Melonie Diaz is an American actress, who has been nominated numerous times for Independent Spirit Awards for her roles in independent films.

Diaz’s success is due in part to the courses she was able to take at the Henry Street Settlement when she was a teenager growing up in New York City. She later attended the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan as well as completing a Film Production degree at New York University. Following smaller roles for television and film, she landed her breakthrough part in Lords of Dogtown in 2005, as well as a role in A Guide To Recognising Your Saints a year later. She was nominated in the Independent Spirit Awards for Best Supporting Female, which led to her landing a lead role in Itty Bitty Titty Committee in 2007. Diaz broke onto the international scene with her part in Fruitvale Station, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it won two awards. It also showed in the Cannes Film Festival, and the film earned the actress three more nominations; one Independent Spirit Award and two Black Reel Awards.

The highly successful actress continues to be a first call for both television and film, and currently has a lead role in The CW’s fantasy series Charmed. Diaz has played one of three central characters in the teenage drama since 2018, and has been nominated for a Teen Choice Award for the role.