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Alyssa Diaz | |
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Born | Alyssa Elaine Diaz September 7, 1985 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Education | Bishop Alemany High School |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2001–present |
Spouse | Gustavo Galindo |
Children | 2 |
Alyssa Elaine Diaz [1] (born September 7, 1985) [1] is an American actress. She is known for her roles on television, such as Celia Ortega on the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns , Jasmine on the ABC Family series The Nine Lives of Chloe King , Gloria Cruz on Lifetime's Army Wives , Teresa on Showtime's Ray Donovan , Dariela Marzan on the CBS series Zoo , and Detective Angela Lopez on the ABC series The Rookie .
Diaz was born in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on September 7, 1985. [1] She is of Colombian and Mexican parentage. [2]
Diaz is an actor known for her recurring roles on several series, including Army Wives , Ray Donovan , and the soap opera As The World Turns . She had her breakout film role in the remake of Red Dawn . She has made other appearances, guest-starring in television shows including Southland , CSI: NY and Lie to Me . She starred in the film How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer , and in such television films as Ben 10: Alien Swarm [3] and The Jensen Project . [4]
In 2011, she was cast in the starring role of Jasmine on the ABC Family series The Nine Lives of Chloe King. [5] In 2012, she landed the recurring role of Gloria Cruz on Army Wives . She was upgraded to series regular for the seventh season, which started in March 2013. [6] She has also appeared in The Vampire Diaries . [7] In March 2016, Diaz landed the role of Dariela, a series regular, on the CBS drama Zoo for its second season. [8] In 2018 she played Mika Camarena, the wife of Kiki Camarena, slain DEA agent, in the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico . She currently plays Detective first grade Angela Lopez on the ABC drama The Rookie .[ citation needed ]
Diaz is engaged to singer/songwriter Gustavo Galindo. On December 28, 2020, Diaz announced on her Instagram that she and Galindo had become parents of a boy. Her pregnancy was written into the storyline of her character Angela Lopez on The Rookie. [9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Wednesday Afternoon | Gisella | Short film |
Anyone | Short film | ||
Echoes | Jackie | Short film | |
2005 | How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer | Rose | |
2008 | Oh Baby! | Maria | |
2011 | Shark Night | Maya | |
Shark Night Cast: Shark Bite | Herself | Short film | |
2012 | Red Dawn | Julie Goodyear | |
American Citizen | Giselle Castellanos | Short film | |
2015 | Other People's Children | Trina | |
2018 | Parallel | Carmen | |
The Way We Weren't | Rita | ||
Magnetic Plasma for mass(es) Enlightenment | Faith / Lust | Short film | |
2021 | Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two | Renee Montoya | Direct-to-video; voice role [10] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | The Brothers García | Marilee | Episode: "Meal Ticket" |
2002 | American Family | Alicia | Episode: "The Fighting Fridas" |
2004 | CSI: Miami | Chelsea Lopez | Episode: "Hell Night" |
2005 | As the World Turns | Celia Ortega | 59 episodes |
2006 | The Unit | Delores | Episode: "Off the Meter" |
2008 | Shark | Rosa Diaz | Episode: "Leaving Las Vegas" |
Greek | Chrissy Snow | Episode: "Three's a Crowd" | |
2009 | CSI: NY | Tracy James | Episode: "She's Not There" |
2009–2010 | Southland | Mercedes Moretta | 2 episodes |
2009 | Valentine | Wendy Rojas | Episode: "She's Gone" |
Three Rivers | Christy | Episode: "Ryan's First Day" | |
Ben 10: Alien Swarm | Elena Validus | Television film | |
2010 | Lie to Me | Ava Torres | Episode: "Delinquent" |
The Jensen Project | Sam | Television film | |
2011 | The Nine Lives of Chloe King | Jasmine | Main role; 10 episodes |
Law & Order: LA | Malia Gomez | Episode: "Westwood" | |
Necessary Roughness | Tallis Lang | Episode: "Forget Me Not" | |
2012–2013 | Army Wives | Gloria Cruz | Main role (seasons 6–7); 30 episodes |
2012 | Revolution | Mia Clayton | Episode: "Ties That Bind" |
The Vampire Diaries | Kimberly | 3 episodes | |
2013 | The Last Ship | Quartermaster Rios | 2 episodes |
2014 | The Bridge | Lucy | 3 episodes |
Grimm | Belem Hoyos | Episode: "Chupacabra" | |
2015–2018 | Ray Donovan | Teresa | Recurring role (seasons 3–6); 24 episodes |
2016 | Lucifer | Dani | Episode: "Sweet Kicks" |
Bones | Kerry Napoli | Episode: "The Fight in the Fixer" | |
2016–2017 | Zoo | Dariela Marzan | Main role (seasons 2–3) |
2016–2019 | NCIS: Los Angeles | NCIS Special Agent Jasmine Garcia | 3 episodes |
2016 | How to Get Away with Murder | Dani Alvodar | Episode: "Is Somebody Really Dead?" |
Frequency | Miracella Corrado | Episode: "Break, Break, Break " | |
Lethal Weapon | Hannah | Episode: "Jingle Bell Glock" | |
2018 | Life Sentence | Kayla | 3 episodes |
2018–present | The Rookie | Angela Lopez | Main role |
2018 | Narcos: Mexico | Mika Camarena | Main role (season 1) |
2022 | Ray Donovan: The Movie | Teresa | Television film |
2023 | The Rookie: Feds | Angela Lopez | Episodes "Day One" and "Standoff" |