Alyssa Diaz
Colombian-Mexican-American actress from Northridge, California, widely recognized for her long-running role as Detective Angela Lopez in The Rookie.
Alyssa Diaz - Personal Information
- Name: Alyssa Diaz
- Date of Birth: September 7, 1985
- Place of Birth: Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
Biography
Alyssa Diaz was born on September 7, 1985, in the city of Northridge (California), in the United States. Of Colombian and Mexican-American descent, Alyssa studied at Bishop Alemany High School. She began acting at the beginning of the new millennium, participating in some episodes of various series such as "CSI: Miami" and "The Brothers Garcia", "American Family".
In 2005, she won the role of Celia Ortega on the popular soap opera "As the World Turns", in which she played for over 56 episodes. She later had some recurring roles, such as Mercedes Moretta on the television series "Southland" and was a guest artist at shows which include "The Unit", "Greek", "CSI: New York", "Three Rivers", "Lie to me" or "Law & Order: Los Angeles".
Alyssa also appeared in the "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" series broadcast on ABC Family, playing the role of Jasmine, cousin of the protagonist Chloe King (Skyler Samuels), who discovers that she belongs to an ancient race called the Mai and possesses powers similar to those of a feline, including nine lives. Alyssa, who also filmed some short films and telefilms, participated in her first feature film in 2005, joining the cast of the comedy "How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer" starring America Ferrera.
More recently she filmed the horror movie "Shark Night 3D" (2011), co-starring alongside Sara Paxton and Dustin Milligan. Her subsequent work for the big screen came with the action film "Red Dawn", led by Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, and Josh Hutcherson.
Selected Filmography
A look at some of Alyssa Diaz's most notable screen appearances across film and television.
- The Rookie: Feds (TV - 2022) as Angela Lopez
- Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022) as Teresa
- Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021) as Renee Montoya (voice)
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV - 2019) as Self
- The Way We Weren't (2019) as Rita
- Narcos: Mexico (TV - 2018) as Mika Camarena
- The Rookie (TV - 2018) as Angela Lopez
- Parallel (2018) as Carmen
- Lethal Weapon (TV - 2016) as Hannah
- Lucifer (TV - 2016) as Dani Ramirez
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