Isabel Torres (14 July 1969 – 11 February 2022)[1] was a Spanish television and radio presenter, talk show host and actress. She was also a businesswoman[2] and LGBT rights activist.[3]
Isabel Torres | |
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| Born | 14 July 1969 |
| Died | 11 February 2022 (aged 52) Las Palmas, Spain |
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Career
editIn 2005, Torres was the first transgender candidate for Queen of the Carnival of Las Palmas,[4] as well as the first Canarian transsexual who in 1996 was able to adapt her DNI for her gender identity.[1][5] The following year, she was on the cover of Interviú magazine.[6]
Torres participated in television programs such as Channel Nº 4, El programa de Ana Rosa and DEC.[7] She also presented the Antena 3 Canarias program Nos vamos pa la playa (We are going to the beach) in 2010.[8][9] Her first role in a television series was a leading role in Atresmedia's Veneno,[10] created by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo about the life of La Veneno.[11][12] For this television role, she received the 2020 Ondas Award in the category of Best Female Performer in National Fiction.[13]
On 12 December 2020, she received the Charter 100 Gran Canaria Award, in recognition of her professional career in radio and television.[14]
Illness and death
editIn March 2020, Torres announced that she was suffering from metastatic lung cancer.[15][16] She was appointed ambassador of the Grupo Canario de Cáncer de Pulmón in the same year. In January 2021, she announced that she had suffered a relapse of her disease, and was treated at the Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria. She died in Las Palmas on 11 February 2022, at the age of 52.[17]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Fotos | Secondary role[18] |
| 2008 | Camino a la locura | Feature film |
| 2010 | Los brazos de Venus | Short film |
| 2021 | 8 Años | Short film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Nos vamos pa la playa | Presenter |
| 2020 | Veneno | La Veneno |
| 2021 | E.L.I. | Lion |
References
edit- ^ a b "Isabel Torres, Spanish actor known for HBO Max's 'Veneno,' dies at 52". Variety. NBC Out. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Coach de la empresaria". 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022.
- ^ Vegas, Valeria (16 March 2020). "Así es 'Veneno', la serie que España se merecía" (in Spanish). Vogue España. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Mengual, Elena (20 January 2005). "Una transexual, candidata a Reina del Carnaval de Las Palmas". elmundo.es. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Isabel Torres: "La confirmación sexual es una necesidad vital"". RTVC. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Isabel Torres, en 'Interviú'". ElPeriódico (in Spanish). 11 September 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Estévez, César (19 March 2020). "'Veneno': La comparativa entre los personajes ficticios y los reales". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Antena 3 estrena 'Nos vamos pa' la playa'". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 24 July 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ ""Nos vamos pa'la playa" se graba ya en la costa de toda Canarias". Antena 3 Canarias. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Avendaño, Tom C. (15 February 2020). "Vuelve La Veneno: así es la serie que trae a 2020 el icono transexual de los noventa". El Paais (in Spanish). El País. ISSN 1134-6582. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Silvestre, Juan (20 November 2019). "Isabel Torres, Daniela Santiago y Jedet protagonizarán 'Veneno'". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Garrido, Irene (20 November 2019). "King Jedet, Daniela Santiago e Isabel Torres darán vida a 'La Veneno' en la nueva serie de los Javis". El Plural (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "'MasterChef', las actrices de 'Veneno' y 'Patria', entre los premios Ondas 2020" (in Spanish). FormulaTV. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Edición de los Premios Charter 100 Gran Canaria 2020". 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Isabel Torres, protagonista de 'Veneno', padece cáncer: "Mi cuerpo no puede afrontar el éxito de la serie"". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Pastor, Pablo S. (31 March 2020). "Isabel Torres, de la serie 'Veneno', confirma que padece cáncer de pulmón". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ SER, Cadena (11 February 2022). "Fallece a los 52 años la actriz Isabel Torres, protagonista de 'Veneno'". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Isabel Torres: "Creérselo, luchar por ello y nunca desanimarse, ese es el secreto"". Love Canarias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
