Name	Jill-Michele Melean
Height
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	29-June-1979
Place of Birth	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Famous for	Acting

Jill-Michele Melean is an American comic actress. Melean is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv. Jill-Michele Meleán is an Irish/Bolivian that was born and raised in Miami, Florida (making her Cuban by association). Jill-Michele has broken every Latina tradition. She's not married, does not have kids and is Buddhist. She left her big family in Miami and moved to Los Angeles in 2000 without knowing anybody in the new city. She stood in line with homeless people for open mics and enrolled in all the local Improv schools and acting classes, racking up thousands on credit credits. The first three years she survived just on pure hope that she was not crazy for leaving her wonderful family to pursue her dream of winning an Oscar.

Melean joined the cast of MADtv in 2002, as a feature performer, for the seventh season. She was the third Hispanic MADtv cast member (The first was feature player Pablo Francisco, who is Chilean and the second was Cuban-born Nelson Ascencio in 1999) and the first Latin female to join the show. However, unlike Ascencio, it was not her portrayal of famous Latin stars that got her her big break on the show. Her first skit, a parody of Britney Spears' "Not a Girl" video (showing visual sexual metaphors), quickly gained her fans and notoriety. As a result, Melean was promoted to repertory status for the following season. While on MADtv, Britney Spears was not the only celebrity that Melean lampooned. She also impersonated Kelly Osbourne, Jenna Bush, Asia Argento, Jennifer Lopez, and Drew Barrymore. Melean also replaced Kathryn Fiore's character in the Kappa Kappa Kappa Sorority sisters sketch. Behind the scenes, Melean bonded very well with the other cast members. In particular, Melean was especially close to Debra Wilson who she said, on her first day, "she greeted me with open arms and made me feel part of the MADtv family."

After leaving, she toured with Luke Torres and Carlos Oscar on the Latinos Locos tour and had a role in the film Hunting of Man (2003), which won an ALMA award. After her tour ended, Melean made numerous television appearances on shows like The Parkers and she is the host of the documentary styled show, Inside Joke on SiTV. Melean has performed in Washington, D.C. for Congress and honorably interviewed congress members on-air for SiTV. Outside the world of comedy, Melean served as the host of the 2006 Annual Latina conference in Ontario, California and she is active in numerous charity events.