Melissa Barrera
Known for Acting · 32 credits
- Born
- 1990-07-04 (age 35)
- Place of birth
- Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Also known as
- Melissa Barrera Martínez
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
TV Shows (14)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
Club de Cuervos
2015
as Isabel Cantú
The Copenhagen Test
2025
as Michelle
Acting for a Cause
2020
as Elizabeth Bennett
Vida
2018
as Lyn
A Love To Remember
2014
as Olvido Pérezová
Keep Breathing
2022
as Liv Rivera
Tanto Amor
2015
as Mía. González
La Mujer de Judas
2012
as Zulema Sánchez
Shut Up Evan
2026
as Self - Guest
Siempre tuya Acapulco
2014
as Olvido Pérez / Olvido Balmaceda Pérez
Movies (18)
Scream VI
2023
as Sam Carpenter
Abigail
2024
as Joey
Scream
2022
as Sam Carpenter
In the Heights
2021
as Vanessa
Carmen
2023
as Carmen
The Collaboration
as Maya
Bed Rest
2023
as Julie Rivers
Your Monster
2024
as Laura Franco
Black Tides
2026
as Rebecca Pierce
Shake Off Your Sorrows
2018
as Luisa
A Beginner's Guide to the Presidency
2016
as Brisa Carreiro
The Hotel
2016
as Karina
All the World Is Sleeping
2023
as Chama
Two Times You
2018
as Daniela
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
2021
as Self
Inhabit
In the Cradle of Granite
L for Leisure
2015
as Kennedy
About Melissa Barrera
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 recogniti… With 32 credits spanning from 1992 to 2026, Melissa Barrera has appeared in 18 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Melissa Barrera Movies
- Scream VI (2023) — as Sam Carpenter
- Abigail (2024) — as Joey
- Scream (2022) — as Sam Carpenter
- In the Heights (2021) — as Vanessa
- Carmen (2023) — as Carmen
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