![]() In 2017, she left Mexico to move to L.A., where Barrera landed breakout roles in the Starz series, Vida, and the movie musical adaptation of In the Heights. ![]() I was like, 'Oh my God, that's incredible! That's what I want to do!' So, I got into musical theater, and I fell in love with that and being on stage."īarrera did finally appear on a singing competition series, La Academia, in her early 20s, which led to roles on telenovels such as La mujer de Judas, Siempre tuya Acapulco and Tanto amor. ![]() "I would see kids that would go on these reality competition shows that would then get cast in child telenovelas, and then they would do musical telenovelas. ![]() "Originally, before even wanting to be an actor, I wanted to be a pop star," Barrera says. That felt like something that I could do." "I grew up watching people like me on TV - Mexicans speaking Spanish and telling stories - and I thought that felt very reachable. Growing up in Monterrey, Mexico, "the TV in the kitchen was always on, and it was always on the telenovela channel," the actress reminisces. ![]() Melissa Barrera was raised on telenovelas. ![]()
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