Welcome to The Melissa Center
Hey there, I’m Melissa Center - Actor, Filmmaker, & “Crowdfunding Queen!”
I am so grateful to be an actor. I love expressing what it means to be alive in this world on screen and on stage. I love pouring my joy and pain and lived experience into my work - whether for hire or for projects I create - so that people can know they are not alone. I do not shy away from confronting hard truths. My work deeply explores what it means to be a women in this world. I feel an urgent need to stand proud as a Jewish storyteller. Through my work as a crowdfunding coach I also support others in ensuring their stories are told. Because our voices matter. Thank you for visiting me here.
Much love,
M
MY REEL
CHICAGO FIRE GUEST STAR ON NBC:
PROJECTS
“I've known Melissa Center as a committed actress & bold creator of her own work through my studio and in my audition rooms. I bring her in whenever she is right for a role I'm casting, and she always delivers. Her passion, heart, courage and tenacity shine through in her work as both an actress and filmmaker. I look forward to what's next for this promising artist.”
-Risa Bramon Garcia, Casting Director
News
Marrying Jake Gyllenhaal has a hit run at Caveat
Guest Star Airs on Chicago Fire
Appeared on Season Premiere of FBI CBS
TikTok reaches over 1.4M views
Marrying Jake Gyllenhaal
“I sit here stunned and crying. Melissa Center's performance is brilliant. It is at once intimately personal and universal. The concept is brilliant. Without words she says it all. I am beyond moved. This gem is unforgettable. Melissa Center, you are an empowered woman.”
- Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow, Author of My Gift of Now
Melissa Center’s RV is a film of quiet power. It is a film that will kick you in the chest and then stomp on it for three or four hours afterward. It is a masterpiece and one of the very best films I’ve seen in 2018
- Steve Koppian, Unseen Films
“An exquisite roller coaster ride of emotions…”
“Personal, raw, powerful, moving…”
"Creative, energetic, humorous, provocative, and beyond entertaining..."
“A gift for your audience…”
R.V
FOR THE TIMES
R.V’ is gut-wrenching. The situation the film simply and powerfully portrays is not a far cry from the dangerous realities that women in certain parts of our country face. Everyone should see ‘R.V’ to understand just what is at stake for abortion care and reproductive health.
- Lisa Maldonado, Reproductive Health Access Project