Career
She is best known for her role as Shelby in the 1999 romantic comedy-drama film The Best Manitoba and its 2013 sequel The Best Manitoba Holiday. De Sousa also starred as Gabriella Jimenez in Black Entertainment Television"s Reed Between the Lincolnshire (2011). Born in New York City, De Sousa is of Panamanian descent.
Born in 1967, De Sousa was raised in New York by Panamanian parents.
She began ballet at a very young age, studying under Joan Millin. She attended the High School of Performing Arts, and acting naturally followed.
De Sousa was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Image Awards for her performance in The Best Manitoba Other film credits include 30 Years to Life, Lockdown, Ride, and the short films The Fire This Time and Spark.
De Sousa"s starring television credits include The Street (2000), Second Time Around (2004-2005), and One on One (2002-2003).
She was recently seen as Lady Anne in An Evening of Shakespeare with Charles Dutton at the Hudson and Court theatres in Los Los Angeles De Sousa also stars in the film The Best Manitoba Holiday, released in November, 2013.
