Shakira Barrera is an actress, dancer and producer from Englewood, New Jersey. She is best known for her role as "Yolanda" aka "Yo-Yo" on Netflix's Emmy-nominated "Glow" (2018), for which she and the rest of the cast received a Screen Actors Guild nomination. Shakira graduated from Rutgers University with a B.F.A in Dance from the Mason Gross School of Arts in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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Biography from IMDb.
- March 7, 1990 (36)
- Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 20 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
What are Shakira Barrera's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Christina in Collection (2021)
- Allyas Gloria in Sprung (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Shakira Barrera's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Shakira Barrera's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
31 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.
9-1-1: Nashville(2025)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Ironheart(2025)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Hurricanna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Watson(2024)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Ahsoka(2023)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Sprung(2022)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Heart Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Huella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Collection(2021)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Hacks(2021)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Remember When (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
What Breaks the Ice(2020)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
All Rise(2019)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
It's Bruno! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Kaya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Armed(2018)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Abuela's Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Deb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
GLOW(2017)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
High and Mighty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Lethal Weapon(2016)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Animal Kingdom(2016)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Rosewood(2015)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Superfast!(2015)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Faking It(2014)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Shameless(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all showsDon't Open the Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Tender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 31 titles, 29 of them dated from 2005 to 2025; peak year 2021.
Biggest box office
Superfast! (2015)
Highest rated
Sprung (2022)
Most popular right now
Superfast! (2015)
Film career
Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2014Screen debut· Faking It
- 2015First film· Superfast!
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Shakira Barrera's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 10th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 14th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 20 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Shakira Barrera's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Shakira Barrera work with?
People who share at least 2 of Shakira Barrera's MovieCove titles; J.J. Soria shares the most, 2.
- J.J. SoriaShared titles: Collection (2021), Superfast! (2015)See all 2 shared titles with J.J. Soria
