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Also known as Melissa Barrera Martínez

Mexican actress

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Mexico
Active from
1990-07-04
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36,378
Total plays
432,129

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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 slasher films Scream (2022) and Scream 6 (2023). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Melissa+Barrera">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Global cancer statistics

    · 2011 · cited 23,192x

  2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,614x

  3. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,776x

  4. Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And Challenges

    · 2007 · cited 12,134x

  5. A program for annotating and predicting the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms, SnpEff

    · 2012 · cited 11,281x

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Key facts

Born
Melissa Barrera Martínez , ( 1990-07-04 ) 4 July 1990 (age 35) , Monterrey , Nuevo León , Mexico
Education
American School Foundation of Monterrey
Alma mater
New York University ( BFA )
Occupations
Actress singer-songwriter producer executive producer screenwriter activist
Years active
2011–present
Works
Full list
Spouse
Xavier Zazueta ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2019 ) ​
Awards
Full list
Genres
Pop
Instrument
Vocals
Labels
Atlantic Sony Gracias Uniwerso Azteca Music
Formerly of
Melissa y Sebastian

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Encyclopedic overview

Melissa Barrera Martínez ( Spanish pronunciation: [meˈlisa baˈrera marˈtines]; born 4 July 1990) is a Mexican actress, singer-songwriter, producer and activist. Her accolades include nominations for 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).

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