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Diane Guerrero

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Diane Guerrero
File:Diane Guerrero 2016.jpg
Guerrero at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
Born (1986-07-21) July 21, 1986 (age 37)
Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actress
  • author
Years active 2011–present
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Diane Guerrero (born July 21, 1986[1][2]) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as inmate Maritza Ramos on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Lina on Jane the Virgin. Guerrero grew up in Boston and remained there after the rest of her family was deported to Colombia. She is an advocate for immigration reform. Her role on Orange Is the New Black has contributed to three consecutive wins for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Guerrero is the author of In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, a memoir about her parents being detained and deported when she was fourteen. She currently stars as Jane in the HBO Max action-drama series Doom Patrol. She also voiced the character Isabela Madrigal in the 2021 Disney movie Encanto.

Early life

Guerrero was born in Passaic, New Jersey, to Colombian parents but raised in Boston, Massachusetts. As the only member of her immediate family with American citizenship, she chose to remain in the U.S. at the age of 14 when her parents and older brother were deported back to Colombia after unsuccessfully pursuing legal citizenship.[3][1][4] Guerrero has since become a strong advocate for immigration reform.[5][6]

Guerrero was raised in the Jamaica Plain and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston after being taken in by other Colombian families.[1] She attended Boston Arts Academy, a performing arts high school, where she was in the music department. Among her high school activities was singing with a jazz group, but she anticipated pursuing political science and communications in college. Her first job after college was in a law office.[7]

In 2010, at age 24, Guerrero decided to pursue a career in acting.[8] That same year, she appeared in the music video for Boston-based R&B singer Louie Bello's song "Faces".[9] In 2011, she moved to New York City and studied acting at the Susan Batson Studios, where she met her manager Josh Taylor. The two started dating and are currently engaged.[7]

Career

In 2012, Guerrero was cast in Orange is the New Black in the role of Maritza Ramos, a Bronx-bred character with Colombian roots.[7][10] For season 2, she was part of the cast that earned recognition for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards.[11][12] The cast earned recognition for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series again at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards and 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards.[13][14] She remained part of the show through season 5.[15] She returned for the final season in 2019.[16]

In 2014, Guerrero was cast in a recurring role on The CW series Jane the Virgin.[17][18] In February 2015, Guerrero was cast as the female lead in CBS' television pilot for Super Clyde,[19] but the show was not picked up for series.[20] In 2017, Guerrero was cast in a regular role for season 2 of Superior Donuts.[21] Guerrero has appeared in the films Emoticon ;), Peter and John, and Happy Yummy Chicken. In 2018, she is due to appear in the films Beyond Control and The Godmother.[22]

In 2016, Guerrero released In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, a memoir about her parents being detained and deported when she was 14. The book was written with Michelle Burford and published by Henry Holt and Co.[23][24] A drama based on her memoir was picked up by CBS, to be developed into a drama executive produced by Jennie Snyder Urman, Ben Silverman, and Paul Sciarrotta, with Snyder attached as the showrunner. Guerrero was initially set to play the lead.[25] In 2017, CBS decided to pass on the project, but was picked up by Fox. As of January 2018, no pilot for the series has been ordered.[26][needs update]

Following the release of In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, Guerrero also released My Family Divided,[27] a memoir similar to her previous work but for younger children.[28] One of the main reasons she wanted to cater this book to a younger audience is because she felt like kids who were in similar situations as her own had no knowledge on how to deal with it. In an interview with The Washington Post, she says "I never read anything close to my story. I had no reference point. I felt really alone."[29]

In July 2018, Guerrero joined the cast of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol as Jane.[30] The series debuted in 2019.[31]

Guerrero hosted the first two seasons of the Hello Sunshine podcast, How It Is.[32][33]

Guerrero provided the voice of Isabela Madrigal in the Disney animated film Encanto, which premiered November 24, 2021.[34]

Awards

In 2018, Guerrero was awarded the "Lupe Ontiveros Indomitable Spirit Award" by the National Hispanic Media Coalition for her commitment to advocacy and increasing the visibility of the Latino community’s achievements and contributions in the USA. [35]

Advocacy

After publicly speaking about her immigrant parents in an article for the Los Angeles Times,[36] Guerrero became an advocate for the immigrant community. She volunteers and is an ambassador for the Immigration Legal Resource Center, a nonprofit organization, that aims to educate people about issues in the immigrant community.[37] She also became a board member for Mi Familia Vote, a national nonprofit organization that seeks to engage communities for social justice.[38]

In September 2015, she was named one of the Presidential Ambassadors for Citizenship and Naturalization by Barack Obama.[39] On May 24, 2018, she was recognized at the 2018 Phillip Burton Immigration & Civil Rights Awards for the work she continues to do.[40]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Two in the morning Vampire Girl Music Video (Beneath The Sheets)
2011 Detour Angela Short Film
2011 Ashley/Amber Ashley Short film
2011 Festivalo Ivan Model 2
2012 Open Vacancy Tatiana
2012 Saved by the Pole Princess Short film
2014 Emot.icon ;) Amanda Nevins
2014 My Man Is a Loser Malea
2015 Love Comes Later Short film
2015 Peter and John Lucia
2016 Happy Yummy Chicken Cheryl Davis
2019 Justice League vs. the Fatal Five Jessica Cruz (voice) Direct-to-video
2019 Killerman Lola
2020 Blast Beat Nelly Andres
2021 Encanto Isabela Madrigal (voice)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Body of Proof Sara Gonzales Episode: "Buried Secrets"
2012 Are We There Yet? Stacey 1 episode
2013–2017, 2019 Orange Is the New Black Maritza Ramos Recurring role, 57 episodes
2013 Blue Bloods Carmen Episode: "This Way Out"
2013 Person of Interest Ashley Episode: "Liberty"
2014 Taxi Brooklyn Carmen Lopez Episode: "1.2"
2014–2019 Jane the Virgin Lina Santillan Recurring role, 24 episodes
2017–2018 Superior Donuts Sofia Main role (season 2)
2018–2019 Elena of Avalor Vestia (voice) 6 episodes
2019–2020 Harvey Girls Forever! Juanita Tennasynn (voice) 3 episodes
2019–present Doom Patrol "Crazy" Jane Main role, 34 episodes
2020 Legends of Tomorrow Cameo, "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 5"
The Eric Andre Show Herself Episode: "Lizzo Up"

Discography

Charted songs

List of charted songs, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[41]		 AUS
[42]		 CAN
[43]		 GER
[44]		 IRE
[45]		 NLD
[46]		 NZ
[47]		 SWE
[48]		 UK
[49]		 WW
[50]
"We Don't Talk About Bruno"
(with Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, and Stephanie Beatriz)		 2021 1 5
[51]		 3 71 1 41 4
[52]		 40
[53]		 1 1 Encanto
"What Else Can I Do?"
(with Stephanie Beatriz)		 27 63 41 — — — —[upper-alpha 1] — — 34
"—" denotes songs which were not released in that country or did not chart.

Notes

  1. ↑ "What Else Can I Do?" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number nine on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[56]

References

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