Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 4, 1990
Place of Birth:
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Melissa Barrera
Biography
Melissa Barrera Martínez (born 4 July 1990) is a Mexican actress, stage actress, singer-songwriter, producer, executive producer and activist. She began her career as the lead characters of Azteca's Mexican telenovelas as the humble and kind village girl Olvido Pérez in Siempre tuya Acapulco (2014) and as struggling hard working woman Mía González in Tanto amor (2015), then joining in as socialite Isabel Cantú in the third season of the Netflix original series Club de Cuervos (2017). Barrera transitioned to Hollywood in 2018, earning recognition playing the sexually liberated and free spirited vegan woman Lyn Hernandez in the Starz comedy-drama series Vida (2018–2020). For playing Sam Carpenter in the slasher films Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023), as well as leading the horror-comedies as the former millitary nurse and drug addict Joey in Abigail and aspiring breast cancer survivor stage actress Laura Franco in Your Monster (both 2024), she established herself as a scream queen. She is a 3-time Imagen Award nominee, and her accolades include a Satellite Award nomination for playing hairstylist Vanessa Morales in the 2021 movie adaption of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical In the Heights.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Black Tides | Rebecca Pierce |
| 2024 | Your Monster | Laura Franco |
| 2024 | Abigail | Joey |
| 2023 | All the World Is Sleeping | Chama |
| 2023 | Scream VI | Sam Carpenter |
| 2023 | Bed Rest | Julie Rivers |
| 2023 | Carmen | Carmen |
| 2022 | Scream | Sam Carpenter |
| 2021 | Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano | Self |
| 2021 | In the Heights | Vanessa |
| 2018 | Two Times You | Daniela |
| 2018 | Shake Off Your Sorrows | Luisa |
| 2016 | The Hotel | Karina |
| 2016 | A Beginner's Guide to the Presidency | Brisa Carreiro |
| 2015 | L for Leisure | Kennedy |
| The Collaboration | Maya | |
| In the Cradle of Granite |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Copenhagen Test | Michelle |
| 2022 | Keep Breathing | Liv Rivera |
| 2020 | Acting for a Cause | Elizabeth Bennett |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2018 | Vida | Lyn |
| 2015 | Club de Cuervos | Isabel Cantú |
| 2015 | Tanto Amor | Mía. González |
| 2014 | Siempre tuya Acapulco | Olvido Pérez / Olvido Balmaceda Pérez |
| 2014 | A Love To Remember | Olvido Pérezová |
| 2012 | La Mujer de Judas | Zulema Sánchez |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self - Presenter |