Jill Michele Meleán (born June 29, 1979) is an American comic actress. Meleán is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv.

Biography

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.

Jill-Michele's hard work and spirit has definitely paid off. She has been recently seen on SHOWTIME’s stand-up special “Hot Tamales” and was the first and only Latina Cast Member of FOX’s “MadTV”. You've also seen her on Comedy Central's "Reno 911" playing George Lopez’s girlfriend, FOX's "Til Death", E!, TBS, VH1, BET, SiTV's "Latino 101"and was the host of SiTV's "Inside Joke".
Jill-Michele not only is an actress and 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”, which is now being turned into a screenplay. "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 does not 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". A 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 died. "Run 4 Baki" charity, started by her mother.
For more updated news, live shows and information, check out her website www.jillyonline.com