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name: "Melissa Fumero"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melissa-fumero"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "19 August 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T18:59:09.454071+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Melissa Fumero

Director. Born 19 August 1982 in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 19 August 1982, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, USA
- **Also known as:** Melissa Gallo
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Fumero, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6812701, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303073/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220767

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) (78)

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## Biography

Melissa Fumero (née Gallo) is an American actress and television director. She graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama.

She made her professional debut in 2004 in the recurring role of Adriana Cramer on the soap opera *One Life to Live*. Fumero starred as Amy Santiago on the comedy series *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* from 2013 to 2021 and directed the 2019 episode 'Return of the King'.

Her other credits include roles in *Gossip Girl* (2007) as Zoe and voice work in *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power* (2018) and *Velma* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), Fi1m 78, as Amy Santiago — [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Grosse Pointe Garden Society* (2025), series, as Birdie
- *Based on a True Story* (2023), series, as Drew
- *Digman!* (2023), series, as Bella (voice)
- *Not Dead Yet* (2023), series, Director
- *Night Court* (2023), series, Acting
- *Velma* (2023), series, as Sophie (voice), Sophie / Uncle Scoobi (voice)
- *Bar Fight* (2022), as Nina
- *Lopez vs Lopez* (2022), series, Acting
- *Blockbuster* (2022), series, as Eliza Walker
- *Grand Crew* (2021), series, Director
- *Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.* (2021), series, as Melissa Tarleton (voice)
- *Animaniacs* (2020), series, as Maria / Luisa (voice)
- *Diary of a Future President* (2020), series, as Ms. Ortega
- *A Stone in the Water* (2019), as Alex
- *DriverX* (2018), as Jessica
- *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power* (2018), series, as Starla (voice)
- *Room 104* (2017), series, as Eva
- *One Day at a Time* (2017), series, as Estrellita Reyes
- *The House That Jack Built* (2015), as Lily
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, Amy Santiago, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Men at Work* (2012), series, as April
- *HALF EMPTY* (2011), as jill
- *I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell* (2009), as Melissa
- *Royal Pains* (2009), series, as Brooke
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Carmen Soledad
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), series, as Zoe
- *Descent* (2007), as Dorm Girl
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, as Michelle Rhodes
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Carmen Perez (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Einstein*, series, as Teri
- *Beverly Hills*, as Tiffany Vincent
- *Red Dirt*, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Melissa Fumero](https://film.one/media/person/971511/gallery-1e861d45ed43.jpg) Melissa Fumero — Adweek, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Melissa_Fumero_May_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![(L-R) Actors Terry Crews (2nd from left), Stephanie Beatriz and Melissa Fumero present actresses Selenis Leyva and Dascha Polanco the Special Achievement in Tel (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/971511/gallery-70aab4ae179c.jpg) (L-R) Actors Terry Crews (2nd from left), Stephanie Beatriz and Melissa Fumero present actresses Selenis Leyva and Dascha Polanco the Special Achievement in Tel (2014) — UnidosUS, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/2014_NCLR_ALMA_Awards_Special_Achievement_in_Television_Award.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![(L-R) Actors Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, and Melissa Fumero speak onstage during the 2014 NCLR ALMA Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on October 10, 2](https://film.one/media/person/971511/gallery-b714681d3901.jpg) (L-R) Actors Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, and Melissa Fumero speak onstage during the 2014 NCLR ALMA Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on October 10, 2 — UnidosUS, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Brooklyn_Nine-Nine_Actors_at_the_2014_NCLR_Alma_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Melissa Fumero at the 2026 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon](https://film.one/media/person/971511/gallery-828fb41109c1.jpg) Melissa Fumero at the 2026 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon — Joe Peacock, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Melissa_Fumero_at_Rose_City_Comic_Con_2026_01.jpg/1280px-Melissa_Fumero_at_Rose_City_Comic_Con_2026_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Melissa Fumero](https://film.one/media/person/971511/gallery-27989b875918.jpg) Melissa Fumero — Image via TMDB
- ![Melissa Fumero](https://film.one/media/person/971511/gallery-87189c90f192.jpg) Melissa Fumero — Image via TMDB
- ![Melissa Fumero](https://film.one/media/person/971511/gallery-508149397f0a.jpg) Melissa Fumero — Image via TMDB
- ![Melissa Fumero at the 2026 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon](https://film.one/media/person/971511/gallery-e7f464264b4a.jpg) Melissa Fumero at the 2026 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon — Joe Peacock, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Melissa_Fumero_at_Rose_City_Comic_Con_2026_02.jpg/1280px-Melissa_Fumero_at_Rose_City_Comic_Con_2026_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stephanie Beatriz & Melissa Fumero at NBC Upfront 2019](https://film.one/media/person/971511/gallery-e03ab3a7bee5.png) Stephanie Beatriz & Melissa Fumero at NBC Upfront 2019 — Adweek, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Stephanie_Beatriz_%26_Melissa_Fumero_2019.png/1280px-Stephanie_Beatriz_%26_Melissa_Fumero_2019.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Imagen Awards 2015: Imagen Awards (nominated), for *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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