• Melyssa Davies is a health care professional married to James Stephen 'Murr' Murray, a successful comedian and actor
• Her hobbies include physical activity, travelling, fashion, watching comedy movies and loving animals
• She was born in Pennsylvania USA, on 13 March 1995, and holds American nationality
• Melyssa is 27 years old, 5ft 8ins (1.75m) tall, and has an estimated net worth of over $200,000
• James Stephen Murray was born in New York City, USA, on 1 May 1976, and is known for his work on the critically acclaimed reality comedy show 'Impractical Jokers'. He also has a net worth of over $7 million.
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Who is Melyssa Davies?
Melyssa was born in Pennsylvania USA, on 13 March 1995 – her zodiac sign is Pisces, and she holds American nationality. She’s a health care professional, but probably only known to the public for being the wife of James Stephen ‘Murr’ Murray, a successful comedian and actor.
Early life and education
Melyssa was raised in Pennsylvania by her parents, about whom not a lot is known as she respects their privacy, but it’s said that her father was a truck driver, and that her mother was a high school teacher. She hasn’t mentioned having any siblings, and is thus believed to be an only child.
She was mostly into sports while growing up, as she practiced gymnastics and played soccer, while she was also into acting, appearing in many plays performed at her elementary school, and later high school. Melyssa became interested in dancing when she was around 15, and it’s said that she was on her school’s cheerleading team during her senior year.
Upon matriculating in 2013, she enrolled at a nursing school, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 2017.
Melyssa’s career
Melyssa has been working as a nurse since 2017, but hasn’t shared any other details concerning her career with the public.
Love life and marriage with James Murray
Melyssa met James in 2018, at a party thrown to celebrate the publishing of James’ book “Awakened”; the two went on their first date a couple of days later, became engaged in the following year, and married on 25 September 2020, in a private ceremony attended by many of their friends and family members.
Melyssa hasn’t spoken of any other men whom she has perhaps been with, while it’s widely known that James had previously been married to Jenna Vulcano for around a month; Jenna’s the sister of Sal Vulcano, James’ colleague from their comedy show “Impractical Jokers”, and they married on 13 March 2014 as a ‘punishment’ in the show, apparently a stunt.
As of May 2022, Melyssa’s married to James Murray, and doesn’t have children.
Hobbies and other interests
Melyssa’s physically highly active and has multiple training sessions at the gym every week, thus her slim figure; she’s also following a strict diet and doesn’t eat fast food, and avoids eating sweets.
She’s a huge lover of animals, and she and James have two pet dogs.
Melyssa likes to travel, and has been to a couple of European countries, including France and Italy; her dream travel destination is Iceland.
She’s a fashionista, as she’s trying to keep up with all of the latest fashion trends by reading various fashion magazines, such as “GQ” and “Allure”.
Melyssa likes to watch comedy movies in her spare time – her favorite actor and actress are Jim Carrey and Julia Roberts, while a couple of her favorite films include “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”, “Yes Man” and “Bruce Almighty”.
Age, height and net worth
Melyssa’s age is 27. She has long brown hair and brown eyes, her height is 5ft 8ins (1.75m) and she weighs around 145lbs (65kgs).
As of May 2022, her net worth has been estimated at more than $200,000, while her husband James’ net worth stands at over $7 million.
Who is her husband James?
James Stephen Murray was born in New York City, USA, on 1 May 1976 – his zodiac sign is Taurus, and he holds American nationality.
He’s probably known best for producing and starring in the critically acclaimed reality comedy show “Impractical Jokers”; it also stars Brian Quinn and Sal Vulcano, and follows three best friends as they’re challenging each other to some of the craziest dares and stunts. The show has been airing since 2011, and won a 2021 MTV Movie + TV Award for Best Comedy/Game Show.
James was raised in New York City alongside his sisters Dannielle and Christine by their parents, about whom not a lot is known as James respects their privacy. He became interested in comedy while attending Monsignor Farrell High School, and during his four years there appeared in various school plays; it was also at Monsignor Farrell that James met his future “Impractical Jokers” colleagues Brian Quinn and Sal Vulcano.
He matriculated in 1994, and then enrolled at Georgetown University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1998.
James launched his acting career in 1997, when cast to play Student in the hit biographical comedy movie “Private Parts”, directed by Betty Thomas, and which starred Howard Stern, Mary McCormack and Robin Quivers. It follows the life of radio rebel Howard Stern, and the movie won two of the five awards for which it was nominated. A couple of James’ following roles were in the 1998 comedy movie “Damned!”, the 2005 short comedy film “Criss-Cross”, and the 2006 short comedy video “Soccer Baller”.
He portrayed one of the lead characters in the 2009 comedy movie “The Tenderloins”, which he also co-wrote together with Joe Gatto and Brian Quinn. James then spent the following couple of years focused on writing and producing, rather than on acting, and his next role came in 2015, when he made his debut TV series appearance a guest role in the episode “The Senator in the Street Sweeper” of the critically acclaimed crime comedy series “Bones.
His three most recent roles have been in the comedy “Impractical Jokers: The Movie”, the episode “Mac + Desi + Riley + Aubrey” of the action adventure series “MacGyver” both in 2020, and the 2021 episode “Down to Laugh” of the reality series “Down to Business”.
James has worked a couple of other jobs, and was until February 2018 the senior vice president of development at the TV production company NorthSouth Productions.
His science fiction horror book “Awakened” was published in 2018, co-written with Darren Wearmouth, about a monster that lives in New York City’s subways. The sequel to the book, entitled “The Brink”, was published in the following year, and he and Darren have co-written two more horror books: “Don’t Move”, published in 2020, and “The Stowaway”, which was published in 2021.
