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, doesn't have kids and is Buddhist.
You might recognize her from Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush" as Carlos' mom, SHOWTIME’s stand-up special “Hot Tamales”, E!, FOX's "Til Death" TBS, VH1, BET, SiTV's "Latino 101"or as the host of SiTV's "Inside Joke". She also was the first and only Latina Cast Member of FOX’s “MadTV”. If you're a fan of Comedy Central then you've probably seen her on "Reno 911" playing Officer Garcia's sister and George Lopez’s girlfriend.
Jill-Michele not only is an actress and a national touring stand-up Comedienne, she a writer and producer as well. She teamed up with Academy Nominee, Larry Hankin, and starred, wrote and produced a short comedic film titled "Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen" that was highly respected in the film festival circuit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEZAKsnLo28
Jill-Michele, AKA “Jilly”, is currently working with Emmy award winning Executive Producer, Sandy Chanley, on her one hour Stand-up Special. Chanley also co-wrote her One-Woman-Show “Rule Breaker” that was performed at the Comedy Central stage. "It's an honor for me to be working with Sandy. She's produced specials for the greats such as Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Paula Poundstone, Kathy Griffin, Bill Maher, Joan Rivers, D.L Hughley and so many more. I have to pinch myself daily to believe I'm next on her amazing roster". www.productionpartners.com
Jilly doesn't stop there. Her mind is never at rest so she created a web series "Zombie Undergound"-Zombies marriage counseling that was sold to Comedy Central's Atom.com http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/zombie_underground_lesbian/
"I've made some great friends in this Hollyweird Industry. Carlos Alazraqui is one of them and he created a new web series called "The Club"- hilarious inside look of a comedy club. I star in it alongside Carlos, Johnny Sanchez and Debra Wilson-just to name a few from the brilliant cast." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYPa-M7QmuI
Charity support is a huge part of Jilly's life. She is actively promoting awareness for Neglected Tropical Diseases http://www.globalnetwork.org/ . She's a mentor for underpriveliged teen girls with Step Up Woman's Network www.suwn.org/ and of course she always happy supporting the animals www.strayrescue.org She recently started running marathons to honor her dog that passed away. "Run 4 Baki" charity, started by her Mother.
For more updated news, live shows and information, check out her website www.jillyonline.com |
