Melissa Barrera

In 2012 she participated in two telenovelas, La mujer de Judas and La otra cara del alma. In 2010 while still in college (New York University) she participated in the film L for Leisure. In 2014 she obtained her first starring role in the telenovela, Siempre tuya Acapulco with the Venezuelan actor Daniel Elbittar. In 2015, she starred in the last telenovela produced by TV Azteca, Tantor amor. In April 2019, it was announced that Barrera would be starring as Vanessa in the 2020 film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights.

She attended the American School Foundation of Monterrey where she appeared in the school's musical productions including MUN's Voices, 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 y Sebastian" with whom she recorded her first album and had her first top ten radio hit with their first single "Mamma Maria," a cover of the Ricchi e Poveri 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 (born; July 4, 1990) is a Mexican actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the telenovelas Siempre Tuya Acapulco (2013) and Tanto Amor (2015), and for portraying Isabel Cantú in Club de Cuervos.