Melissa Dawn Smith Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Melissa Dawn Smith
Acting
Biography
Melissa was born in Lexington, Kentucky, but as an Army Brat, lived all over the world. Her father was a social worker in the Army for over 20 years. Her mother was a medic in the Women's Army Corp, and her parents met while both were stationed in Germany in the late 1970's. After finishing graduate school, her father reenlisted and the traveling began. Having lived in South Korea, Germany, and various states in the United States, she resides now in San Antonio, Texas. She began acting on stage early, and she went on to earn a BA and a MA in theater. While Melissa enjoys live theater, she really loves working on film. So far, most of her work on film has been in action comedies, in which she did her own fighting and stunts, but she has branched out recently to include drama, suspense, and comedy. Melissa also writes both stage and screenplays, and she paints as well. Her hobbies include dancing, reading, and yoga. Melissa is an avid gym rat, and she loves working out.
Filmography Movies
Acting
The Cain Complex
One man. One night. A home invasion. From hell.
Who Am I?
Pastor Joe, is a young family man who leads a church in an active city where he reaches out to the poor and destitute in any way he can. One day, a woman named Tasha comes to his church seeking for help. Pastor Joe sits down with her and she shares an intense life story. She shares how she was born, how she was set free from a world of drugs, racism, theft, and human trafficking. Her story becomes increasingly complex as people from her past come in contact with Pastor Joe with their own life struggles of suicide, teen pregnancy, and abortion. As their stories tie together it brings hope, redemption, and salvation to the forefront and gives us a picture of what it means to experience the transformation of God, going from darkness to light, and to continue on the narrow path each and every day.
Red Days 2: Cecilia
Following the path of Cecilia, from Red Days, a young woman becomes a vampire during a zombie outbreak. In order to survive and find a new home, she joins a secret organization that turns her into a corporate slayer.