Melina Paez

Short Biography

Melina Paez is a New York-based film and stage actor. She has trained for improvisation at Chicago's The Second City, performed in several sketch comedy shows, plays and in non-commercial radio (DJ Slothgirl, 89.1fm WIDR, Kalamazoo). She played Jane Doe in the 2003 feature film Muhammad and Jane directed by Usama Alshaibi and Sabine in the 2007 feature film Orchard Vale directed by Tim Kinsella—both of which have been featured at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. In 2011, she appears as an Interviewee in TV on the Radio's film, "Nine Types of Light", directed by Tunde Adebimpe. Melina continues to work in theater and film and has written about her experience of being on a bombed plane, TWA Flight 840, in 1986.