Biography
Melissa De Sousa
Acting
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.
Career works
40
Movies
17
Series
23
Career average
6.7/10
Birth date
09/25/1967
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Operation: Aunties
2025 · 10.0
Supermodel
2015 · 3.5
Divas!
2015
Cru
2014 · 5.0
The Best Man Holiday
2013 · 6.5
Ashes
2011 · 7.0
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
2008 · 5.3
Bats: Human Harvest
2007 · 4.7
Constellation
2007 · 5.8
The Ron Clark Story
2006 · 7.6
Saturday Night Life
2006 · 1.0
Laurel Canyon
2003 · 6.0
30 Years to Life
2001 · 6.3
Miss Congeniality
2000 · 6.5
Lockdown
2000 · 6.0
Series
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
2022 · 7.5
Bel-Air
2022 · 7.7
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · 6.4
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019 · 6.5
Ladies of the Law
2018 · 10.0
Black Lightning
2018 · 6.9
Elementary
2012 · 7.6
Reed Between the Lines
2011 · 6.6
Single Ladies
2011 · 5.3
Shameless
2011 · 8.2
Castle
2009 · 8.0
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · 8.1
Criminal Minds
2005 · 8.3
One on One
2001 · 7.9
The $treet
2000 · 5.8