- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 4, 1990
- Place of Birth
- Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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 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 st…
Filmography
movieLife Support
2026 · Executive Producer
tvShut Up Evan
2026 · Self - Guest
tvThe Copenhagen Test
2025 · Michelle
movieTraces of Home
2025 · Executive Producer
movieYour Monster
2024 · Laura Franco
movieAbigail
2024 · Joey
movieLand of Gold
2023 · Thanks
movieCarmen
2023 · Carmen
movieAll the World Is Sleeping
2023 · Chama
movieScream VI
2023 · Sam Carpenter
movieBed Rest
2023 · Julie Rivers, Producer
tvKeep Breathing
2022 · Liv Rivera
movieScream
2022 · Sam Carpenter
movieMaking Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
2021 · Self
movieIn the Heights
2021 · Vanessa
tvActing for a Cause
2020 · Elizabeth Bennett
tvTamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
movieTwo Times You
2018 · Daniela
tvVida
2018 · Lyn
movieShake Off Your Sorrows
2018 · Luisa
movieThe Hotel
2016 · Karina
movieA Beginner's Guide to the Presidency
2016 · Brisa Carreiro
tvClub de Cuervos
2015 · Isabel Cantú
tvTanto Amor
2015 · Mía. González
movieL for Leisure
2015 · Kennedy
Siempre tuya Acapulco
tvSiempre tuya Acapulco
2014 · Olvido Pérez / Olvido Balmaceda Pérez
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
tvA Love To Remember
2014 · Olvido Pérezová
tvLa Mujer de Judas
2012 · Zulema Sánchez
tvMTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Self - Presenter
movieThe Collaboration
— · Maya
In the Cradle of Granite
movieIn the Cradle of Granite
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Black Tides
movieBlack Tides
— · Rebecca Pierce
Inhabit
movieInhabit
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