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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 comedy/horror feature film on Amazon Prime.

''MADtv''

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

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cast member to join the show (after Cuban-born Nelson Ascencio in 1999 and Chilean-American cast member

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in 1997) 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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, Jenna Bush,

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and

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, and replaced Kathryn Fiore's character in the Kappa Kappa Kappa

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sisters sketch.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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* * 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 Miami 21st-century American actresses Hispanic and Latino American women comedians Hispanic and Latino American stand-up comedians {{US-screen-actor-1970s-stub