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Besides her work in TV series, Melyssa has also worked in the following movies:
- Def Jam: Icon (2007) (as Mar 2007, this movie is being filmed)
- Psyche (2004) as Kenya (credited as Melyssa)
- Turn It Up (2000) as Deborah
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Melyssa has the nickname of Jessica Rabbit.
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She worked in Mystikal's music video Shake it Fast
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She was working as a barmaid, in a nightclub in Toronto, when she was discovered by a music director, Litle X, that helped her launch her modeling career.
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Melyssa studied forensic psychology at York University.
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She pratices boxing and is good at it.
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The mother is Caucasian and the father is West-Indian. She is very proud of the fact that she is a bi-racial Canadian woman.
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She worked as a volunteer in several organizations: the Toronto Humane Society, the Toronto Wildlife Society and Kitty Kind (a feline adoption agency).
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She is 5'4" (1.63m).
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Her first feature film was the movie Turn It Up in 2000 as Deborah.
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She went to the York University in Toronto.
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She has West Indian, Norwegian and Russian heritage.