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Melissa Navia

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Melissa Navia at New York Comic Con 2025
Haven't watched every episode of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" yet? You're not going to make Melissa Navia very happy. She stars as Lt. Erica Ortegas on the throwback spinoff, and she believes you should be as dedicated to the show as she is. Navia also walks IMDb through two more life-changing roles in her career, including the vigilante Moana on "Dietland," the closest she'll ever come to playing a princess. And she ends with her first guest star role, Elena Gabriel on "Billions," and how playing an astronaut on that series may have foreshadowed her first series regular role on "Star Trek."
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Melissa Navia is a Colombian-American actor and writer. Born and raised in New York, she has portrayed a myriad of singular characters on both the stage and screen, including guest star appearances on Billions, Dietland, and Bull. Navia stars in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Lt. Erica Ortegas, helmsman of the USS Enterprise. She also plays the banjo and is trained in martial arts and sword fighting.
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    Rebecca Romijn, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Babs Olusanmokun, Christina Chong, Melissa Navia, and Jess Bush in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Erica Ortegas
    • Lee Woods
    Michael Weatherly and Darrin Hickok in The Necklace (2016)
    Bull
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Tidal
    Dietland (2018)
    Dietland
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Moana
    David Costabile, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll, Kelly AuCoin, Maggie Siff, Asia Kate Dillon, and Dola Rashad in Billions (2016)
    Billions
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Elena Gabriel

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
      • Erica Ortegas
      • Lee Woods
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026–2027
    • Rebecca Romijn, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Babs Olusanmokun, Christina Chong, Melissa Navia, and Jess Bush in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
      Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Erica Ortegas
      • Lee Woods
      • 2022–2026
    • Hey A.J.! (2026)
      Hey A.J.!
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Eliana (voice)
      • 2026
    • Wil Wheaton in The Ready Room (2019)
      The Ready Room
      7.6
      TV Series
      • 2023
    • Michael Weatherly and Darrin Hickok in The Necklace (2016)
      Bull
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Tidal
      • 2022
    • Ryan Eggold in New Amsterdam (2018)
      New Amsterdam
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Co-Pilot Eva Schafer
      • 2021
    • Room 220
      Short
      • Officer Lex Diaz
      • 2019
    • Tower of Silence (2019)
      Tower of Silence
      2.4
      • Lior
      • 2019
    • Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe in Bel Canto (2018)
      Bel Canto
      5.5
      • Esmeralda (as Melissa C. Navia)
      • 2018
    • Dietland (2018)
      Dietland
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Moana
      • 2018
    • Melissa Navia in Love Me Anyway (2018)
      Love Me Anyway
      3.9
      • Jack
      • Esme's lover
      • 2018
    • Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)
      Homeland
      8.3
      TV Series
      • EMT Julie
      • 2018
    • David Costabile, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll, Kelly AuCoin, Maggie Siff, Asia Kate Dillon, and Dola Rashad in Billions (2016)
      Billions
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Elena Gabriel
      • 2017
    • New York Normal (2017)
      New York Normal
      TV Movie
      • Melanie
      • 2017
    • Hymns (2016)
      Hymns
      3.7
      • Irene
      • 2016
    • Thaddeus Schneider in Working Poor (2016)
      Working Poor
      9.0
      Short
      • Melissa
      • 2016
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    Melissa Navia Wants to Know Why You Aren't Watching Her on "Star Trek"
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    Melissa Navia Wants to Know Why You Aren't Watching Her on "Star Trek"
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    • Alternative name
      • Melissa C. Navia
    • Height
      • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)

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