Julissa Bermúdez is an American actress of Dominican heritage. Alongside Big Tigger, she was a co-host on
BET
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's most popular music video countdown show ''
106 & Park
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'' from 2005 until 2006 (came back in December 2014 during its end), and the former host of MTV's ''
Jersey Shore: After Hours'' and related ''Jersey Shore'' specials and reunions for earlier seasons. She co-starred alongside recording artist and actress
Adrienne Bailon in their own
reality series
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, ''
Empire Girls: Julissa and Adrienne'', which aired on the former
Style Network
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.
Early life
Bermudez was born in
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...
, Dominican Republic and raised in
Elmhurst, Queens
Elmhurst (formerly Newtown) is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. It is bounded by Roosevelt Avenue on the north; the Long Island Expressway on the south; Junction Boulevard on the east; and the New York Connecting Rail ...
, New York.
Career
While attending New York's
Talent Unlimited High School as a theatre major, Bermudez started
audition
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ing and
modeling. She got her first big break with a
Coca-Cola
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commercial, and she was one of the six finalists who competed to represent singer
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known by her nickname J.Lo, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of her time, credited with breaking ...
's sweetface fashion line.
She co-hosted the entertainment news show "Central Ave" from 2020 until 2021.
Filmography
See also
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Lists of people from the Dominican Republic
References
External links
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Profile from Dominican Film Festival
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Living people
Actors from Santo Domingo
Actresses from Queens, New York
American people of Dominican Republic descent
Dominican Republic emigrants to the United States
American film actresses
American television actresses
Hispanic and Latino American actresses
People from Elmhurst, Queens
Participants in American reality television series
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American actresses