Melissa Villaseñor
Comedian Melissa Villaseñor's gift for impressions, especially celebrities like Miley Cyrus or Kristen Wiig, made her a popular YouTube performer, which in turn led to her becoming the first Latina comic to join the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ). Born and raised in Whittier, California, Villaseñor displayed a talent for comic impressions in her adolescence and began performing stand-up at the age of 15. She made her television appearance as a contestant on the sixth season of "America's Got Talent" (NBC, 2006- ) in 2011 and was soon a regular presence on stand-up specials and short comedy projects. Villaseñor also oversaw her own YouTube channel, which drew more than 1 million viewers, and contributed to the popular Mas Mejor comedy channel. Her vocal talents soon led to voice-over work on animated projects, most notably "Adventure Time" (Cartoon Network, 2010- ), but stand-up and sketch comedy remained her primary focus. In 2016, Villaseñor became the first Latina performer to join the cast of "Saturday Night Live," though her status on the show soon became an issue of contention when more than 2,000 tweets, many of which were deemed as racially insensitive, were deleted from her Twitter page.
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Movies
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Reindeer in Here | Candy (Voice) | - | 2022 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Primos | Nellie (Voice) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 54% | After Midnight | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Contestant | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Akna (Voice) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 28% | Is It Cake? | Judge | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Night Court | Gabby (Guest Star) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 56% | That's My Jam | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Batman: The Audio Adventures | Robin (Voice) | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Unknown (Character) | 2016-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The Standups | Self | 2021 |
88% | No Score Yet | Ultra City Smiths | Sister Mary Margaret (Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Duncanville | Marcus (Guest Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Train With Wyatt Cenac | Unknown (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 88% | At Midnight With Chris Hardwick | Guest | 2017 |
100% | 94% | Adventure Time | Moniker (Guest Voice) | 2012-2013 2015-2017 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Additional Voices (Guest Voice) | 2012 |