Melissa Barrera

Melissa Barrera

Born: July 4, 1990
in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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).

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Abigail
Title: Abigail
Character: Joey
Released: April 18, 2024
Type: Movie
After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12 year old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.
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Your Monster
Title: Your Monster
Character: Laura Franco
Released: January 18, 2024
Type: Movie
After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming, monster living in her closet.
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Carmen
Title: Carmen
Character: Carmen
Released: April 21, 2023
Type: Movie
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 survives an illegal border crossing into the US, only to be confronted by a lawless volunteer border guard. When the border guard and his patrol partner Aidan become embroiled in a deadly standoff, the pair is forced to escape together.
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All the World Is Sleeping
Title: All the World Is Sleeping
Character: Chama
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
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.
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Scream VI
Title: Scream VI
Character: Sam Carpenter
Released: March 8, 2023
Type: Movie
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
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Bed Rest
Title: Bed Rest
Character: Julie Rivers
Released: February 10, 2023
Type: Movie
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 begins seeing ghostly happenings throughout the house.
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Title: Keep Breathing
Character: Liv Rivera
Released: July 28, 2022
Type: TV
When a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone woman must battle the elements and odds to survive.
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Scream
Title: Scream
Character: Sam Carpenter
Released: January 12, 2022
Type: Movie
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 targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
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A Bloody Legacy: Scream 25 Years Later
Title: A Bloody Legacy: Scream 25 Years Later
Character: Herself
Released: October 18, 2021
Type: Movie
A look back at the film and director Wes Craven. Immerse yourself in a captivating retrospective, featuring archival behind-the-scenes footage and captivating new interviews with stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette, as well as screenwriter Kevin Williamson and the directors and other cast members from the new instalment in the franchise.
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Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
Title: Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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In the Heights
Title: In the Heights
Character: Vanessa
Released: June 10, 2021
Type: Movie
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 Heights.
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Title: Acting for a Cause
Character: Elizabeth Bennett
Released: March 27, 2020
Type: TV
Acting for a Cause is a live read series of classic plays and screenplays created, produced, directed and hosted by Brando Crawford featuring young Hollywood actors such as Academy Award Nominee Florence Pugh, Emmy Nominee Margaret Qualley, and 80 other young Hollywood stars. Each reading is organized to raise money for a specific charity. The readings garnered over 500,000 viewers between the first play read on March 27, 2020 and the last announced read on July 31, 2020. The reading series was a direct response to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic and launched Brando Crawford's career as a director and producer.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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Title: Tamron Hall
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conversations.
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Two Times You
Title: Two Times You
Character: Daniela
Released: December 11, 2018
Type: Movie
A unique relationship between two women that transcends time and space.
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Title: Vida
Character: Lyn
Released: May 6, 2018
Type: TV
Two Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of Los Angeles who couldn't be more different or distanced from each other are forced to return to their old neighborhood, where they are confronted by the past and surprising truth about their mother’s identity.
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Shake Off Your Sorrows
Title: Shake Off Your Sorrows
Character: Luisa
Released: April 27, 2018
Type: Movie
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 due to a night of partying. Through stories that integrate music and dance, he will tell the exploits of a prisoner who achieved freedom through his imagination.
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The Hotel
Title: The Hotel
Character: Karina
Released: December 13, 2016
Type: Movie
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 the business going.
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Title: Club de Cuervos
Character: Isabel Cantú
Released: August 7, 2015
Type: TV
When the patriarch of a prominent family dies, his heirs battle to determine who will gain control of his beloved soccer team: The Cuervos of Nuevo Toledo.
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Title: Tanto Amor
Character: Mía. González
Released: August 3, 2015
Type: TV
In this novel we will see how love struggles to survive and overcome all obstacles. The Lombardo family is very wealthy and is one of the most recognized, everything in it is perfection, they maintain a quiet life. But from one moment to another everything starts to be chaos. The Lombard brothers will face each other, Alberto is the good brother, a man of honor, but his brother Bruno is full of envy and ambition. The trigger for everything is the love that Alberto and Mia have for each other, but who is Mia? She is a young woman who grew up in a humble family and when her father died, her family was received by the Lombards. There is a secret that many will try to protect at all costs that is why they will act against Mia and especially against her union with Alberto since it is a threat to their ambitions.
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L for Leisure
Title: L for Leisure
Character: Kennedy
Released: May 6, 2015
Type: Movie
A dreamy, ironic comedy about a generation of hedonistic students in the 1990s. Their favourite activity: talking endlessly. During a series of vacation days filled with sun-drenched naps, squabbling, waterskiing competitions and love-making, the amateur actors discuss their concerns in dry dialogues. For instance, semi-intellectual reflections on the end of time and how Michael Jordan plays basketball.
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Title: Siempre tuya Acapulco
Character: Olvido Pérez / Olvido Balmaceda Pérez
Released: August 17, 2014
Type: TV
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Title: A Love To Remember
Character: Olvido Pérezová
Released: February 10, 2014
Type: TV
A rich and handsome architect is flying from Acapulco to Mexico City when his plane crashes. A beautiful, young girl finds him in the forest and decides to bring him home to look after him.
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Title: La Mujer de Judas
Character: Zulema Sánchez
Released: January 16, 2012
Type: TV
La mujer de Judas is a Mexican telenovela produced by Maricarmen Marcos for Azteca. It is based on Venezuelan novela of the same name. It stars Anette Michel, Victor Gonzalez, and Andrea Marti. It replaced Cielo Rojo on January 13, 2012. Adapted by Paz Aguirre and Gabriel Santos, this adaptation is supervised by the original writer, Martin Hahn.
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The Collaboration
Title: The Collaboration
Character: Maya
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A look into the unique and rich friendship between pop art legend Andy Warhol and neo-expressionist icon Jean-Michel Basquiat, exploring their extraordinary creative partnership during the 1980s, and how their work together was propelled by their contrasting beliefs.
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The One
Title: The One
Character: Taylor
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Taylor makes a last-ditch effort to find love by becoming a contestant on a reality dating show. Now down to just herself and two other women competing to win the heart of Mason, she begins to feel the artifice of the show fade, and the game becomes terrifyingly real. Amidst the opulent beachfront setting, fairy-tale dates, and ever-flowing champagne, pursuit turns into obsession and rivalry turns into treachery as reality itself blurs.