Melissa Fumero is an American actress and director. She became popular through her work on the Brooklyn 9-9 and One Life to Live projects. A certain fame was brought to her and shooting in such famous TV series as "The Mentalist" and "Gossip Girl". Fumero is the recipient of an award from the National Spanish Media Coalition.
The hometown of Melissa Fumero (Melissa Gallo) is Lyndhurst, located in New Jersey, USA. She was born on August 19, 1982. Melissa's parents are Cubans, they moved to the states as a teenager. In addition to Melissa herself, this family has two more daughters and a son. The head of the family, Carlos, dedicated his life to archeology. A mother named Marta worked with tourist groups, was a guide. Despite such a non-creative environment, Melissa's acting talent began to unfold at a very early age. As a teenager, Fumero no longer doubted that she would connect her life with art.
Facts from the biography of Melissa Fumero
Even before Melissa started her education in a regular school, she became seriously interested in music. Therefore, her parents took her to the studio, where the girl learned to play the guitar perfectly.
During her school years, Melissa was professionally engaged in dancing, and also attended a theater club. She participated in almost all school productions, more and more revealing her natural talent. In addition, Fumero was fond of singing. She attended a church choir.
After receiving a high school diploma, Melissa entered the university located in New York. There she studied at the theater department. And as a result, in 2003 she graduated with a bachelor's degree in arts. In the same year, her professional acting career began to develop.
To date, the filmography of the famous actress has more than ten roles in various projects. It is worth noting that Fumero not only starred in the usual television series and feature films, she also worked on web series.
Melissa managed to try herself as a director. The artist is still working in this capacity on the series "Brooklyn 9-9", which has been on the screens since 2013 and has quite high viewership ratings.
Melissa Fumero is very active in charity work. She supports several foundations that help children, women and refugees.
How the artist lives and what she is passionate about can be seen in her profiles on Instagram or Twitter. In her free time from filming, Melissa loves to play sports and yoga. She is also a very ardent football fan who tries not to miss the matches of her favorite team.
It is also worth noting that the actress was a star guest on the Hell's Kitchen reality show in 2017.
Acting way
In 2004, the premiere of the television series "One Life to Live" took place, in the cast of which Melissa got immediately after graduation from the university. Initially, she was involved on the set until 2008, but later Fumero returned to this project again. The actress re-worked on the television series until 2011. In total, she starred in over 200 episodes.
In 2005, a project related to One Life to Live, which was named All My Children, began to appear. In this show, Melissa returned to her role, she starred in two episodes.
Melissa got her first minor role in a big movie when she was cast in the movie Fall. The film premiered in 2007. However, the character played by Fumero did not even have a name, and the artist herself is not indicated in the credits for the film.
In subsequent years, the filmography of the already popular actress was replenished with roles in such projects as "Bachelor Party in Texas", "Haute & Bothered", "Gossip Girl", "The Mentalist", "Dear Doctor", "C. S. I.: Crime Scene In New York".
In 2013, the feature film "The House That Jack Built" was released, in which Fumero played a character named Lily. In the same year, a new television series "Men in Action" began to appear on the screens, where Melissa appeared in one episode.
In the aforementioned television series "Brooklyn 9-9" Melissa Fumero not only acted as a director. She got one of the main and permanent roles in the project.
Fumero's most recent work is the television movie "The Play Date", the web series "Mourners, Inc." and the movie "Driver-X".
Family, relationships and personal life
On the set of the TV show One Life to Live, Melissa met actor David Fumero. Feelings quickly flared up between them. And in 2007 they became husband and wife, then Melissa changed her maiden name.
In March 2016, a joyful event happened in the family - a boy was born, who was named Enzo.
