1. Diane Guerrero is known for her roles as inmate Maritza Ramos in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Lina on Jane the Virgin.
21 Facts About Diane Guerrero
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Diane Guerrero starred as Jane in the Max action-drama series Doom Patrol.
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Diane Guerrero voiced the character Isabela Madrigal in the 2021 Disney film Encanto.
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Diane Guerrero was born in Passaic, New Jersey, to Colombian parents and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Diane Guerrero has since become a strong advocate for immigration reform.
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Diane Guerrero was raised in the Jamaica Plain and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston after being taken in by other Colombian families.
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Diane Guerrero attended Boston Arts Academy, a performing arts high school, where she was in the music department.
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In 2010, at age 24, Diane Guerrero decided to pursue a career in acting.
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In 2012, Diane Guerrero was cast in Orange is the New Black in the role of Maritza Ramos, a Bronx-bred character with Colombian roots.
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Diane Guerrero remained part of the show through season 5.
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In 2014, Diane Guerrero was cast in a recurring role on The CW series Jane the Virgin.
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In February 2015, Diane Guerrero was cast as the female lead in CBS' television pilot for Super Clyde, but the show was not picked up for series.
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In 2017, Diane Guerrero was cast in a regular role for season 2 of Superior Donuts.
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In 2016, Diane Guerrero released In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, a memoir about her parents being detained and deported when she was 14.
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In July 2018, Diane Guerrero joined the cast of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol as Jane.
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Diane Guerrero is the first actress to play Crazy Jane onscreen.
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Diane Guerrero hosted the first two seasons of the Hello Sunshine podcast, How It Is.
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Diane Guerrero provided the voice of Isabela Madrigal in the Disney animated film Encanto, which premiered November 24,2021.
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In 2018, Diane 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.
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Diane Guerrero 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.
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Diane Guerrero became a board member for Mi Familia Vota, a national nonprofit organization that seeks to engage communities for social justice.