Jill-Michele Meleán (born June 29, 1979) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. She was a cast member of the sketch comedy series ''

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'' from 2002 to 2003.

Career

Meleán (aka "Jilly") is a national touring headlining comedienne. After meeting Carlos Alazraqui on ''

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'' (she played his sister on the show), they toured together for years as standup comics. They also wrote and produced ''Witness Infection'', a feature film that premiered at a film festival in 2020.

''MADtv''

Meleán joined the cast of ''MADtv'' in 2002 as a featured performer in its seventh season. She was the second

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cast member to join the show (after

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-born

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in 1999) and the first Latin female. Her first skit, a parody of

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' " Not a Girl" video, quickly gained her fans and notoriety, and she was promoted to repertory status for the following season. She also impersonated

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Asia Argento Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with a ...

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and

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, and replaced

Kathryn Fiore Kathryn Fiore (born 1976) is an American actress, voice actress and comedian. Personal life She dated fellow voice actor Rino Romano in 1999. On May 28, 2013, Fiore gave birth to her first child, a girl, named Alice Harper Fiore Tigerman. She s ...

's character in the Kappa Kappa Kappa

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sisters sketch.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * 1979 births American film actresses American impressionists (entertainers) American television actresses Hispanic and Latino American actresses Living people Actresses from Miami American women comedians American sketch comedians 21st-century American comedians Comedians from Florida 21st-century American actresses {{US-actor-stub