Melissa Schuman
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Melissa Amber Schuman is an American singer and actress. Schuman is best known for her role in the all girl teen band Dream. With Dream, she appeared in their two biggest hits, "He Loves U Not
He Loves U Not
"He Loves U Not" is girl group Dream's debut single released in 2000.-The song:Upon Dream's signing to P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records, the quartet recorded "He Loves U Not" as their breakthrough single, setting aside previously recorded songs "Do U Wanna Dance," "Baby," and "Miss You" that they had...

" and "This is Me
This is Me (Dream single)
"This Is Me" is a song by girl group Dream, released as their second single in 2001.-The song:Written by the same team that had produced their previous hit single, "This Is Me" again featured lead vocals by Holly Blake-Arnstein. The interlude was alternately sung and spoken by Ashley Poole and...

". Schuman quit the band after their two hits to pursue her own solo career in singing. Schuman has never gained much fame in singing since her departure from Dream. She has gained some success in acting with appearances in such movies as Love Don't Cost a Thing
Love Don't Cost a Thing (film)
Love Don't Cost a Thing, stylized as Love Don't Co$t a Thing, is a 2003 teen comedy film written and directed by Troy Beyer and starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian It also stars Steve Harvey, Kenan Thompson and Kal Penn...

, The Hollow
The Hollow (2004 film)
The Hollow is a 2004 teen horror movie, starring Kevin Zegers, Kaley Cuoco, Nick Carter and Stacy Keach. The movie premiered on the ABC Family Channel in October 2004. It tells the story of Ian Cranston , a high school teen who just found out he's the descendant of Ichabod Crane...

and Silent Scream
Silent Scream (2005 film)
Silent Scream is an independent, horror film starring Scott Vickaryous, Melissa Schuman and Shanti Lowry. The movie premiered at the Chicago Horror Film Festival on October 28, 2005 and was released on DVD on December 5, 2006...

. Schuman has also appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has even hosted TRL
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...

. In November 2010, the song "Don't" that was supposed to be the debut single for her unreleased solo album was released on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

.

Solo career

In 2002, after Schuman announced she was leaving Dream to focus on her acting career and a solo album she starred in Love Don't Cost a Thing
Love Don't Cost a Thing (film)
Love Don't Cost a Thing, stylized as Love Don't Co$t a Thing, is a 2003 teen comedy film written and directed by Troy Beyer and starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian It also stars Steve Harvey, Kenan Thompson and Kal Penn...

, The Hollow
The Hollow (2004 film)
The Hollow is a 2004 teen horror movie, starring Kevin Zegers, Kaley Cuoco, Nick Carter and Stacy Keach. The movie premiered on the ABC Family Channel in October 2004. It tells the story of Ian Cranston , a high school teen who just found out he's the descendant of Ichabod Crane...

and Silent Scream
Silent Scream (2005 film)
Silent Scream is an independent, horror film starring Scott Vickaryous, Melissa Schuman and Shanti Lowry. The movie premiered at the Chicago Horror Film Festival on October 28, 2005 and was released on DVD on December 5, 2006...

. She recorded a song with The Hollow
The Hollow (2004 film)
The Hollow is a 2004 teen horror movie, starring Kevin Zegers, Kaley Cuoco, Nick Carter and Stacy Keach. The movie premiered on the ABC Family Channel in October 2004. It tells the story of Ian Cranston , a high school teen who just found out he's the descendant of Ichabod Crane...

Costar Nick Carter
Nick Carter (musician)
Nickolas Gene "Nick" Carter is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, entertainer and actor. He is best known as a member of the pop group, Backstreet Boys. He went on to release a solo album called Now Or Never during their hiatus. He has made occasional television appearances and...

 called There For Me in 2004. Schuman had plans to release her first single "Don't" but the single and solo album were later scrapped. As of November 16, 2010, the unreleased single "Don't" was released to iTunes. On November 15, 2010, Schuman's unreleased solo album "Stereotyped" was released to iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

.

New Group "Lady Phoenix"

On January 28, 2008, Melissa reported that she would be forming a new music group with former Dream bandmate Ashley Poole, and would be auditioning for girls and even starring in a reality show to detail the new group's formation. On February 2, 2008, Melissa reported on her forum that Diana Ortiz, also formerly of the girl group Dream, had joined indicating that the group was now complete.
On July 27, 2008, Melissa Schuman announced on her website that the new group's name is "Lady Phoenix".
Currently, the girls are recording the debut album unsigned, although they have been 'rumored' to have met with many major record labels and are signed with new management.

Personal life

She married dancer Brandon Henschel on June 7, 2006, at the Prado at Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The couple spent their honeymoon in Hawaii. On February 19, 2010 Schuman announced, on Twitter, that she and her husband were expecting their first child, a boy. On July 18, 2010, the Henschels announced the birth of their baby boy, Elin Elijah Henschel.

Filmography

Year Film Role
1997
1997 in film
-Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*...

 
Tiger Erica Baker
2002
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...

 
Anna's Dream
Anna's Dream
-Plot:Eighteen year old Anna Morgan becomes a paraplegic after a gymnastics accident. Her whole world has changed. Her boyfriend ignores her, she loses her friends and her parents treat her like a helpless child. Anna is befriended by a stranger, whose life changed overnight...

Sheila
2003
2003 in film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

 
Love Don't Cost a Thing
Love Don't Cost a Thing (film)
Love Don't Cost a Thing, stylized as Love Don't Co$t a Thing, is a 2003 teen comedy film written and directed by Troy Beyer and starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian It also stars Steve Harvey, Kenan Thompson and Kal Penn...

Zoe Parks
Recipe for Disaster Shannon Devries
2004
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

 
The Hollow
The Hollow (2004 film)
The Hollow is a 2004 teen horror movie, starring Kevin Zegers, Kaley Cuoco, Nick Carter and Stacy Keach. The movie premiered on the ABC Family Channel in October 2004. It tells the story of Ian Cranston , a high school teen who just found out he's the descendant of Ichabod Crane...

Amber
Window Theory Megan
2005
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...

 
Silent Scream
Silent Scream (2005 film)
Silent Scream is an independent, horror film starring Scott Vickaryous, Melissa Schuman and Shanti Lowry. The movie premiered at the Chicago Horror Film Festival on October 28, 2005 and was released on DVD on December 5, 2006...

Nicole

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