Biography

Diana Elizabeth Torres is a Mexican actress originally from Culiacán, Sinaloa. She graduated from Casazul Performing Arts Mexico. Diana starred as the lead in the award-winning film *East Side Sushi*, directed by Anthony Lucero, which won multiple awards including Best Film and the Audience Award at the Napa Valley Film Festival, Cinequest, San Francisco, Hola Mexico. It received excellent reviews from *The Hollywood Reporter*, *Los Angeles Times*, *Variety*, and others. *East Side Sushi* earned her the Diosa de Plata (one of Mexico's top film awards) for her performance as Juana and was distributed worldwide on online platforms such as HBO, Sony, Netflix, Amazon, and iTunes.

In Mexico, she participated in films such as *Kada Kien Karma* (Warner), *Archivo Muerto* (Televisa), and *Bienes Raíces* TV Series by Canal Once. In the United States, she has appeared in feature films such as *Private Number* with Tom Sizemore, *Cleaner* by Masami Kawai, and most recently, *The Memory in My Heart* by Marc Martinez, and *A Little Family Drama* by Nadia Zoe. Diana has also been featured in several TV spots, including Verizon, Honda, Always, CNN Latino, Dish Latino, Payless, 5 Hour Energy, and a national campaign for Got Milk? with Salma Hayek.

Her most recent project was *Body Parts*, a documentary that explores the nude female body as the site of a cultural battle in cinema and Hollywood media, directed by Kristy Guevara-Flannagan, featuring appearances by Jane Fonda, Rose McGowan, Sheryl Lee, among others.

Diana is passionate about social causes including women's issues, education, indigenous communities, and volunteering. She has previously volunteered with UNFPA (United Nations) and was named an Art and Culture Ambassador by the government of Culiacán, Sinaloa.

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