Biography
Melissa Barrera Martínez (born 4 July 1990) is a Mexican actress and singer. In Mexico, she is known for roles in the telenovelas Siempre tuya Acapulco (2013), Tanto amor (2015), and the Netflix series Club de Cuervos (2017). Outside of Mexico, she is known for her lead roles in the Starz drama series Vida (2018–2020), the musical film In the Heights (2021), and the horror films Scream (2022), Scream VI (2023), Bed Rest (2022), and Abigail (2024).
Known For
Complete Filmography
Your Monster
2024
as Laura Franco
After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming, monster living i...
Abigail
2024
as Joey
A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but over tim...
Carmen
2023
as Carmen
A young and fiercely independent woman, Carmen, is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother. She surviv...
All the World Is Sleeping
2023
as Chama
Fighting for her own life and the ones she loves, a Chicana in New Mexico sinks deeper into her addiction while struggling to surface for her daughter...
Scream VI
2023
as Sam Carpenter
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
Bed Rest
2023
as Julie Rivers
After struggling to start a family, Julie Rivers becomes pregnant and moves into a new home with her husband. She's ordered to mandatory bed rest, and...
Bed Rest
2023
Producer
After struggling to start a family, Julie Rivers becomes pregnant and moves into a new home with her husband. She's ordered to mandatory bed rest, and...
Scream
2022
as Sam Carpenter
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targetin...
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
2021
as Self
Join the creative process behind Nacho Cano’s new musical based on the love story of Malinche and Hernán Cortés and the merging of their two worlds.
In the Heights
2021
as Vanessa
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Hei...
Two Times You
2018
as Daniela
A unique relationship between two women that transcends time and space.
Shake Off Your Sorrows
2018
as Luisa
Prisoner González dedicates his life-in-jail to narrate the adventures of Pepe Frituras, one of the most renowned Mexican dancers who lost his freedom...
The Hotel
2016
as Karina
A single mother named Maria unespectedly inherits an hotel from her deceased father, where she will find the truth about her past while she tries get ...
A Beginner's Guide to the Presidency
2016
as Brisa Carreiro
A governor wants to be president, but in order to reach his goal he needs to do what he hates most: being a politician.
L for Leisure
2015
as Kennedy
A dreamy, ironic comedy about a generation of hedonistic students in the 1990s. Their favourite activity: talking endlessly. During a series of vacati...
The Collaboration
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as Maya
A look into the unique and rich friendship between pop art legend Andy Warhol and neo-expressionist icon Jean-Michel Basquiat, exploring their extraor...
In the Cradle of Granite
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Set in the brutal American west of the late 1800s, a young mother struggles to provide for her family after her husband dies and the local town folk w...