Melissa Collazo


Melissa Collazo is an American television and film actress. She is best known for playing Maeve Rojas on the Peacock original series One of Us Is Lying and Caitlyn Torres in the Prime Video series Motorheads.

Early life

Collazo was born in Orlando, Florida on July 15, 2000 to Puerto Rican parents. She has a younger brother born in 2005. 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.

Career

She appeared in Stranger Things and in the 2018 film The Little Mermaid. She had a role in the 2020 film Freaky and in Swamp Thing, playing a younger version of the lead character Abby.
In 2021, she appeared in a lead role in the film Lena and Snowball. In 2021, she could also be seen playing Maeve Rojas on the Peacock teen slasher whodunnit series One of Us Is Lying, alongside Jess McLeod and Marianly Tejada. She returned to the role for a second series in 2022.
In 2024, she began filming Motorheads for Amazon Prime Video with Ryan Phillippe.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Stranger ThingsArcade Gamer3 episodes
2018The Little MermaidCircus oddity
2019Swamp ThingTeen Abby2 episodes
2020FreakyRyler
2021Lena and SnowballLenaLead role
2021–2022One of Us Is LyingMaeve RojasMain role
2025MotorheadsCaitlinMain role
TBABuster BrooksLucyPost-production