Melissa Anne Villaseñor (/ˌviːjəsɪnˈjɔːr/ VEE-yə-sin-YOR; born October 9, 1987) is an American comedian, actress, musician, and illustrator.

[3][4][5] Villaseñor and actor Mario Lopez—whose Mexican ancestry was also explored on the same episode of Finding Your Roots—are both distantly related to director Alejandro González Iñárritu.

[12] Villaseñor was introduced as a featured player on the October 1, 2016 episode of Saturday Night Live, alongside Mikey Day and Alex Moffat.

She told NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, "I'm flawed like everyone else, and yeah, I just wanted to make sure I was perfect.

[22] She hosted the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards,[23] and voiced Robin in the radio drama podcast Batman: The Audio Adventures.

[25] She has performed impressions for America's Got Talent, First Impressions, her YouTube channel, and SNL including Björk, Dolly Parton, Owen Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig,[26] Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ana Navarro, Sia, Natalie Portman, Macaulay Culkin, Sarah Silverman,[27] Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.