Diego Mignone

Diego Cornejo Mignone (Quito, b. 1967), known in the artistic world as Diego Mignone, is an Ecuadorian LGBT actor, producer, and activist. He has acted in television series such as La Reina del Sur and in films including Translucid (2016) and La mala noche (2019). He is also one of the founders of the Union of Audiovisual Artists and Authors of Ecuador (UNIARTE-Collective Management Society) of the Association of Audiovisual Actors of Ecuador (Uniactores).

In the field of activism, he was the creator of the Tolerancia Group, one of the LGBT groups that worked to achieve the decriminalization of homosexuality in Ecuador. The group succeeded in its goal on 25 November 1997, when the Constitutional Tribunal declared that the law that criminalized same-sex relationships was unconstitutional.

Trajectory

Artistic career He studied acting at the Inicine Institute in the early 2000s, then traveled to Colombia to continue specializing at the Charlotte Institute. Mignone later decided to continue his acting career in Spain, Yo soy Bea, where he played the character of psychologist Diego de la Vega; and in an episode of the series Hospital Central. He also acted in the films Mileuristas (2008), The Sindone (2010), and El archivo Akásico (2012). a homosexual journalist who enters the life of the protagonist, Teresa Mendoza, when she suffers an attack. After discovering that Mendoza controlled an international drug trafficking business, Malaspina decides to make her famous and is the one who baptizes her as "the queen of the south." The success of the series was the catalyst that allowed Mignone to make himself known as an actor in his native country and internationalize his career. He was also president of both organizations. Due to this position, in 2015, he participated in the discussions in the National Assembly of Ecuador to provide observations to the draft Organic Code of the Social Economy of Knowledge, which the legislature was debating at that time.

In later years, he acted in films such as Translúcido (2016), and La mala noche (2019). Translúcido (2016) Agujero negro (2018) La mala noche (2019)

Television programs

La Reina del Sur (2011)