Melissa Barrera

Melissa Barrera Martínezis a Mexican actress, singer-songwriter, producer and activist. Her accolades include a GLAAD Media Award, in addition to nominations of three Imagen Awards and a Satellite Award. ¡HOLA! magazine named her one of the Top 100 Latina Powerhouses of 2022.

Barrera began her career in Mexico as the lead characters Olvido Pérez and Mia González in Azteca Uno’s telenovelas Siempre tuya Acapulco (2014) and 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, starring as the sexually liberated vegan woman Lynda "Lyn" Hernandez in the Starz comedy-drama series Vida (2018–2020), in which she won the 2019 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. She starred as hairstylist Vanessa Morales in the movie adaption of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights (2021), which earned her a Satellite Award nomination. She gained wide exposure for her breakthrough role as Sam Carpenter in the slasher films Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023), as well as starring as recovering drug addict Joey in the vampire slasher Abigail, and as aspiring theater actress Laura Franco in the horror romance Your Monster (both 2024), which established her as a scream queen.

Barrera made her Broadway debut playing Rose DeWitt Bukater in the satirical musical comedy Titanique (2026).