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.