‘Scream VI’ actress Melissa Barrera is no stranger to a whirlwind romance.
The actress is in year four of her marriage to singer Xavier Zazueta whom she married in 2019 and reveals their meetcute seemed almost scripted.
“Life has better plans for you than you have for yourself,” she told People as she recalled their meeting as singing contestants on “La Academia”, a musical talent show.
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“It was ‘like’ at first sight. You know when you look at someone and you’re like, ‘You’re hot, I like you,’ ” she remembered. “And then we got to know each other really quick, and I immediately thought, ‘This is a really good guy.’ ”
In hindsight, Barrera came to realize they were barely friends before they began dating.
“In my mind, we were friends for a month before we started dating, but actually, looking at the timeline,...
The actress is in year four of her marriage to singer Xavier Zazueta whom she married in 2019 and reveals their meetcute seemed almost scripted.
“Life has better plans for you than you have for yourself,” she told People as she recalled their meeting as singing contestants on “La Academia”, a musical talent show.
Read More: ‘Scream VI’ Tops Box Office With Franchise-Best $44.5M
“It was ‘like’ at first sight. You know when you look at someone and you’re like, ‘You’re hot, I like you,’ ” she remembered. “And then we got to know each other really quick, and I immediately thought, ‘This is a really good guy.’ ”
In hindsight, Barrera came to realize they were barely friends before they began dating.
“In my mind, we were friends for a month before we started dating, but actually, looking at the timeline,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Anyone who hasn't followed Melissa Barrera's career from the beginning could easily assume that the actress became a star overnight, but that's far from the truth. Barrera, who was born and raised in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, has been working hard for years. She started in passionate telenovelas and even did a Mexican reality show called "La Academia," where she met her husband, Paco Zazueta. She landed a lead role as Lyn in Starz's "Vida," which lasted three seasons, then had her breakout Hollywood role as Vanessa in Lin-Manuel Miranda's film adaptation of "In the Heights." Things really started taking off for her from there. She took the lead role of Chama in an indie film titled "All the World Is Sleeping," about a struggling, 30-year-old Chicana woman in New Mexico fighting for her life as she deals with substance abuse and losing custody of her daughter. Then...
- 7/14/2022
- by Johanna Ferreira
- Popsugar.com
After playing the free-spirited Lyn on the Starz series Vida, Melissa Barrera is gracing our screens again, this time as Vanessa in Lin-Manuel Miranda's long-awaited In the Heights movie. Melissa plays a hairdresser who has dreams of becoming a fashion designer and the love interest of Anthony Ramos's character, Usnavi. The film doesn't premiere until June 11, so why not get to know more about Melissa in the meantime? After all, she does seem to have a pretty cool life and she and her husband, Paco Zazueta, are very cute together. Keep reading for some fun facts about Melissa ahead of the In the Heights premiere.
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- 6/8/2021
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Salacious behavior, twists that push the human psyche to the extreme, and pressure-cooker production schedules are just some situations for which reality-show contestants may be signing on. Add in the increasing role of social media and audience tendencies to see contestants as characters, and providing proper mental-health support becomes more important than ever.
Before Melissa Barrera broke through with American audiences as one of the leads on Starz’s “Vida,” she made her television debut in the 2011 Mexican reality show “La Academia.” At 21 years old, she says she loved the experience, but admits it nearly broke her.
“Reality TV is like a snake pit,” she says. “You think the entertainment industry can be hard, but reality TV? That’s the epitome of whether you’re ready for this or not. If I could survive that show, it meant I could do anything. I wouldn’t change anything, but it was...
Before Melissa Barrera broke through with American audiences as one of the leads on Starz’s “Vida,” she made her television debut in the 2011 Mexican reality show “La Academia.” At 21 years old, she says she loved the experience, but admits it nearly broke her.
“Reality TV is like a snake pit,” she says. “You think the entertainment industry can be hard, but reality TV? That’s the epitome of whether you’re ready for this or not. If I could survive that show, it meant I could do anything. I wouldn’t change anything, but it was...
- 6/13/2019
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
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