Person Details

Birthday: 1984-09-26 00:36:25

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Homepage: http://itsmelissahunter.com

Movie Involvements: 6

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

Biography

Melissa is a writer, an actor, and a person who hates writing bios, especially in the third person, but here we are. Melissa wrote for “Santa Clarita Diet” on Netflix for the past two seasons. Previously, she wrote for “Maya & Marty” — Maya Rudolph and Martin Short’s variety NBC variety sketch show — which earned her a WGA Award nomination. Most recently, she wrote for an upcoming TBS animated show “Close Enough.” She executive produced, wrote and starred in pilots for NBC (“Wolfgirl”) and TruTV (“Small Victories”), and co-wrote a pilot for TBS (“Basic”). Melissa created and starred in the smash-hit web series “Adult Wednesday Addams” which earned over 20 million views and received praise from the LA Times, AV Club, Bloody Disgusting and People Magazine, among others. Melissa started in live comedy, writing and performing at Upright Citizens’ Brigade, on the Maude (sketch) teams Eastwood and Karate Karate. Other than that, Melissa is a Northwestern University graduate, an LA native, a cat owner, and really likes the idea of having hobbies. Like, maybe guitar? Should she try learning guitar?

Most Famous Work

Close Enough
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8

Close Enough

(2020) Writer
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
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6

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

(2022) Producer
Santa Clarita Diet
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7

Santa Clarita Diet

(2017) Writer
Home Economics
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7

Home Economics

(2021) Writer
Adult Wednesday Addams
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9

Adult Wednesday Addams

(2013) Creator
Let's Get Laid!
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Let's Get Laid!

(2010) Writer

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