Melissa Bacelar (born May 11, 1976 in Piscataway, New Jersey) is an American actress and occasional producer and adult model. 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 2008 she starred as the lead character of Delilah in film Pink Eye.[2] In 2009 she played the lead role in the sex horror comedy, The Scream.