Age: 35
female
Melissa Barrera Martínez (born 4 July 1990) is a Mexican actress, stage actress, singer-songwriter, producer, executive producer and activist. She began her career as the lead characters of Azteca's Mexican telenovelas as the humble and kind village girl Olvido Pérez in Siempre tuya Acapulco (2014) and as struggling hard working woman Mía González in Tanto amor (2015), then joining in as socialite Isabel Cantú in the third season of the Netflix original series Club de Cuervos (2017). Barrera transitioned to Hollywood in 2018, earning recognition playing the sexually liberated and free spirited vegan woman Lyn Hernandez in the Starz comedy-drama series Vida (2018–2020). For playing Sam Carpenter in the slasher films Scream (2022) and Scream VI (2023), as well as leading the horror-comedies as the former millitary nurse and drug addict Joey in Abigail and aspiring breast cancer survivor stage actress Laura Franco in Your Monster (both 2024), she established herself as a scream queen. She is a 3-time Imagen Award nominee, and her accolades include a Satellite Award nomination for playing hairstylist Vanessa Morales in the 2021 movie adaption of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical In the Heights. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melissa Barrera, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In the heart of Chicago, 2025, a mysterious and highly contagious virus, known as the “Chi-V”, emerges, spreading rapidly throughout the city. The virus, which seems to have originated from an unknown source, wreaks havoc on the population, claiming more than half of Chicago’s residents in a matter of weeks. Panic sets in as the government and medical communities struggle to contain the outbreak and find a cure. As society collapses, a small group of survivors, including Ethan Thompson, a former emergency medical technician, Maya Singh, a young nurse, and a handful of children, must band together to navigate the treacherous new world. They face numerous challenges, from scavenging for food and supplies to avoiding roving gangs and the ever-present threat of the Chi-V. As they fight to stay alive, they begin to unravel the mysteries surrounding the virus and the true intentions of those who may be behind it.
