Melissa Fumero since.[2][6] The couple have two sons: Enzo (born March 24, 2016)[12] and Axel (born February 14, 2020).[13][14]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Descent Dorm Girl #2 Uncredited[15]
2009 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Melissa
2009 Tiny Dancer Ati Credited as Melissa Gallo
2013 The House That Jack Built Lily
2017 DriverX Jessica
2019 A Stone in the Water Alex

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2004–2011 One Life to Live Adriana Cramer 208 episodes
2005 All My Children Adriana Cramer 2 episodes
Credited as Melissa Gallo
2009 Important Things with Demetri Martin April Episode: "Coolness"
2010 Gossip Girl Zoe 5 episodes
2010 The Mentalist Carmen Reyes Episode: "Red Letter"
2011 Royal Pains Brooke Episode: "Pit Stop"
2012 CSI: NY Michelle Rhodes Episode: "The Real McCoy"
2013 Men at Work April Episode: "The New Boss"
2013–2021 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Amy Santiago Main role
153 episodes
Directed episode "Return of the King"
2014 Top Chef Duels Herself Episode: "Jen Carroll vs. Nyesha Arrington"
2015, 2019 Hollywood Game Night Herself 2 episodes
2016 Mack & Moxy The Admirable Episode: "A Bop-Topus' Garden"
2017 Hell's Kitchen Herself Episode: "A Little Slice of Hell"
2018 The $100,000 Pyramid Herself Episode: "Bobby Moynihan vs. Melissa Fumero"
2019–2020 One Day at a Time Estrellita 2 episodes
2019 America's Got Talent: The Champions Herself Episode: "The Champions Results Finale"
2019–2020 Elena of Avalor Antonia (voice) 3 episodes
2020 She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Starla (voice) Episode: "Stranded"
2020 Match Game Herself Episode: "Shooting Blanks"
2020 Big City Greens Cantaloupe Sinclair (voice) Episode: "Dolled Up"
2020 Room 104 Eva Episode: "Bangs"
2021 M.O.D.O.K. Melissa Tarleton (voice) 8 episodes
2021 Diary of a Future President Ms. Ortega 2 episodes

Web[]

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Haute & Bothered Jo 11 episodes
2011 Half Empty Jill Short film
2017 Mourners, Inc. Monica Herrera Episode: "Pilot"
2018 Stolen Hearts Erica Short film

Audiobooks[]

Year Title Role
2018 The Land I Lost (Ghosts of the Shadow Market 7) Narrator

Awards and nominations[]

Year Association Category Work Result
2015 NHMC Impact Awards Outstanding Achievements and Contributions to the Positive Portrayals of Latinos in Media Brooklyn Nine-Nine Won[16]
Imagen Awards Best Supporting Actress – Television Nominated[17]
2016 Imagen Awards Nominated[18]
2019 Imagen Awards Nominated[19]

References[]

  1. ^ "UPI Almanac for Monday, Aug. 19, 2019". United Press International. August 19, 2020. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020. … actor Melissa Fumero in 1982 (age 37)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "[title unavailable]". Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 33 no. 1. January 1, 2008. p. 5. "Gallo will now go by Melissa Fumero" following her December 9, 2007 marriage to One Life to Live costar David Fumero.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Fumero, Melissa [@melissafumero] (March 23, 2019). "Born in North Bergen" (Tweet). Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2019 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Abrahamson, Rachel Paula (October 15, 2020). "'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' actress on how her dad shut down her pandemic 'pity party'". Today. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Fumero, Melissa [@melissafumero] (August 2, 2017). "My parents fled Cuba & didn't speak English when they arrived here. Neither did my grandparents, my in laws, all my cousins & my husband" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Soap Star Stats: Melissa Fumero (Adriana, OLTL)". Soap Opera Digest. Archived from the original on January 12, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  7. ^ Baral, Susmita (September 9, 2014). "Melissa Fumero Talks 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  8. ^ Mistretta, Amy (September 16, 2008). "Melissa Fumero Confirms Her OLTL Return To Soaps.com!". Soaps.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  9. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 6, 2013). "Melissa Fumero To Star In Fox's Mike Schur/ Dan Goor Pilot, Adam Goldberg Casts Young Self In ABC Pilot". Deadline. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  10. ^ Page, Rick (January 25, 2018). "Prepping for an exciting week..." Twitter. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  11. ^ Ocaña Perez, Damarys (March 7, 2017). "Melissa Fumero Talks Parenting Her Son in a Cuban-American Household". Parents. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  12. ^ Gomez, Patrick (March 24, 2016). "David and Melissa Fumero Welcome Son Enzo". People. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020. ...welcomed their first child, son Enzo, on Thursday, March 24 ... the couple tells 'People' exclusively.
  13. ^ Martin, Annie (February 17, 2020). "'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' star Melissa Fumero gives birth to son". United Press International. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020. Fumero shared news of Axel's birth Saturday on Instagram.... 'Welcome to the world, Axel,' she captioned the post. 'You have made Valentine's Day my new favorite holiday!'
  14. ^ @melissafumero (February 15, 2020). "Had the most beautiful Valentine's Day ever this year" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Fumero in Peary, Danny (December 15, 2006). "On the set of Tiny Dancer with Melissa Gallo". TimesSquare.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020 – via Author Danny Peary official blog. Right, Dorm Girl #2! ... That was in a movie called Descent. I auditioned for it and my agent called and said, 'Well, you got that film, but it's only one day shooting and you have only two lines.' ... So I got to be on a set for a day and work with Rosario Dawson, who was very, very sweet. And the director, Talia Lugacy, was cool.
  16. ^ "Latino Talent Celebrated at 18th Annual NHMC Impact Awards Gala" (Press release). National Hispanic Media Coalition. February 23, 2015. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  17. ^ "2015 Imagen Awards Winners, Honorees & Nominees". Imagen Foundation. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  18. ^ "2016 Imagen Awards Winners, Honorees & Nominees". Imagen Foundation. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  19. ^ "Nominations Announced for the 34th Annual Imagen Awards" (Press release). Imagen Foundation. July 1, 2019. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

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