Portrait of Melissa Barrera

Acting

Melissa Barrera

Career

Active from 2012 to 2025, busiest in 2023 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for All the World Is Sleeping
All the World Is Sleeping
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Melissa Barrera Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.3, average 2.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Wholesome
    2.5, average 3.4
  • Biographical
    0.2, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Grief and Trauma 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • Telenovela Romance 2
  • Darkly Humorous 2
  • Emotional Intensity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
The Collaboration
The Collaboration

as Maya

Black Tides
Black Tides

as Rebecca Pierce

2020s

13 titles · average score 66
Life Support
Life Support (2026)
GoodWatch score 71

Executive Producer

The Copenhagen Test
The Copenhagen Test (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Michelle

Abigail
Abigail (2024)
GoodWatch score 69

as Joey

Your Monster
Your Monster (2024)
GoodWatch score 67

as Laura Franco

Scream VI
Scream VI (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

as Sam Carpenter

Bed Rest
Bed Rest (2023)
GoodWatch score 44

as Julie Rivers

Carmen
Carmen (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

as Carmen

All the World Is Sleeping
All the World Is Sleeping (2023)
GoodWatch score 82

as Chama

Land of Gold
Land of Gold (2023)
GoodWatch score 68

Thanks

Scream
Scream (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

as Sam Carpenter

Keep Breathing
Keep Breathing (2022)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Liv Rivera

In the Heights
In the Heights (2021)
GoodWatch score 81

as Vanessa

2010s

11 titles · average score 66
Vida
Vida (2018)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Lyn

Two Times You
Two Times You (2018)
GoodWatch score 44

as Daniela

Shake Off Your Sorrows
Shake Off Your Sorrows (2018)

as Luisa

The Hotel
The Hotel (2016)

as Karina

A Beginner's Guide to the Presidency
A Beginner's Guide to the Presidency (2016)

as Brisa Carreiro

Tanto Amor
Tanto Amor (2015)

TV show · as Mía. González

Club de Cuervos
Club de Cuervos (2015)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Isabel Cantú

L for Leisure
L for Leisure (2015)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kennedy

A Love To Remember
A Love To Remember (2014)

TV show · as Olvido Pérezová

Siempre tuya Acapulco
Siempre tuya Acapulco (2014)

TV show · as Olvido Pérez / Olvido Balmaceda Pérez

La Mujer de Judas
La Mujer de Judas (2012)

TV show · as Zulema Sánchez