Melissa Beck (née Howard; born February 12, 1977) is an American actress, reality show personality and comedian known for her time as a cast member on the 2000 reality television series The Real World: New Orleans and the 2002–2005 prank show Girls Behaving Badly.
Early life
Melissa Howard was born February 12, 1977, in Okinawa, Japan to a Filipino mother and African-American father. She, her older sister Marlene and their younger brother, Michael, She attended Brandon Senior High School
Howard was ranked #92 on Maxim magazine's "Hot 100 Women of 2004" feature.
She was a member of the all-female cast of the Oxygen network's hidden camera/practical joke reality television series Girls Behaving Badly, In April 2022, The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans premiered on Paramount+, reuniting Beck with all six of her former roommates from The Real World: New Orleans.
Personal life
After the run of Girls Behaving Badly, Howard moved to New York to work part-time in a non-entertainment industry-related job, and to live with her boyfriend, J. On August 22, 2012, Beck announced on her Tumblr that she and her husband were expecting another daughter. Maja Ilani was born on January 1, 2013. As of 2022, they have three children.
In October 2012, a tree fell on Beck's house during Hurricane Sandy, destroying it and burying her older daughter in debris. Justin pulled the child out from the rubble, finding that she was apparently unharmed. They took the baby to the hospital, which discharged her three hours later, having confirmed that she suffered no injuries.
Filmography
As herself
- The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (2022)
- Battle of the Network Reality Stars (2005)
- Reality TV Secrets Revealed 2 (2004)
- The Real World Hook-Ups (2003)
- True Hollywood Story – Episode: The Real World (2003)
- The New Tom Green Show – Episode: August 1, 2003 (2003)
- Reality TV Secrets: How to Get on the Show! (2003)
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes (2003)
- Girls Behaving Badly (2002–2003)
- The Real World Movie: The Lost Season (2002)
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Extreme Challenge – Episode: #1.4 (2001)
- The X Show – Episode: August 21, 2000 (2000)
- The Real World: Tenth Anniversary Special (2000)
- The Real World: New Orleans (2000)
Actor
- The Jamie Foxx Show – Episode: If the Shoe Fits (2000) Reporter