Isabel Torres

This article is about the radio presenter and actress Isabell Torres, for the scholar of Spanish literature see Isabel Torres (academic)

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

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. "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.

External links

• Isabel Torres at IMDb