Bio
Alyssa Diaz is an American actress best known for her role as Celia Ortega on the television soap opera As the World Turns, in 2005.
She is also known for her starring role as Jamine in the short-lived fantasy drama television series The Nine Lives of Chloe King, in 2011.
Diaz appeared in director David R. Ellis' Shark Night 3-D (Final Destination series) in 2011. She can also be seen in Red Dawn, a modern remake of the 1984 classic about a group of teenagers trying to save their town from foreign soldiers.
Diaz' television credits include Law & Order: Los Angeles and Westwood, co-starring alongside Skeet Ulrich and Alfred Molina. Other television credits include a recurring role on Southland, Lie to Me, and The Jensen Project - a telefilm co-starring with Kellie Martin, Levar Burton and Patricia Richardson.
Alyssa's other prominent television roles include As The World Turns and guest starring roles on CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, Greek, The Unit, Shark, ER and Three Rivers.
Diaz was also the lead role in Cartoon Network's live action tele-film Ben 10: Alien Swarm, and co-starred opposite America Ferrara in the independent feature film, How the Garcia's Spent Their Summer - which premiered at Sundance.
Born in Northridge, California, Diaz is of Colombian and Mexican-American descent.