Melissa Rakiro
Acting
Biography
Melissa Rakiro is an American actress and model. Originally from the Philadelphia area, she received her Bachelor's in Theater from Temple University. She has appeared on TV, Film, Off Broadway, and in dozens of commercial and print ads. Most recently, Melissa appeared in two supporting roles in the Oscar nominated Netflix film Rustin directed by George C. Wolfe and the Paramount+ feature film Snack Shack. The former of which she was nominated for an NAACP award for best ensemble cast. Currently, you can catch her on Amazon Prime playing ADA Romona Paltz in the second season of American Rust alongside Jeff Daniels.
Known For
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
FBI
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
Marvel's Luke Cage
Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC.
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, and friendship, at risk.
Snack Shack
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
Rustin
Josh Phentin is a college student who believes he is a ghost. While stalking his campus draped in a blue sheet, he becomes obsessed with a girl named Lisa who develops romantic feelings for Josh but feels slightly threatened by his behavior.