Melissa Barrera

Melissa Barrera Martínez born 4 July 1990 is a Mexican actress stage actress singersongwriter producer executive producer and activist She began her career as the lead characters of Aztecas 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 comedydrama series Vida 20182020 For playing Sam Carpenter in the slasher films Scream 2022 and Scream VI 2023 as well as leading the horrorcomedies 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 3time Imagen Award nominee and her accolades include a Satellite Award nomination for playing hairstylist Vanessa Morales in the 2021 movie adaption of LinManuel Mirandas musical In the Heights Description above from the Wikipedia article Melissa Barrera licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia