Melissa Barrera Bio, Wiki, Age, Career, Scream, Husband, Net worth, Salary, and Twitter

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Melissa Barrera Profile

Melissa Barrera is a Mexican actress. 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 slasher films Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023).

Melissa Barrera Age

Barrera is 33 years old as of 2023. She was born on 4th July 1990 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, North America. Furthermore, she celebrates her birthday on the 4th of July every year.

Melissa Barrera Height

She stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 132 lbs (60kg).

Melissa Barrera Family

Barrera’s father is Tomas Barrera and her mother is Rossana Martínez. However, she has not revealed any information regarding her parents. Additionally, she has not revealed any information regarding her siblings. However, research is ongoing and we will update this information as soon as it is available.

Melissa Barrera Music

She attended the American School Foundation of Monterrey where she appeared in the school’s musical productions including Grease, Aida, and Footloose. Her television debut was on the Mexican reality show La Academia in 2011, where she showed off her talent for singing.

In 2013, she was part of the duet Melissa and Sebastian, with whom she recorded her first album and had her first top ten radio hit with their debut single “Mamma Maria”, a cover of Ricchi e Poveri’s song from the 1980s. In 2015, she recorded the theme song “Volver a Caer” alongside the Mexican singer Kalimba, for her telenovela Tanto Amor.

Melissa Barrera Husband

Barrera married longtime boyfriend and musical artist Paco Zazueta, in February 2019.] The pair first met on the set of La Academia in 2011 and performed a rendition of Enrique Iglesias’ “Cuando Me Enamoro” for its fourth episode. They shortly began dating in September of that year. The pair announced their engagement via Instagram in June 2017.

Melissa Barrera Scream

Samantha Carpenter is the protagonist of the fifth Scream film, simply titled Scream (2022 film), and its sequel (2023 film). Having run from a troubled past, the former Woodsboro resident returns to her haunted small California hometown to aid her younger sister Tara (Jenna Ortega) against a new Ghostface entity. At age 13, she discovered the secret of her birth origin — she is the biological daughter of the original Ghostface serial killer, Billy Loomis who derives from the original Scream (1996).

Correspondingly, this also makes her the paternal granddaughter of the first copycat Ghostface killer, Nancy Loomis, who appeared in Scream 2 (1997). After her legal father’s abandonment due to her birth origin revelation, she spiraled into a life of drugs and crime. This dismayed soon-Sheriff Judy Hicks, who Sam would babysit the son of (one of these duties was during the second Woodsboro Murders).

At age 18 (likely almost 19) — with Woodsboro no longer serving her any good — she abandoned it in favor of another California town. In her departure, Sam did not say goodbye to her mother or baby sister (then age 13). Now 5 years later, Sam is confronted with both her troubled teen past and birth origin — she is Ghostface’s primary target. Now a 24-year-old bowling alley attending, she joins forces with original legacy franchise survivors, Dewey Riley, Gale Weathers, and Sidney Prescott, to stop the new killer.

Melissa Barrera Acting

In 2010, while still in college, she participated in the film L for Leisure. Additionally, in 2012, she participated in two telenovelas, La Mujer de Judas and La otra cara del Alma. In 2014, she obtained her first starring role in the telenovela Siempre tuya Acapulco. Moreover, in 2015, she starred in the last telenovela produced by TV Azteca, Tanto Amor.

Barrera was cast in the lead role of Lyn on the Starz drama series Vida in 2018. In August 2020, Barrera was cast as Sam Carpenter in the fifth Scream film, which was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The film was released on 14 January 2022. In 2021, Barrera starred as Vanessa, an aspiring fashion designer and love interest of the narrator, Usnavi, in the Jon M. Chu-directed musical film In the Heights, an adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stage musical.

Melissa Barrera Survival Drama

The film earned widespread critical acclaim, with Monica Castillo of The Wrap praising Barrera’s performance: “Vanessa’s upbeat salsa anthem, ‘It Won’t Be Long Now’, is perhaps one of the more underrated sequences: It’s an impressive showcase for Barrera’s talents, giving her a wide range of emotions to move through in one number and one of the few moments in the musical to belt out.

” In 2022 she starred in Keep Breathing, a six-episode survival drama released on Netflix on June 28, 2022. In 2022, Barrera appeared in the title role in the musical Carmen (2022 film) directed by Benjamin Millepied. It had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022.

Melissa Barrera Movies and TV Shows

1. Vida 2018 – 2020
2. Keep Breathing 2022
3. Scream 2022
4. Scream VI 2023
5. In the Heights 2021
6. Siempre tuya Acapulco 2014
7. Club de Cuervos 2015 – 2019
8. Tanto Amor 2015 – 2016
9. Bed Rest 2022
10. Carmen 2022
11. La Academia Since 2002
12. Dos veces tú 2018

Melissa Barrera Net Worth

Barrera has an estimated annual net worth of $ 3 million to $5 million earned from her career as an Actress.

Melissa Barrera Social Media Platforms

Barrera is very active on her Instagram and Facebook pages. She has 709k followers on Instagram and 447k followers on Facebook.