María Isabel Díaz Lago

Graduated in the specialty of acting from the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba (ISA), she would be 16 years old when she began acting in the theater group of the pre-university school Antonio Guiteras in Havana. The idea, which initially had brought together two or three people, brought together, among others, the now singer-songwriter Carlos Varela, the rocker Tanya Rodríguez, the actor René de la Cruz (son), the actress Daysi Quintana, the singer Mayra de la Vega, the theater scholar Laura Fernández and the theater director Víctor Varela.

She has worked in film, television and theater in works such as "Galileo Galilei", directed by Vicente Revuelta and "Donde crezca el amor" by Armando Suárez del Villar.

She was still studying at the ISA when she was called by filmmaker Orlando Rojas for the leading role in the film "Una novia para David" (1985). Her film debut was followed by other films such as "Papeles secundarios", also by Rojas, and "Hello Hemingway", by Fernando Pérez, and for four years, she worked in the weekly television program "La hora de las brujas".

Much later, having become the first Cuban "Almodóvar girl", María Isabel returned to La Habana in December 2006 for the presentation of the film "Volver" by Pedro Almodóvar, at the XVI Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano.

Her most recent work has been as the protagonist of the Vis a vis series on Antena 3.

Filmography.

Film | Feature Films

Crossing Moments / 2012 / Dir Daniel Urdanivia
Neuralgia / 2011 / Ouija Films
The Argentine / Dir. Steven Soderberg / 2007 / Cast
Radio Love / Dir. Leonardo de Armas / 2007 / Special performance
La Mala / Dir. P.Pérez Rosado, L. Rosado / 2007 / Lead role
Masala / Dir. Salvador Calvo / 2007 / Cast
Modesty / Dir. T.Ulloa, D. Ulloa / 2007 / Cast
Volver / Dir. Pedro Almodóvar / 2006 / Supporting
Crazy About Sex / Dir. Javier Rebollo / 2005 / Supporting
A King in La Habana / Dir. Alexis Valdés / 2005 / Supporting
Three Years in Paradise / Dir. Manuel Astudillo / 2005 / Supporting
Fruits in the Café / Dir. Humberto Padrón / 2003 / Lead role
Stones / Dir. Ramón Salazar / 2001 / Cast
The Nights of Constantinople / Dir. Orlando Rojas / 2001 / Lead role
Until Victory Always / Dir. Juan Carlos Desanzo / 1997 / Supporting
The Things I Left in La Habana / Dir. Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón / 1997 / Supporting
Heat / Dir. Javier Rebollo / 1996 / Cast
Melodrama / Dir. Rolando Díaz / 1994 / Supporting
The Shot / Dir. Julio García Espinosa / 1993 / Supporting
Fortune What You Wanted / Dir. Orlando Rojas / 1991 / Supporting
Hello Hemingway / Dir. Fernando Pérez / 1989 / Supporting
Secondary Roles / Dir. Orlando Rojas / 1988 / Supporting
A Bride for David / Dir. Orlando Rojas / 1985 / Lead role

Television | Series

Vis a Vis / Antena 3 / 2015 Lead role
Aida / Tele5 / 2008 / Guest
Plant 25 / Forta / 2007 / Guest
The Commissioner / Tele5 / 2003-05 / Guest
Police / A3 / 2002-03 / Guest
Javier No Longer Lives Alone / Tele5 / 2001-02 / Supporting regular
Journalists / Tele5 / 2001 / Guest
Colleagues / A3 / 2001 / Guest
Central Hospital / Tele5 / 2001 / Guest
Lawyers / A3 / 2001 / Guest
Carvalho / Tv3 / 1998 / Guest
Gabriel in La Habana / Swiss, French and Cuban TV / 1995-96 / Lead role
Between Partitions / TVC Cuba / 1996 / Lead role
Konrad, the Boy Who... / TVC Cuba / 1990 / Supporting
Enma, the Marked Woman / TVC Cuba / 1990 / Lead role
Thank You Doctor / TVC Cuba / 1990 / Guest
Conflicts-Without Conflicts / TVC Cuba / 1990 / Guest
The Hidden Seed / Tve, Icaic / 1988 / Lead role
For Love / TVC Cuba / 1988 / Lead role
Red Damascus / TVC Cuba / 1987 / Lead role

Television | Television Films

The Daughters of Mohamed / Dir. Silvia Munt / 2003 / Supporting

Television | Entertainment

More Humor / Etb2 / 2002 / Comedian
The Comedy Club / Tele5 / 2002 / Comedian
Pocholo and His Gang / Tvc Cuba / Children's program / 1993-94 / Supporting
The Hour of the Witches / Tvc Cuba / Children's program / 1991-94 / Lead role
The Mischievous Cook / Tvc Cuba / Children's program / 1986 / Lead role

Theater

Real Women Have Curves / Ados Teatroa / 2003 / Lead role, Pancha
Manteca / Cía. Macorina / 1998 / Lead role, Dulce
The Wedding / Teatro El Público Group / 1996 / Lead role
The Deer / Teatro El Público Group / 1995 / Lead role
The Cave / G.T. Rita Montaner / 1994 / Lead role
Sibila, My Love / G.T. Rita Montaner / 1992 / Lead role
Whoever Got It, Got It / G.T. Rita Montaner / 1989-93 / Lead role, Berta
Bourgeois / G.T. Rita Montaner / 1988 / Supporting
The Mistress of Enramada / G.T. Rita Montaner / 1987 / Supporting
Tales from the Decameron / G.T. Studio / 1987 / Lead role
A Doll's House / G.T. Studio / 1986 / Lead role, Nora
Yerma / G.T. Studio / 1985 / Lead role, Yerma
The Story of a Horse / G.T. Studio / 1985 / Supporting
Galileo, Galilei / G.T. Studio / 1984 / Supporting
An Inspector Calls / G.T. Bertolt Brecht / 1983 / Lead role
Where Love Will Grow / National Theater of Cuba / 1983-85 / Lead role, Mother

Other

Music Video from the album Depende / Jarabe de Palo / 1999
Music Video from the album Eleven Ways to Put On a Hat / Miguel Bosé / 1998