Actor

Melissa Navia

August 24, 1984 · New York, New York, USA

Melissa Navia is an American actress known for playing helmsman Erica Ortegas in the television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Navia was born in New York City on August 24, 1984. She attended the Professional Performing Arts School in New York City, where she studied acting, singing, and dancing. After graduating from high school, she attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned a BFA in drama.

Navia began her acting career in the theater, appearing in productions of The Crucible, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. She also appeared in several short films and television commercials.

Notable work

7.6
Homeland (2011)
as EMT Julie
8.3
New Amsterdam (2018)
as Eva Schafer
7.8
Billions (2016)
as Elena Gabriel
7.9
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
as Erica Ortegas
6.7
The Affair (2014)
as Waitress
7.1
Bull (2016)
as Tidal

Often works with

Dee Herlihy
3 titles together
What It Was, Love Me Anyway, Hymns
Damian Lewis
2 titles together
Homeland, Billions
Paul Wesley
2 titles together
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Amira & Sam

Full filmography · 18

Tower of Silence
as Lior
2019
Bel Canto
as Esmeralda
20185.5
Hymns
as Irene
2016
The Chosen
as Sabrina
20154.4
What It Was
as Hilary
2014
Amira & Sam
as Police Clerk
20146
Growing Up and Other Lies
as Raja
2014
Love Me Anyway
as Jack
2014
The Paragon Cortex
as Dawn
2013
Sleeping with the Fishes
as Casey
2013
That's What She Said
as East Village Lucky Joe Patron
2012
Girl Most Likely
as Assistant
20125.6