Melissa Fumero

Melissa Fumero (née Gallo; born August 19, 1982) 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.

Melissa Fumero
Fumero in May 2018
Born
Melissa Gallo

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

Early life

Fumero was born Melissa Gallo in North Bergen, New Jersey, on August 19, 1982.[1] She is the daughter of Cuban parents who had moved to the U.S. as teenagers. She grew up in Guttenberg, New Jersey until she moved to Lyndhurst, New Jersey aged 6. At 19, she moved to New York City after getting accepted into New York University.[2] She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from NYU in 2003.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] Fumero made her directorial debut in 2019 when she directed the season 6 episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Return of the King".[7]

Personal life

Fumero married her One Life to Live co-star David Fumero on December 9, 2007, and has been credited as Melissa Fumero since.[1][3] The couple have two sons (born in March 2016 and February 2020).[8][9]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Descent Dorm Girl #2 Uncredited[10]
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–present Brooklyn Nine-Nine Amy Santiago Main role
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) 2 episodes
2020 She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Starla (voice) Episode: "Stranded"
2020 Match Game Herself Episode: "Shooting Blanks"

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[11]
Imagen Awards Best Supporting Actress – Television Nominated[12]
2016 Imagen Awards Nominated[13]
2019 Imagen Awards Nominated[14]

References
  1. Soap Opera Digest, Vol. 33, No. 1, January 1, 2008, page 5. "Gallo will now go by Melissa Fumero" following her December 9, 2007 marriage to OLTL costar David Fumero.
  2. Fumero, Melissa (March 23, 2019). "Early life". Twitter. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. "Soap Star Stats: Melissa Fumero (Adriana, OLTL)". SoapOperaDigest.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  4. Baral, Susmita (September 9, 2014). "Melissa Fumero Talks 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'". latintimes.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Page, Rick (January 25, 2018). "Prepping for an exciting week..." Twitter. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  8. Saad, Nardine. "Melissa Fumero of 'Brooklyn 99' welcomes a baby boy with David Fumero". latimes.com. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  9. https://twitter.com/melissafumero/status/1228782225618919424
  10. "Descent". Blogspot.
  11. "2015 NHMC Impact Awards". NHMC.
  12. "2015 Imagen Awards". Imagen.
  13. "2016 Imagen Awards". Imagen.
  14. "2019 Imagen Awards". Imagen.
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