The multitalented man Wade Allain Marcus’ wife, Melina Lizette, is no stranger to the glitz and glam of showbiz. An actress and producer, Melina Lizette married the actor in 2018.
The Eric actor, Wade Allain Marcus, comes from a family heavily involved in the entertainment industry. His mother, Stephanie Allain, is a producer/actress, his dad, Mitch Marcus, is a director/producer, and his brother, Jesse, is a director/editor.
In 2015, Wade, Jesse, Stephanie, and Melina worked on the picture French Dirty. The project won Best Feature Film, Best Feature Screenplay, and Audience Award at the Las Vegas International Film.
But since then, the family has worked on separate projects. Wade began his acting journey in 1995, starring in the movie directed by his dad, A Boy Called Hate.
His latest project is Eric, the Netflix TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and a young child actor Ivan Morris Howe. The show is the actor’s comeback, with his last project being the short movie Halfsies in 2022.
Actor Wade Allain-Marcus’ Wife, Melina Lizette, Is Part Of The Industry
The Insecure actor Wade Allain-Marcus and his wife, Melina Lizette, have previously starred together in the same movie. Just like in real life, the two were each other’s love interests in the 2015 movie French Dirty.
The movie dives into Vincent’s (Wade) troublesome love life with Roma (Melina) as Vincent tries to make himself a better man by letting go of his past trauma. French Dirty remains the last project the two have worked together in almost a decade.
Melina hasn’t starred as an actress in any movies since 2016, with the drama movie Namour being her last work. But since then, Melina has focused her attention on producing.
Most of the projects that she has produced have come after 2016. Melina Lizette began her career in Hollywood as an actress.
Her debut movie was Exposing The Order of The Serpentine in 2006. A TV movie in which she starred as Jill. In the years to come, Melina starred in several films, largely as a supporting character.
In 2008, Lizette starred in the pictures My Best Friend’s Girl and The Narrows. She also appeared in a small role in the hit Nickelodeon kids show Victorious in a small role in 2010.
Before quitting acting in 2016, Melina featured in a few crime-drama movies such as Hearts of Men, Dispatch, and The Shifting.
Melina’s first project as a producer came in 2014 with Miss Meadows. At the time, she was only an associate producer. Most of Melina’s works are short movies.
In 2017, a year after her last project as an actress, Melina produced a short movie titled Bebé, a story of a young illegal immigrant who crosses the border with a lunchbox full of cash.
In 2019, she produced three projects- Just One Night, Jack and Jo Don’t Want to Die, and Wingmen. Her last project was Doretha’s Blues, released in 2021. Most of Lizette’s works are heavy drama projects.
Despite being a known name in her field, Melina has chosen to keep herself out of the public limelight. Even the actor/producer’s Instagram handle remains private.
Melina And Wade Share A Daughter
It remains unknown when Melina and Wade began dating, but there are suspicions that the two probably met for the first time during the shooting of French Dirty.
If you scroll through Wade’s Instagram handle, you’ll find that the first photo of the two is also around the same time the movie was released.
One comment even reads, “OK, this makes sense because the chemistry you two shared on screen in French Dirty was so real. Great film!”
Like his wife, Wade isn’t an avid Instagram user. The actor had only shared two more posts with Melina before revealing in a post from 2017 that they were engaged.
On April 6, 2017, Wade shared a photo of Melina and captioned the post, “tbt to last weekend. This is five minutes before I got down on one knee for this woman. She said “babe, I gotta pee, I’m just gonna do it in the field.” And I thought to myself, “yup. It’s her.”
The couple hasn’t shared any wedding pictures on their social media handle, but a June 2018 post from Wade hints that the couple tied the knot in a vineyard in Mexico.
Allain-Marcus captioned the post, “Wife. Husband. Vineyard.” A few months later, the actor shared a photo of him and Melina from their reception. He wrote, “tbt to marrying this fire human. Still producing on the wedding day, during the cake cut. Me: “What are we looking at, babe?”
The two actors became parents for the first time on April 22, 2020, after the birth of their daughter, Kiala Stevie Allain Marcus. Wade shared the news on his birthday on May 8 with a carasoul of images.
The actor-producer has shared several appreciation posts for his better half on Instagram in recent years. On February 4, 2022, Melina’s birthday, Wade shared a sweet post for his wife.
He wrote, “To the most generous, luminous, opinionated, kind-hearted, sensitive and attentive mother and wife, friend and homegirl on her birthday.
How cool it is to spend a life sitting across from you at meals? HBD baby. Also, Kiala wrote this post with me.”
Wade Allain-Marcus ‘ Parents: Meet Stephanie Allain And Mitch Marcus
Wade’s love for movies came from his parents, Stephanie Allen and Mitch Marcus. Mitch is a producer and director, and Stephanie is a multi-faceted woman who has worked as a producer, actress, and writer.
Stephanie Allain doesn’t come from an arty family. Her father was a biochemist, and her mother was an educator. In her interview with People magazine, Stephanie said her family read a lot at home.
“From a very young age, I used to follow the New York Times bestseller list. And I remember The Godfather and The Exorcist were two movies that were on the list [where] I read the books,” said Stephanie.
She continued, “And then, of course, the movies came out right after that…I literally had to sneak into the theaters because I was too young.”
Stephanie has so far produced 31 projects, including movies and TV series. Her first project was in 1997 as an executive producer of the adventure-comedy film Buddy.
One of her recent projects is the documentary Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It, which follows the story and challenging life of legendary musician Billy Preston.
Wade’s dad, Mitch Marcus, started as a director in 1995. His first project was the movie A Boy Called Hate. He has so far directed 13 movies and produced 12. One of his recent works is Ancient Aliens, the TV series, which has been airing since 2019.
The couple isn’t together anymore and have been divorced for several years. But Wade isn’t their only child, and the two have another son named Jesse Allain-Marcus.
Meet Wade Allain-Marcus’ Brother, Jesse Allain-Marcus
Unlike his older brother, Jesse Allain-Marcus isn’t into acting. But he is a director.
He previously worked alongside his brother in the movie French Dirty. The movie is also Jesse’s last project listed on IMDb. One of his first projects as a director came in 2010.
Jesse directed six projects in five years, including Spaceman, The Last Family Picture, and Una Y Otra Y Otra Vez. Today, Jesse mostly works as an editor, and till 2023, he worked as a lead assistant editor at One Story Up Productions.
He previously also worked at Platnoic Systems, StyleLikeU, and Confluential Film.
While at One Story Up Productions, Jesse worked on The 1919 Project, a documentary for which they received a nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction program at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
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