Melia Mills
- Actress
- Producer
Mélia mills was born in the Bay Area, she spent her childhood soaking up the
vitality of neighborhoods in Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco.
Entertaining since infancy, Mélia wrote her first song about her sister
fresh out the womb and penned her first rap about MLK set to the
Beastie Boys' Paul Revere. After being accepted into Skyline High
School of the Performing Arts, she was the only African-American female
selected from across the US to be awarded a scholarship to act in the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Upon graduating high school, she attended
UCLA and appeared in several stage productions. During her junior year,
mélia participated in a Theater, Film, TV exchange program with Howard
University where she starred in Richard Wesley's film adaptation of
Sirens, directed by Al Freeman, Jr. Senior year, she returned to UCLA
and earned her B.A. in Theater Arts. Shortly thereafter she found her
calling... At The Improv comedy club in Hollywood, just prior to a
routine by none other than Jerry Seinfeld, Mélia took the stage before
a packed house and gave her raw uncensored performance. The crowd went
wild. As soon as she walked off the stage Cuba Gooding, Jr. approached
her and exclaimed, "You are hilarious! I am going to set up a meeting
with my management for you." Mélia's comedic star has been rising ever
since. Jamie Foxx's manager invited her to perform at Comedy Central's,
Laffapalooza. Dave Chappelle has invited her to open for him several
times. Mélia has studied at The Groundlings and competed against
hundreds and won the NBC/Upright Citizens Brigade Improv Scholarship.
She has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and Funny Women UK
magazine. She starred in the Warner Bros. film Black August and was a
comedic commentator on BET's Top 25 under 25 and Top 25 Heartaches. She
has appeared on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen for ABC. Mélia
regularly produces mélia's mashUp her storytelling, stand up and rap
show at the Comedy Central Stage.