Melissa Barrera is a Hollywood survivor.

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Melissa Barrera has worked nonstop since her breakout performance in In The Heights. She featured in Scream 5 and is making a sequel, and she appears in Benjamin Millepied's remake [{ "selector": ".sjtlb-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "1500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

of Carmen and Lori Evans Taylor's Bed Rest, which she produced. The Mexican actress may be seen in Keep Breathing, a Netflix drama, starting Thursday. [{ "selector": ".ttoln-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "1500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Barrera, along with Ana de Armas, is one of the few Hispanic actors offered a broad array of parts, much beyond the characters Latinas have been permitted to portray. [{ "selector": ".wjwpa-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "1000ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Barrera, 32, portrays Liv, a chilly, work-oriented New York lawyer who must endure a harsh wilderness and prior traumas.

It was a hard job that exhausted her quickly, but she pushed through and exploited that in her performance, which she fueled with aspects of her younger self.

Melissa Barrera is a Hollywood survivor.

Barrera, 32, portrays Liv, a chilly, work-oriented New York lawyer who must endure a harsh wilderness and prior traumas.

It was a hard job that exhausted her quickly, but she pushed through and exploited that in her performance, which she fueled with aspects of her younger self.

BARRERA: Planes are awesome. Worry-free, literally. No turbulence for me. Never experienced a plane-drop air pocket.