Diane Guerrero Nevins, an adopted teenage child, elicited positive criticism such as a description of a "well-drawn smaller moment" that was "beautifully rendered" according to Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter and a performance that "command sympathy" according to Inkoo Kang of the Los Angeles Times. One of her upcoming roles is as an 1800s Cuban confederate spy, loosely based on the life of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, for Peter and John. She was cast in The CW's series Jane the Virgin in a recurring role. In February 2015, Guerrero was cast as the female lead in CBS' television pilot for Super Clyde, but the show was not picked up for series when CBS announced its fall schedule in May. Guerrero has upcoming film roles in Happy Yummy Chicken, Beyond Control and The Godmother. In 2016, Guerrero released In the Country We Love: My Family Divided a memoir about her parents being detained and deported when she was fourteen. The book's written with Michelle Burford and published by Henry Holt and Co.
She attended the Boston Arts Academy, a performing arts high school.
She volunteers with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, a nonprofit group that advances immigrants rights.
Diane is an American citizen, born in New Jersey. Her parents and older brother were born in Colombia and were deported when she was 14. In an Op-Ed in the LA Times, she described this: "I came home from school to an empty house. Lights were on and dinner had been started, but my family wasnt there. Neighbors broke the news that my parents had been taken away by immigration officers, and just like that, my stable family life was over.".
Attended Boston Arts Academy where she sang in a jazz group.
Did not start to pursue an acting career until she was twenty-four.
Worked in a law office after college.
Raised in Boston, Massachusetts.
Her last name is Spanish for Warrior.
She has said that her dream role is "anything where I would play a science-fiction or mythical character. Im dying to play a part that has to do with fantasy".
Worked in retail and coffee shops as a teenager.
My work on Orange has taught me this: Human beings are not categorically bad because of their mistakes. They can learn from their errors and get back on track. No one should be forever written off because of one part of his or her history. .
