Isabel Torres
Born(1969-07-14)14 July 1969
Las Palmas, Spain
Died11 February 2022(2022-02-11) (aged 52)
Las Palmas, Spain
Occupations
  • Actress
  • radio presenter
  • television presenter

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]

Career

In 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

In 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

Film

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

Year Title Role
2010 Nos vamos pa la playa Presenter
2020 Veneno La Veneno
2021 E.L.I. Lion

References

  1. 1 2 "Isabel Torres, Spanish actor known for HBO Max's 'Veneno,' dies at 52". Variety. NBC Out. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Coach de la empresaria". 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Isabel Torres, en 'Interviú'". ElPeriódico (in Spanish). 11 September 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ ""Nos vamos pa'la playa" se graba ya en la costa de toda Canarias". Antena 3 Canarias. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "'MasterChef', las actrices de 'Veneno' y 'Patria', entre los premios Ondas 2020" (in Spanish). FormulaTV. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  14. ↑ "Edición de los Premios Charter 100 Gran Canaria 2020". 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ "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.
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