MELISSA BARRERA

Barrera burst onto the U.S. entertainment scene as co-lead Vanessa in the film adaptation of LinManuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” (2021). Before that, she had made literally hundreds of episodes of the telenovelas “Siempre tuya Acapulco,” “Tanto Amor” and others before appearing in Netflix’s first Spanish-language series, “Club de Cuervos.” She has since become the face of the reborn “Scream” franchise and recently turned in a gritty starring turn in Netflix’s survival drama miniseries “Keep Breathing.” She recently hit the festival circuit as the lead in Benjamin Millepied’s buzzy film version of “Carmen” and produced her next vehicle, the supernatural thriller “Bed Rest.” The Mexicannative singer-danceractress even had a Top 10 single in her home country in 2013 (“Mamma María,” as part of the duo Melissa y Sebastian).

— M. Ordoña