MELANIE A. LAWRENCE
- AEA (EMC)
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OPAL - Fat Ham Clip (Performance Video) Quicktime
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23 Women Uganda PSA (Audio Tracks) Quicktime
Political/Social Sciences PSA focusing on Ugandan women producing coffee
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Fairies of the Night Clip (Audio Tracks) Quicktime
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Résumé Print Résumé
THEATER | ||
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Problems Between Sisters |
Anita (U/S) |
Studio Theatre |
New Kid |
Mench |
Imagination Stage |
The Bluest Eye |
Claudia |
Theater Alliance |
Ain't No Mo' |
Passenger 4 & 5 (U/S) *Performed |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co. |
Ain't No Mo' |
Passenger 4 & 5 (U/S) |
Baltimore Center Stage |
A Raisin in the Sun |
Ruth |
National Players Olney Theatre |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Peter Quince/Peaseblossom |
National Players Olney Theatre |
Love's Labor's Lost |
Maria/Katherine (U/S) |
Folger Theatre |
The Rockefeller Special |
Historian |
Silver Spring Stage |
The Crucible |
Tituba |
Silver Spring Stage |
The Laughing Club |
Mel |
Rorschach Theatre Klecksograp. |
Birthday Girl |
Cathy, Renaissance Girl |
Silver Spring Stage |
Milk Like Sugar |
Talisha |
Adrienne Theater |
In the Red and Brown Water |
Shun |
Temple University |
Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet |
Shaunta Iyun |
Temple University |
Pudd'nhead Wilson |
Nancy |
Temple University |
VIRTUAL PRODUCTIONS & STAGED READINGS | ||
Look Both Ways |
TJ/Francy/Candace |
Theater Alliance |
City in Transition: Big Fish |
Tina |
Theater Alliance/V.P. |
The Storyteller |
Randi |
Spooky Action Theater/S.R. |
For My Silent Sisters |
Woman 1 |
Mosaic Theater Company/S.R. |
#Charlottesville |
Melanie |
Theatre 51/S.R. |
FILM & TELEVISION | ||
Responsibility |
Lead |
Independent -LuisAngel Vazquez |
The 1619 Project |
Supporting |
Hulu -Dir. Roger Ross Williams |
The Laughing Club |
Lead |
Short Film - Dir. Jason Lobe |
For My Man |
Supporting |
TV One Network - Sirens Media |
Pearl |
Lead |
Short Film - Dir. Naa Mante |
Gemini |
Lead |
Short Film - Dir. Naa Mante |
TRAINING | ||
Temple University, Bachelor of Arts in Theater |
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Billie Holiday Theater BBAI |
Bianca Laverne Jones |
Ty Henderson |
The Forge |
Camera Foundations: Jack Seijo |
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British American Drama Academy, Midsummer in Oxford |
Modern: Mary Lou Rosato |
Shakespeare: Leo Wringer |
Movement: Jackie Snow |
Voice: Andrew Wade, Ros Steen |
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School at Steppenwolf |
Audrey Francis, Glenn Davis |
Namir Smallwood |
Studio Acting Conservatory |
Kate Debelack |
George Fulginiti-Shakar |
Private Coaching |
Naomi Jacobson, Danielle Pinnock, |
York Walker, Caroline Clay |
Specialty Classes |
Voiceovers I & II |
The Theatre Lab, Craig Klein |
Into to Suzuki/Viewpoints |
SITI Company NYC |
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Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'1" |
Weight: 183 lbs |
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Balloon Animals, Bartending, Biking -general/street, Cooking, Costume Design, Devised Movement, Fashion Styling, Hair Braiding, Hair Styling, Hand Sewing, Server, Teaching, Bowling, Cheerleading, Cycling, Hula Hoop, Ice Skating, Jump Rope, Lifeguard, Rock Climber, Roller Skating, Rollerblading, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - freestyle, Weight Lifting, Dance Hip Hop, Gamer (Console), Licensed Driver, Modeling, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Style: Rapper, Voiceover, Whistler, African Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Philadelphia Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, American - Texan Accent, British - BBC English Accent, Jamaican Accent
Born and raised in Washington D.C. with a BA in Theater with a special concentration in African American Studies at Temple University, and continued my training at Studio Acting Conservatory, The Theatre Lab, and SITI Company NYC. I recently spent Summer 2025 studying at The Billie Holiday Theater's Black Arts Initiative, and continue classes at The Forge in Chicago.