Melissa Collazo

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| name = Melissa Collazo

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|7|15}}

| birth_place = Orlando, Florida, United States

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2017–present

| television = One of Us Is Lying

}}

Melissa Collazo (born July 15, 2000) is an American television and film actress. She is best known for playing Maeve Rojas on Peacock original series One of Us Is Lying.

Early life

Collazo was born in Orlando, Florida on July 15, 2000 to Puerto Rican parents. She has a younger brother born in 2005.{{cite web|url= https://tvovermind.com/melissa-collazo/|website=TVovermind|accessdate=22 April 2024|title= 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Melissa Collazo

|first= Tiffany |last=Raiford|date=October 12, 2021}} Her mother was the news director at the Hispanic American station Telemundo, and Collazo led child-friendly news segments on the station until she was about 12 years-old, when she decided to pursue acting.{{cite web|first=Jessica|last=Baker|url= https://www.whowhatwear.com/melissa-collazo-interview|website=Whowhatwear.com|accessdate=22 April 2024|title= Melissa Collazo Has the Best Brows in the Biz and an Addicting New TV Show|date=12 October 2021}}

Career

She appeared in Stranger Things and in the 2018 film The Little Mermaid.{{cite web|url=https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2021/10/07/noc-interview-melissa-collazo-and-jessica-mcleod-discuss-one-of-us-is-lying/|website=Thenerdsofcolour|accessdate=22 April 2024|title= Melissa Collazo and Jess McLeod Discuss ‘One of Us Is Lying’|first=Sophia|last=Soto|date=7 October 2021}} She had a role in the 2020 film Freaky and in Swamp Thing, playing a younger version of the lead character Abby.{{cite web|website=Radio Times|accessdate=22 April 2024|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/one-us-lying-netflix-cast/|title= Meet the cast of One Of Us Is Lying, Netflix's teen thriller|date=16 November 2022|first=David|last=Craig}}

In 2021, she appeared in a lead role in the film Lena and Snowball.{{cite web|url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2021/trailer-for-lion-cub-movie-lena-and-snowball-with-melissa-collazo/|website=Firstshowing.net|accessdate=22 April 2024|title= Trailer for Lion Cub Movie 'Lena and Snowball' with Melissa Collazo|first=Alex|last=Billington|date=January 5, 2021}} In 2021, she could also be seen playing Maeve Rojas on the Peacock (streaming service) teen slasher whodunnit series One of Us Is Lying, alongside Jess McLeod and Marianly Tejada.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/one-of-us-is-lying-peacock-ya-mystery-drama-pilot-cast-1202772422/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=22 April 2024|title= ‘One Of Us Is Lying’: Peacock’s YA Mystery Drama Pilot Based On Book Sets Cast|first=Denise |last=Petski|date=October 30, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://brieftake.com/video-interview-one-of-us-is-lying-melissa-collazo-jessica-mcleod/amp/|website=Brief Take|accessdate=22 April 2024|title= Interview: One Of Us Is Lying’s Melissa Collazo and Jessica McLeod|first=Leona|last=Heillbron|date=14 October 2021}} She returned to the role for a second series in 2022.{{cite web|first=Stan|last=Shunpike|website=BuzzFeed|accessdate=22 April 2024|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/feynman12/heres-why-i-am-obsessed-with-season-2-of-one-of-us-is-lying|date= December 6, 2022|title=9 Reasons That Have Me Obsessed With "One Of Us Is Lying"}}

In 2024, she began filming Motorheads for Amazon Prime Video with Ryan Phillippe. {{cite web|first=Denis|last=Kimathi|url=https://collider.com/ryan-phillippe-set-image-motorheads/|date=20 March 2024|title= Ryan Phillippe Shares Set Image From 'Motorheads' as Cameras Begin Rolling|website=Collider|accessdate=22 April 2024}}

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2017 \| Stranger Things \| Arcade Gamer \| 3 episodes
2018 \| data-sort-value="Little Mermaid, The" \| The Little Mermaid \| Circus oddity \|
2019 \| Swamp Thing \| Teen Abby \| 2 episodes
2020 \| Freaky \| Ryler \|
2021 \| Lena and Snowball \| Lena \| Lead role
2021–2022 \| One of Us Is Lying \| Maeve Rojas \| Main role
2025 \| Motorheads \| Caitlin \| Main role
TBA \| Buster Brooks{{dagger}} \| Lucy \| Post-production

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2017

| Stranger Things

| Arcade Gamer

| 3 episodes

2018

| data-sort-value="Little Mermaid, The" | The Little Mermaid

| Circus oddity