Melyssa Ford

Melyssa Ford Biography

Melyssa Savannah Ford (born November 7, 1976) is a Canadian hip hop model and actress. She attended York University and studied in the field of forensic psychology. Ford's father is Afro-Barbadian and her mother is Russian and Norwegian. She is often referred to as Jessica Rabbit, an animated character whose sensuous figure Ford's is said to resemble.

Entertainment career

In the late 1990s, music video director Little X discovered Ford while she was working as a bartender at a Toronto nightclub and helped launch her modeling career. She has appeared in music videos, men's magazines, television programs and films. Ford was an on-air personality for Sirius Satellite Radio's Hot Jamz channel. She sells a line of calendars and DVD.

In a 2008 CNN interview, Ford said that when making music videos she often asked herself whether she was "perpetuating a negative stereotype" about black women. When she was asked whether music videos, overall, are "demeaning to women", Ford replied, "Yes, I definitely have to say that".

, Ford participates in the Bravo Network television series Blood, Sweat & Heels, documenting her social life against the background of her struggles of becoming a realtor in New York.

Selected music videos

1997

"The Thing to Do" (Glenn Lewis)

1998

"Anywhere" (112 featuring Lil' Zane)
"Northern Touch" (Rascalz featuring Checkmate, Kardinal Offishall, Thrust and Choclair)
"Bout Your Love" (Glenn Lewis)

1999

"Let's Ride" (Choclair)

2000

"Big Pimpin'" (Jay-Z featuring UGK)
"Thong Song Remix" (Sisq)
"Cherchez LaGhost" (Ghostface Killah featuring U-God)
"Shake Ya Ass" (Mystikal)

2001

"Knock Yourself Out" (Jadakiss)

2003

"You Don't Know My Name" (Alicia Keys)

2004

"Happy People" (R. Kelly)
"Yeah!" (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris)

Selected magazine appearances

King
Maxim
Smooth [Ford was the author of an advice column for Smooth]
XXL and XXL Eye Candy

Selected television appearances

2000: Soul Food (Showtime)
2003: Playmakers (ESPN)
2004: How I'm Livin' (BET) [Ford was a host of How I'm Livin']
2004-2006: BET Style (BET) [Ford was a host of BET Style]
2007: Entourage (HBO)
2007: The Game (The CW)
2008: Byte Me: 20 Hottest Women of the Web (E!)
2008: The Black Poker Stars Invitational (BET)
2014: Blood, Sweat & Heels (Bravo)
2014: The Millionaire Matchmaker (Bravo)

Selected filmography

2000: Turn It Up
2003: Kung Faux
2004: Psyche
2007: God's Prayer
2008: Three Can Play That Game
2008: Days of Wrath
2008: Love for Sale
2009: Good Hair
2011: Video Girl
2012: Think like a Man
2014: Think Like a Man Too

Video game appearance

2007: Def Jam Icon