MERRY JO CORTADA
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA

- Comedy Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Drama / Film / TV (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Sharing a Dress (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Laurette Taylor - Glass (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Always Together - Elaine (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Siblings - comedy (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Lila & Eve (dramatic feature opposite Viola Davis) (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Bloodline w/ Kyle Chandler (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Langhorne Academy / Comedy (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Weather Lady - Little Friend / Comedy (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Weather Lady / Comedy (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Avaricious (Performance Video)
Quicktime
Award winning short
- Charlie's Angels (Performance Video)
Quicktime
From the "Royal Angels" episode. In this one I had to speak Spanish.
- The Denied (Drama) (Performance Video)
Quicktime
Award winning film.
- 1000 Homosexuals (Performance Video)
Quicktime
I played Anita Bryant. Need I say more ?
- Passing Fancy (Performance Video)
Quicktime
Played a butch security guard
- Narration VO samples (Audio Tracks)
Quicktime
Thumbelina Bush vs Gore Scene from Picnic
- Commercial VO samples (Audio Tracks)
Quicktime
Diamonds are forever Financial planing Drug abuse PSA
- Animation VO samples (Audio Tracks)
Quicktime
Bluebeard's Castle Arthas vs1 Arthas vs2
Résumé Print Résumé
TELEVISION | ||
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The Covenant |
Lupe |
Courtney Miller (AMC ALLBLK) |
Bloodline |
Denise Jones (recurring) |
various (Netflix) |
Charlie's Angels |
Housekeeper (co-star) |
J. Miller Tobin (ABC) |
It’s Time to Laf (sitcom pilot) |
starring (series regular) |
Vena Productions |
The Rape of Maria Perez |
Therapy group rape victim (co-star) |
Reston Warner/AMEX Cable |
FILM | ||
Lila & Eve |
Nita Colon (featured) |
Charles Stone III |
A Fall from Grace |
Pathologist (co-star) |
Tyler Perry |
Man on the Beach |
Woman on the Beach (supporting) |
Zack Murray |
Small Things |
Mrs. Zimbernick (co-star) |
Jailyn Osborne |
Hard Promises |
Evelyn (co-star) |
Jeffrey Ruggles |
Apollyon |
Mrs. Watkins (supporting) |
Sean Rosa |
Avaricious |
Abuela (star) |
Michael Garcia |
Noah's Matriarch |
Ma (star) |
Justin Miller (FSU film sch.) |
In Short, Happiness |
Anne (co-star) |
Lauren Hammond (FSU film sch.) |
Requiem for a Life |
Coffee Lady (co-star) |
Roxy Theatre Group |
The Art of Terror |
Marie (awarded Best Actress) |
Miami 48Hour Film Project 2013 |
The Denied |
Hillary (co-star) |
Silent Storm Productions |
Passing Fancy |
Prison Guard (co-star) |
Ron Stone Entertainment |
Remote |
Mother (co-star) |
Tobman Works |
AutoNation |
Spokesperson (principal) |
Industrial |
THEATER | ||
Much Ado About Nothing |
Dogberry |
Shakespeare Troupe of Florida |
MOON DROPS - A Play of Goddesses and Valiant Women |
Azoulay / Busy Woman |
Maru Garcia/Jersey City Theate |
Glass |
Laurette Taylor |
Michael Bush / Waterfront Play |
90 Miles of Separation |
Carmen |
Tony Macy-Perez / SummerFest |
Aunt Jack |
Phyll |
Michael Bush / Empire Stage |
Angry Fags |
Peggy Musgrove |
Island City Stage |
Brighton Beach Memoirs |
Kate |
Broward Stage Door |
Body Awareness |
Phyllis |
Island City Stage |
Women's Minyan |
Gitte Leah Kashman |
West Boca Theatre Company |
1,000 Homosexuals |
Anita Bryant |
Camposition |
Henry V |
Mistress Quickly & ensemble |
New Theatre |
The Killing Of Sister George |
Mercy Croft |
Rising Action Theatre |
Steel Magnolias |
Truvy |
Broward Stage Door |
Twelfth Night |
Maria |
SoBe Institute of the Arts |
Chapter Two |
Faye Medwick |
Boca Raton Theatre Guild |
Mexico City |
Old Lady |
VJ Colonna Productions |
The Sisters Rosensweig |
Dr. Gorgeous |
Rising Action Theatre |
Spring Killing |
Jean Parks |
Delray Beach Playhouse |
The 11 O’Clock Number |
Ethel Merman |
Rising Action Theatre |
RECORDING | ||
The Hidden Hand |
Mrs. Condiment |
Lamplighter Ministries |
The Price |
Esther Franz |
World and Eye Arts Center |
La Dama MacBeth |
Witch |
Ballet Flamenco La Rosa |
The Spy Club of America |
Principal Makler |
The CHEER Foundation |
The Works of William Shakespeare |
Various |
Modern Books Audio |
The Wizard of Oz |
Good Witch, Bad Witch |
Puppetry Arts |
Training | ||
Jeremiah Comey Film Acting Studio |
Sam Christensen Studio |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5' |
Weight: 112 lbs |
Eyes: Brown |
Hair Color: Brown |
Hair Length: Shoulder Length |
Aerobics, Pogo Stick, Dance Jazz, Dance Tap, Host, Teleprompter, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Style: Belt, Voiceover, American - New England Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent, French Accent, Fluent Spanish
COMMERCIALS – in both English and Spanish Best Actress - Miami 48 Hour Film Project 2013 SPECIAL SKILLS Bilingual: English / Spanish - Dance: tap, jazz, ballet, latin styles (salsa, merenge, etc.) – Drive a car (manual / automatic) - Dialects