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Melissa DuPrey

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Emily has just been dumped by her girlfriend, kicked out of her apartment, and fired from her job. Her best friend hooks her up with a new gig: personal assistant to a dominatrix. But when Emily falls for her new boss -- and her new boss's boyfriend -- she must decide what risks are worth taking for love. 2 in the Bush is an unconventional romantic comedy about dungeons, a fish named Archimedes, and the many forms that love takes.
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Melissa DuPrey is a multidisciplinary artist with roots from Humboldt Park, Chicago. After earning double Bachelor degrees from the University of Houston, she returned to Chicago to join the all-Latina theatre company, Teatro Luna. Her one-woman show, SEXomedy (2012), was developed during their monthly series for women of color in the arts and received a Chicago Reader Recommendation, a Member's Pick, and had a successful debut Off-Broadway in New York. The popular show spurred a progressive sequel, SEXomedy 2.0, which debuted at Steppenwolf Theater in April 2019. Her second solo show, SUSHI-frito, has also been critically acclaimed as part of MPAACT's Signature Series for solo artists. In 2014, she was selected as a new talent in the ABC Diversity Showcase in New York City. DuPrey is also a community organizer and spiritualist who also launched The Good Grief Project- an extension of the social justice component from her play GOOD GRIEF where communities of color are connected to local, accessible and multidisciplinary mental and spiritual wellness practitioners of color. Her full-length play BRUJAJA was selected as part of 16th Street's New Play Pop Up Reading Series for 2019 and is slated for a world premiere in 2021 with UrbanTheater Company. She has performed stand-up comedy in Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. She is a featured actor in the Emmy-nominated web-series Brown Girls and has many regional and non regional theater credits in Chicago. She can currently be seen as DR. SARA ORTIZ on "Grey's Anatomy" (Season 17 and 18). Other TV credits include a recurring appearance on "Empire" (FOX), and guest appearances on "The Resident" (FOX), "Chicago PD" (NBC), and "The Chi" (Showtime). Film credits include: Relative (2022), Long Division (2022), Cherry (2020), Two in the Bush (2017), The Way We Speak (2014) and Bromance (2014). As a musician and active member of her community, she is dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Rican culture by way of the folkloric music, Bomba y Plena, with Africaribe and Las BomPleneras. She is currently an Ensemble Member at UrbanTheater Company and Artistic Associate at Sideshow Theater.
BornMarch 20, 1985
BornMarch 20, 1985
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      • 2 wins total

    Known for

    Cameron Scott Roberts and Elizabeth Stam in Relative (2022)
    Relative
    6.8
    • Lucia Aguirre
    • 2022
    Tom Holland in Cherry (2021)
    Cherry
    6.6
    • Woman in Line
    • 2021
    Natasha Rothwell in How to Die Alone (2024)
    How to Die Alone
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Tamika
    The Way We Talk (2021)
    The Way We Talk
    • Sheri
    • 2021

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    Actress



    • The Up and Comer
      • Gwen
      • Post-production
    • Olga Dies Dreaming
      • Sarita Acevedo (2021)
      • Completed
      • TV Series



    • Love on Air (2024)
      Love on Air
      • Lonnie
      • 2024
    • Natasha Rothwell in How to Die Alone (2024)
      How to Die Alone
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Tamika
      • 2024
    • Barry Brewer and Brandi Denise in Long Division (2024)
      Long Division
      • Dana
      • 2024
    • Cameron Scott Roberts and Elizabeth Stam in Relative (2022)
      Relative
      6.8
      • Lucia Aguirre
      • 2022
    • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
      Grey's Anatomy
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Dr. Sara Ortiz
      • Sara Ortiz
      • 2020–2022
    • The Way We Talk (2021)
      The Way We Talk
      • Sheri
      • 2021
    • Ghostwriter (2021)
      Ghostwriter
      • Dani
      • 2021
    • Strong Tower
      TV Series
      • Deputy Andrea Parham (2021)
      • 2021
    • Tom Holland in Cherry (2021)
      Cherry
      6.6
      • Woman in Line
      • 2021
    • Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson in Empire (2015)
      Empire
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Thomasina
      • Thomasina Rios
      • Assistant
      • 2019–2020
    • Matt Czuchry, Bruce Greenwood, Emily VanCamp, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Manish Dayal, and Anuja Joshi in The Resident (2018)
      The Resident
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Marisol Garcia
      • 2019
    • Caito Aase, Travis Delgado, and Sarah Lin Mitchell in 2 in the Bush: A Love Story (2018)
      2 in the Bush: A Love Story
      4.5
      • Rosa
      • 2018
    • Jason Beghe, Patrick John Flueger, Marina Squerciati, and LaRoyce Hawkins in Chicago P.D. (2014)
      Chicago P.D.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Carr
      • Detective Luisa Flores
      • 2016–2018
    • The Chi (2018)
      The Chi
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Crystal
      • 2018
    • Brown Girls (2017)
      Brown Girls
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Miranda
      • 2017

    Producer



    • The Way We Talk (2021)
      The Way We Talk
      • producer
      • 2021

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    • Alternative names
      • Melissa F. DuPrey
    • Height
      • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
    • Born
      • March 20, 1985
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA

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