Melissa Bacelar | |
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Born | Melissa Racquel Bacelar Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2000–present |
Melissa Racquel Bacelar is an American actress. She is best known as a scream queen and is most associated with the horror film genre. She is also known for her role as a waitress in 10 episodes of the ABC series One Life to Live between 2000 and 2002.
Bacelar had a strong Roman Catholic upbringing, attending a Catholic school in Edison, New Jersey. She then studied at the Mason Gross School of the Arts for theatre for a year before completing a two-year Meisner program at the School for Film and Television in New York City.[1]
She made her screen debut in Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV in 2000. In 2003 she appeared in the film This Thing of Ours[citation needed] as a secretary. In 2008 she starred as the lead character of Delilah in film Pink Eye,[2] and appeared on an episode of Hollywood Residential. In 2009 she played the lead role in the sex horror comedy, The Scream.