Melissa Fumero

Melissa Fumero- Biography

Melissa Fumero is an actress and director from the United States who is best known for playing Amy Santiago in the comedic television series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. From 2004 through 2011, she played Adriana Cramer on One Life to Live in a recurring role.

What is the Net Worth of Melissa Fumero? Salary, Earnings

Melissa is a well-known actress who has worked in both film and television. She began performing professionally shortly after graduating from New York University. Fumero has also played the lead in a number of films. Her net worth is expected to be over $4 million US dollars as of 2022, with the majority of her earnings coming from her work as an actor. She’s also given money to the National Bail Fund Network in the past to promote protests against police violence.

Melissa Fumero- Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Siblings, Parents

Melissa Fumero was born Melissa Gallo on August 19, 1982, in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, to archaeologist Carlos Gallo and a mother called Martha Gallo, a tour guide. Maximillian Gallo is her brother, and Julia Gallo and Johanna Gallo are her sisters. Her parents are Cuban immigrants who moved to the United States with their children when they were teenagers.

Melissa graduated from Lyndhurst High School and then went on to The New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Drama in December 2003. Fumero has been attending dance courses since she was a toddler and is now a professional dancer.

Quick Facts

Melissa Fumero- Relationship, Married Life, Boyfriend, Girlfriend

Fumero has been married to David Fumero, her One Life to Live co-star, since the show’s inception. Enzo, the couple’s first child, was born on March 24, 2016, after the pair married in December 2007. Melissa was still filming the fourth season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine at the time. On February 14, 2020, the couple welcomed their second child, Axel, into the world.

Melissa Fumero- Professional Career

On her last day as a student at NYU, Melissa Fumero joined the cast of One Life to Live as Adriana on January 20, 2004. The post was initially handed to Amanda Cortinas for a few months, but Melissa was then brought in and worked on the project intermittently until 2011. Then, in 2009, she appeared in I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, Important Things starring Demetri Martin, and Tiny Dancer as Ati, her big-screen debut. She later appeared in Gossip Girl, The Mentalist, Royal Pains, CSI: NY, and Men at Work for the New Year. Finally, in 2013, she joined the cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a comedy television series in which she played Amy Santiago, alongside Andy Samberg in the role of Jake Peralta.

Fumero made her directorial debut on the same series, directing an episode of season 6 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She then appeared on Hollywood Game Night, Mack & Moxy, The Admirable, Hell’s Kitchen, The $100,000 Pyramid, One Day at a Time, and the film DriverX after making a guest appearance on Top Chef Duels later that year. She even narrated an audiobook called The Land I Lost in 2018. (Ghosts of the Shadow Market 7). Melissa also voiced characters in Elena of Avalor, Antonia, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Big City Greens in 2020. Melissa Tarleton in Marvel’s adult animated streaming series M.O.D.O.K. will be voiced by Fumero in 2021.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Hair color

Melissa Fumero stands 5 ft 9 inches tall and weighs 62 kg. Furthermore, he has Black hair and Dark Brown eyes.

Trivia

• She is a Cuban immigrant’s daughter.
• She’s been in the business since 2004 and can presently be seen on the set of the hit series Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
• Fumero won the NHMC Impact Awards in 2015 for Outstanding Achievements and Contributions to Positive Portrayals of Latinos in Media.
• She also directed two short films, Half Empty and Stolen Hearts, in 2011 and 2018.
• Melissa has over 2.3 million Instagram followers and 682.6k Twitter followers.

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