Melissa De Sousa

Actor Sep 25 (age 58) New York City, New York, USA 1993–2025 (32 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Biography

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.

Known For

Film

Miss Congeniality

Karen Krantz

Film

The Ron Clark Story

Marissa Vega

Film

The Best Man Holiday

Shelby

Film

The Best Man

Shelby

Film

Laurel Canyon

Claudia

Film

The Best Man: The Final Chapters

Shelby

Film

Lockdown

Krista

Film

Criminal Minds

Adele McCord

Filmography

Acting (39)

Movies (16)

Operation: Aunties

as Carol

Supermodel

as Det. Lacey

Cru

as Michelle Hughes

The Best Man Holiday

as Shelby

Ashes

as Camille

A Good Man Is Hard to Find

as Monica

Constellation

as Lucy Boxer

Bats: Human Harvest

as O'Neal

The Ron Clark Story

as Marissa Vega

Saturday Night Life

as Darlene Maye

Laurel Canyon

as Claudia

30 Years to Life

Miss Congeniality

as Karen Krantz

Lockdown

as Krista

The Best Man

as Shelby

Ride

as Leta

Television (23)

Bel-Air

2022

as Steph

7.7

The Best Man: The Final Chapters

2022

as Shelby

7.6

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

as Mirta Herrera

Black Lightning

as Chief Ana Lopez

Ladies of the Law

as Tina

Elementary

as Luz Horowitz

Shameless

as Tina

Single Ladies

as Austin Aguilera

Reed Between the Lines

as Gabriella Jimenez

Castle

as Liz Penn

Criminal Minds

as Adele McCord

Ghost Whisperer

as Christine Nelson

Second Time Around

as Coco Herrera

One on One

as Natalie

The $treet

as Donna Pasqua

Grown Ups

Damon

as Stacy Phillips

Moesha

as Jennifer

The Wayans Bros.

as Charmaine

as Estella

Valley of the Dolls

as Neely O'Hara

Living Single

as Lisa