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Melissa C. Navia (born August 24, 1984) is an American actress known for playing helmsman Erica Ortegas in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022–present).[1][2][3][4]
Melissa Navia | |
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Born | August 24, 1984 |
Occupation | Actress |
Known for | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds |
Partner | Brian Bannon (d. 2021) |
In 2013, Navia won the award for best actress at the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival for her role as Dawn in the sci-fi movie The Paragon Cortex. In 2015, she had a recurring role in the TV series Common Charges. In 2017, she had a guest role as Elena Gabriel, an astronaut bound for a life on Mars, in Showtime's series Billions. In 2018, she had a recurring role as Moana in AMC's series Dietland.[5]
Her partner, Brian Bannon, died in 2021, three days after being diagnosed with leukemia.[1][6][7]
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Wild Rose Independent Film Festival | Best Actress | The Paragon Cortex | Won | [5] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Love Eterne | Medina | |
2011 | Break Point | The Woman | Short |
2011 | Metal Gear | Marabel Killian | Short |
2012 | That's What She Said | East Village Lucky Joy Patron | |
2012 | Red Tulips: A Story About Forgetting | Cop Girl | Short |
2012 | Girl Most Likely | Assistant | |
2013 | Highly Specialized, Highly Committed | Reyes | |
2013 | Sleeping with the Fishes | Casey | |
2013 | The Paragon Cortex | Dawn | |
2013 | Legacy | Grace | Short |
2014 | Love Eterne [Mourning] | Medina | Short |
2014 | Grind | Fighting Woman #1 | Short |
2014 | Growing Up and Other Lies | Raja | |
2014 | Amira & Sam | Police Clerk | |
2014 | What It Was | Hilary | |
2014 | Tremor Team 12 | Agent Melanie Gregg | |
2015 | Temecula | Janet | Short |
2015 | The Chosen | Sabrina | |
2016 | Interwoven | Voicemail Message #26 | |
2016 | Working Poor | Melissa | Short |
2016 | Hymns | Irene | |
2017 | New York Normal | Melanie | |
2018 | Love Me Anyway | Jack | |
2018 | Bel Canto | Esmeralda | |
2019 | Tower of Silence | Lior | |
2019 | Room 220 | Officer Lex Diaz | Short |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | El Capo | Reporter | 1 episode |
2015 | Common Charges | Wendy | 7 episodes |
2015 | Mix-Matched | Maggie | 1 episode |
2015 | The Affair | Waitress | 1 episode |
2017 | Billions | Elena Gabriel | 1 episode |
2018 | Homeland | EMT Julie | 1 episode |
2018 | Dietland | Moana | 2 episodes |
2021 | New Amsterdam | Co-Pilot Eva Schafer | 1 episode |
2021 | Bull | Tidal | 2 episodes |
2022–present | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Lt. Erica Ortegas | 16 episodes |
2022–2023 | The Ready Room | Herself | 2 episodes |
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