Alyssa Diaz

Alyssa Elaine Diaz 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.

Early life and education Diaz was born in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on September 7, 1985. She began acting in the seventh grade when she signed up to do her school's production of Huckleberry Finn.

Career Diaz is 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 and The Jensen Project.

In 2011, she was cast in the starring role of Jasmine on the ABC Family series The Nine Lives of Chloe King. 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. She has also appeared in The Vampire Diaries. In March 2016, Diaz landed the role of Dariela, a series regular, on the CBS drama Zoo for its second season. In 2018, she played Mika Camarena, the wife of Kiki Camarena, slain DEA agent, in the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico. She currently plays a main role in The Rookie as LAPD training officer/detective Angela Lopez on the ABC drama.

Personal life Diaz married singer/songwriter Gustavo Galindo in November 2023. On December 28, 2020, Diaz announced on her Instagram that they had welcomed their first child. Her pregnancy was written into the storyline of her character Angela Lopez on The Rookie. . Diaz and Galindo welcomed a daughter in 2023, roughly in line with Lopez being pregnant with her second child on The Rookie, but it has not been confirmed that the character's pregnancy was specifically written to mirror Diaz's real-life pregnancy.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 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

Television Year Title Role Notes 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 Valadis 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 film2023 The Rookie: Feds Angela Lopez Episodes "Day One" and "Standoff"