Monday, June 1, 2009

the melonie diaz bio and movie credits list

Melonie Diaz (born April 25, 1984) is an American actress who was proclaimed queen of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Biography

Diaz was raised along with her elder sister in New York's lower east side by parents of Dominican descent. She became interested in acting at the Henry Street Settlement and subsequently attended professional performing arts high school.

She recently completed a degree in Film Production at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has made numerous off-Broadway and workshop appearances include Medea at the Bullet Space, the Hip Hop Theater Festival at P.S. 122, and the New York City Fringe Festival.

She started her film career with a supporting role in Tom DiCillo's Double Whammy (2001) and later landed roles in Jim McKay and Hannah Weyer's From an Objective Point of View and Peter Sollett's Raising Victor Vargas (both 2002). Television work at this time included an episode of Law & Order and a pilot for Queens Supreme (both 2003).

Her breakthrough roles came as Blanca in Catherine Hardwicke's Lords of Dogtown (2005) and as Laurie in Dito Montiel's A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) which earned her a Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Supporting Female. She was subsequently cast by Jamie Babbit in the lead role of Anna in Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007).

Filmography

Double Whammy (2001) as Maribel Benitez

From an Objective Point of View (2002) as Kelly

Raising Victor Vargas (2002) as Melonie

Law & Order: Ill-Conceived (2003) as Bettina (television)

Queens Supreme: Pilot (2003) (television)

Lords of Dogtown (2005) as Blanca

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) as Young Laurie

Emil (2006) (short)

Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007) as Anna

Remember the Daze (2007) as Brianne

Feel the Noise (2007) as Mimi

I'll Come Running (2008) as Veronica

American Son (2008) as Cristina

Be Kind Rewind (2008) as Alma

Assassination of a High School President (2008) as Clara

Hamlet 2 (2008) as Ivonne

Humboldt Park (2008) as TBA

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