- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 25, 1967
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Melissa De Sousa
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.
Filmography
movieOperation: Aunties
2025 · Carol
tvThe Best Man: The Final Chapters
2022 · Shelby
tvBel-Air
2022 · Steph
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
tvOn Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019 · Mirta Herrera
tvLadies of the Law
2018 · Tina
tvBlack Lightning
2018 · Chief Ana Lopez
movieSupermodel
2015 · Det. Lacey
movieDivas!
2015 · Angie
movieCru
2014 · Michelle Hughes
movieThe Best Man Holiday
2013 · Shelby
tvElementary
2012 · Luz Horowitz
tvReed Between the Lines
2011 · Gabriella Jimenez
tvSingle Ladies
2011 · Austin Aguilera
movieAshes
2011 · Camille
tvShameless
2011 · Tina
tvCastle
2009 · Liz Penn
movieA Good Man Is Hard to Find
2008 · Monica
movieBats: Human Harvest
2007 · O'Neal
movieConstellation
2007 · Lucy Boxer
movieThe Ron Clark Story
2006 · Marissa Vega
movieSaturday Night Life
2006 · Darlene Maye
tvGhost Whisperer
2005 · Christine Nelson
tvCriminal Minds
2005 · Adele McCord
Second Time Around
tvSecond Time Around
2004 · Coco Herrera
movieLaurel Canyon
2003 · Claudia
movie30 Years to Life
2001
tvOne on One
2001 · Natalie
movieMiss Congeniality
2000 · Karen Krantz
tvThe $treet
2000 · Donna Pasqua
movieLockdown
2000 · Krista
movieThe Best Man
1999 · Shelby
Grown Ups
tvGrown Ups
1999 · Donna Parris
movieRide
1998 · Leta
tvDamon
1998 · Stacy Phillips
tvMoesha
1996 · Jennifer
tvThe Wayans Bros.
1995 · Charmaine
tvER
1994 · Estella
tvValley of the Dolls
1994 · Neely O'Hara
tvLiving Single
1993 · Carmen, Lisa