Melissa Fumero

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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.

Early life

Melissa Gallo was born on August 19, 1982, in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Cubans who moved to the United States as teenagers. Gallo grew up in Guttenberg and moved to Lyndhurst at age six. As of 2014, her mother was a stay-at-home mom and former hairdresser, while her father taught math and worked at a jewelry store. When at home, she and her family spoke Spanish, but her parents stopped forcing her and her brother to do so after he encountered issues at school.

As a child, Gallo enjoyed creating and performing plays; as a result, she began taking dance lessons. Gallo expressed interest in acting after seeing Broadway's The Secret Garden at the age of ten. Her parents subsequently sent her to acting classes. Gallo enjoyed theater lessons, since she and her classmates were focused on performing well rather than their physical appearances. She remained enrolled in dance and acting classes until her graduation. When she received the acceptance letter for New York University (NYU)—her "dream school"—Gallo believed she would be unable to attend due to the cost. To ensure she could attend, her parents emptied their savings, took out many loans, and had Gallo live at home initially, although she moved to New York City at nineteen. In 2003, she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama.

Personal life

On the set of One Life to Live, Gallo met actor and former model David Fumero, a fellow Cuban-American who also appears on the show. The two became engaged in late 2006 and married on December 9, 2007, in New Jersey, with Gallo taking Fumero's name. They have two sons: Enzo (born March 24, 2016) and Axel (born February 14, 2020).

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Career

Gallo was rejected as she began working in the entertainment industry. She was only allowed to audition for particular roles. Adriana Cramer, a former student at NYU, has booked the role as Adriana Cramer on soap opera One Life to Live (OLTL), which she describes as "the most redeeming moment" in the wake of her last examination. Amanda Cortinas had portrayed the role but "her story line never [getting] off the ground," the actress ended the series. Gallo joined the series on January 20, 2004. She appeared in two episodes of All My Children in 2005. Fumero's deal with OLTL came to an end in January 2008, but she continued on until June 11, with her final scenes being shot in May. Fumero returned to One Life to Live for several years from September 2008 to January 2011.

She appeared in Tiny Dancer in 2008, playing Ati, a seventeen-year-old girl who is reluctant to dance. Fumero learned the character's Spanish Harlem accent, a challenge she found difficult—and she was properly trained in stretching and yoga to do the modern and contemporary dance. Fumero said he was interested in doing comedy and that he had been accepted to appear in Important Things with Demetri Martin for Comedy Central in 2009. She appeared on The CW's Gossip Girl, USA Network's Royal Pains, and CBS's The Mentalist and CSI: New York in the years.

Fumero's first acting appearance and breakthrough came in 2013, when she appeared in Fox's untitled comedy pilot as the female lead opposite Andy Samberg. In Brooklyn's fictional 99th precinct, the show was later revealed to be called Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Amy Santiago, a rule-following, fierce woman, is depicted by Fumero. She and Brooklyn's cast members received police and firearms training to prepare. Futura is one of the two Latina regular cast members, the other being Stephanie Beatriz (who plays Rosa Diaz). This casting was dubbed pioneer by Fumero, but the two actors feared that one of them would be shot. As a result, they attempted to make their appearances as distinct from one another as possible; for example, Fumero's character has straight hair, while Beatriz's has wavy hair. Fumero was always anxious, owing to her inexperience with comedy, which was woven into Amy's demeanor. The pilot for Brooklyn Nine-Nine aired on September 17, 2013, gaining more than six million viewers and rave reviews. The A.V. Samberg and Fumero's acting styles were praised by the club, who described her as "a true find" in the case. The first season's reviews were also favorable, with 5.2 million viewers receiving 5.2 million total viewers.

The Brooklyn Nine-Nine franchise was renewed for a second season in May 2014, the 2014-2015 television season will premiere. Critics loved "Undercover"'s premiere, which was highly praised by commentators. Fumero's reception was encouraging; Collider praised her comedic timing, passion, and vulnerability, while Entertainment Weekly found her convincing in a scene in which Amy tells Jake (Samberg) that "nothing's going to happen" between them romantically. Journalists applauded the remainder of the season and described the cast as "winning." In 2015, Brooklyn's cast received a Screen Actor Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Fumero's personal appearance earned her an Imagen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress; she would receive three more nominations for her appearances on the same exhibit in 2016, 2019, and 2022.

