Melonie Diaz
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Melonie Diaz (born April 25, 1984) is an American actress who was proclaimed queen of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.[1][2]
[edit] Biography
Diaz was raised along with her elder sister in New York's lower east side by parents of Puerto Rican 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).
[edit] 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
- The Beautiful Ordinary (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)
- Hamlet 2 (2008) as Ivonne
- Humboldt Park (2008)
- Indentity (2008)
[edit] External links
- ^ Melonie Diaz (English). imdb.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-12.
- ^ Keeps, David A. (2008-01-25). Melonie Diaz: This year's Queen of Sundance (English). L.A. Times. Retrieved on 2008-06-12.
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