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Acting

Melissa De Sousa

Career

Active from 1994 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score52/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Ron Clark Story
The Ron Clark Story
GoodWatch score77/100

Characters

2

The characters Melissa De Sousa played, best-known titles first.

Melissa De Sousa as Mirta Herrera
Melissa De Sousa as Shelby Taylor

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Melissa De Sousa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.5
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    0.8, average 1.7
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Crime 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Comfort Watch 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 71
A Proud Family Wizmas
A Proud Family Wizmas (2026)

as Sunset Boulevardez (voice)

Operation: Aunties
Operation: Aunties (2025)

as Carol

Bel-Air
Bel-Air (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Steph

The Best Man: The Final Chapters
The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Shelby

2010s

13 titles · average score 67
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Mirta Herrera

Ladies of the Law
Ladies of the Law (2018)

TV show · as Tina

Black Lightning
Black Lightning (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Chief Ana Lopez

Supermodel
Supermodel (2015)

as Det. Lacey

Cru
Cru (2014)
GoodWatch score 55

as Michelle Hughes

The Best Man Holiday
The Best Man Holiday (2013)
GoodWatch score 66

as Shelby

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Luz Horowitz

Family Time
Family Time (2012)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

Reed Between the Lines
Reed Between the Lines (2011)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Gabriella Jimenez

Shameless
Shameless (2011)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Tina

Single Ladies
Single Ladies (2011)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Austin Aguilera

Ashes
Ashes (2011)

as Camille

2000s

14 titles · average score 54
Castle
Castle (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Liz Penn

A Good Man Is Hard to Find
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (2008)
GoodWatch score 49

as Monica

Bats: Human Harvest
Bats: Human Harvest (2007)
GoodWatch score 35

as O'Neal

Constellation
Constellation (2007)
GoodWatch score 27

as Lucy Boxer

The Ron Clark Story
The Ron Clark Story (2006)
GoodWatch score 77

as Marissa Vega

Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Adele McCord

Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Christine Nelson

Second Time Around
Second Time Around (2004)

TV show · as Coco Herrera

One on One
One on One (2001)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Natalie

Lockdown
Lockdown (2000)
GoodWatch score 62

as Krista

The $treet
The $treet (2000)
GoodWatch score 42

TV show · as Donna Pasqua

Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality (2000)
GoodWatch score 54

as Karen 'Rhode Island'

1990s

9 titles · average score 68
The Best Man
The Best Man (1999)
GoodWatch score 67

as Shelby

Grown Ups
Grown Ups (1999)

TV show · as Donna Parris

Ride
Ride (1998)
GoodWatch score 59

as Leta

Damon
Damon (1998)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Stacy Phillips

Moesha
Moesha (1996)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Jennifer

The Wayans Bros.
The Wayans Bros. (1995)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Charmaine

Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls (1994)

TV show · as Neely O'Hara

ER
ER (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Estella

Living Single
Living Single (1993)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Lisa / Carmen