In September 2015, Brooklyn Nine-Nine's third season premiered. Since becoming more familiar with Amy's character, Fumero found comedian acting much more enjoyable; she added that she had "fallen into a genuine groove and rhythm" with her approach to scenes; Fumero was pregnant during the season's run, which resulted in a storyline in which Amy goes undercover as a pregnant lady. Fumero's pregnancy was also obscured by the producers and camera operators, who also used other methods to mask it, such as making her stand behind her cameras. "I don't recommend it," she said of her experience, citing difficulties in memorizing her lines and focusing on a scene. From September 2016 to May 2018, Brooklyn's fourth and fifth seasons aired. Critics and reviewers alike praised the ensemble.

After five seasons, Fox canceled Brooklyn in May 2018. The news spread quickly and became a focus of social media campaigns for the show to be renewed. NBC accepted a bid to air the show for the sixth season the day after it was cancelled. Fumero described the experience as "the most intense and emotional 36 hours of my life." The season debuted to a 3.6 million audience on January 10, 2019, the show's biggest viewers in two years. It attracted 3.1 million viewers in its eighteen-episode run. Critics also praised unanimously. The Hollywood Reporter said that Samberg's season premiere was "a quick and easy reminder of how good Fumero and Samberg are together"; the publication said Samberg's smaller appearances gave her the opportunity to be "wonderfully broad." Den of Geek's appearance in the #MeTooMeToo series "He Said, She Said" earned particular praise: Den of Geek said she was "understated yet strong" and praised her "soft-spoken voice," which [captured a woman burdened by victimhood, whose self-confidence was forever marred by the behavior of a man whose self-confidence was forever sullied by her behavior.

Fumero's manager asked whether she was considering directing after Fumero complained about a director. Though Fumero denied the possibility that her boss had a webisode that she "loved" so much. She was reluctant to ask NBC to allow her to direct an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but she felt more women of color should be directing: "I didn't want to ask a boy to dance because they're girls, and that if they don't want to ask a boy to dance, they have to ask me." Fumero did as well after the network ordered five new episodes and Joe Lo Truglio and Beatriz told her they were applying. In the episode "Return of the King," she made her directorial debut. With The A.V., it received mixed reviews. As Melissa Fumero is actually directing this entire bizarre episode, it's amazing to see Amy literally direct Rosa to bizarre greatness." Antonia, the titular character's seamstress and later, the first female member of the royal guard, received her fourth Imagen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her vocal appearance in Disney Junior's Elena of Avalor. She appeared in Brooklyn's seventh season and the relaunch of 1975 television show One Day at a Time. Since she worked with Gloria Estefan, whose songs she listened to as a child, Fumero thought the latter was "particularly popular."

Melissa Tarleton, the titular character's 17-year-old daughter who wishes to get his approval as a supervillain, appeared in the animated film M.O.D.O.K. She had no idea she had been rejected for the role, but after Patton Oswalt told her she would help develop and write the show, she was "going to be funny." Fumero wrote: "I just thought it was really fun and new to do a show from the viewpoint of a superhero to delve into what his family life might be like in this world of villains and supervillains." The show debuted on May 21, 2021, to critical acclaim, with particular praise for its cast. Fumero's voice was praised by Comic Book Resources, who later reported "[brings Melissa] to life with just the right amount of teenaged emotion."

On August 12, 2021, Brooklyn Nine-Nine's eighth and final season premiered, with the series "The Good Ones" and "The Lake House." Both The A.V. and The A.V. received raves. Fumero has been lauded by the club as one of the former's "comedic pillars." Overall, the comments were mostly favorable. Fumero compared his transition from Brooklyn to high school graduation:

Fumero was cast in Netflix's Blockbuster as Eliza, a committed mother whose marriage to her teenage boyfriend is having difficulties. The first episode is set to premiere on November 3, 2022. Fumero is expected to be starring in Bar Fight, a comedic film. Nina (Fumero) and Allen (Luka Jones), a former couple who stayed away from everything after their break-up to avoid chaos, except their favorite local bar, which has sparked a contest between them. On November 11, 2022, the film is expected to be published. She appeared in Digman!, reuniting with Samberg as the titular character and co-creator of the film that year.

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