Melissa Barrera
Born: 1990-07-04 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melissa Barrera, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Black Tides as Rebecca Pierce
- Life Support ... (Executive Producer)
- Shut Up Evan as Self - Guest
2025
- The Copenhagen Test as Michelle
- Traces of Home ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- Abigail as Joey
- Your Monster as Laura Franco
2023
- Scream VI as Sam Carpenter
- Carmen as Carmen
- Bed Rest as Julie Rivers
- Land of Gold ... (Thanks)
- All the World Is Sleeping as Chama
2022
- Scream as Sam Carpenter
- Keep Breathing as Liv Rivera
2021
- In the Heights as Vanessa
- Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano as Self
2020
- Acting for a Cause as Elizabeth Bennett
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2018
- Vida as Lyn
- Shake Off Your Sorrows as Luisa
- Two Times You as Daniela
2016
- A Beginner's Guide to the Presidency as Brisa Carreiro
- The Hotel as Karina
2015
- Club de Cuervos as Isabel Cantú
- Tanto Amor as Mía. González
- L for Leisure as Kennedy
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- A Love To Remember as Olvido Pérezová
- Siempre tuya Acapulco as Olvido Pérez / Olvido Balmaceda Pérez
2012
- La Mujer de Judas as Zulema Sánchez
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter