millions of viewers took notice of Diane
Guerrero in orange is the new black the
actress who portrayed inmates Maritsa
Ramos for the first five seasons of the
series it wasn't easy for her to stand
out among the massive cast but Guerrero
still managed to steal scenes if you
want more pizza Wolfram Eddy's after the
fifth season of orange is the new black
ended in chaos and the action of the
show shifted to Litchfield
maximum-security sister prison and some
characters suddenly disappeared from the
show most notably Maritsa Ramos
narrative Lee Morita
was probably just sent to a different
prison but there are also some behind
the scenes reasons for the fan favorite
characters departure here's why Diane
Guerrero's character went missing from
the series conflicting interests a lot
of actors struggle to find enough work
to both make ends meet and find creative
fulfilment but Diane Guerrero doesn't
seem to have that problem in 2017 and
2018 Guerrero was part of the cast's of
multiple high-profile TV series in
addition to her work on orange is the
new black
Guerrero also kept up a recurring gig on
the CW's comedic telenovela Jane the
virgin since the show premiered in 2014
Guerrero has occasionally portrayed Lena
co-worker and best friend - main
character Jane as a supporting character
lena has shown up in over 20 episodes of
the series with so many acting roles at
her disposal Guerrero had to choose
which ones she could do and orange is
the new black for whatever reason wound
up as the odd show out superior choices
rather than a pair in the new york state
set orange is the new black guerrero
chose to act 3,000 miles away in
hollywood on the CBS sitcom superior
donuts based on a play of the same name
by Pulitzer prize-winner Tracy Letts
superior doughnuts is set as a doughnut
shop in a culturally diverse
neighborhood of Chicago in this
second season of the show Guerrero joins
the cast as Sofia a Colombian American
food truck owner who serves healthy food
outside the donut shop and who serves as
a love interest for main character
Franco that relationship could have
developed into something special if CBS
hadn't cancelled it in 2018 but still it
takes a lot of time to film even a
supporting role in a TV series which
makes it hard for an actor to be in two
shows at the same time and it seemed
that Guerrero went with doughnuts over
oranges crazy Jane Guerrero certainly
didn't waste any time finding a new gig
on the same weekend that orange is the
new black six season premiered in July
2018 came news that Guerrero had landed
a starring role in Doom Patrol an
upcoming series for the brand-new DC
Universe streaming service the show is
based on a comic book team of misfit
heroes and anti-heroes including robot
man elasti woman and the character
Guerrero is set to play crazy Jane
guerrero has her work cut out for her
portraying Jane a hugely complex
character with 64 separate personalities
each one possessing a different
superpower Doom Patrol is headed into
production in late 2018 for a 2019
premiere on the DC Universe streaming
service big issues immigration is one of
today's most intensely debated issues
and the issue hits particularly close to
home for Diane Guerrero in 2001
fourteen-year-old Guerrero's parents
were arrested by immigration officials
for staying in the US after their visas
expired I came home from school one day
when I was at the beginning of high
school it was my freshman year in high
school and then they were gone
Guerrero's family was deported back to
Colombia but since she was born in the
u.s. she stayed and lived with friends
and neighbors until she finished high
school guerrero spends as much time as
she can at speaking engagements
discussing the plight of immigrants and
detainees in 2016 she wrote a memoir
called in the country we love and in
2018 she adapted it into a book for
children called my family divided that's
my story and what am i doing if I'm not
if I'm not contributing to this issue in
some way and of course being this
politically active and outspoken doesn't
leave much time in the schedule for
acting in quirky streaming drama Dee's
leading lady
Guerrero seems ready to headline a show
of her own as opposed to being part of
another large ensemble cast in 2016 CBS
commissioned a pilot based on Guerrero's
memoir with Guerrero set to star
deadline claims that the pilot was about
a wealthy corporate attorney who
confronts her past as a child of
deported parents by taking on cases for
undocumented immigrants according to
Variety CBS ultimately said no to that
pilot still who knows what the future
may hold
there's always a chance the series could
still find a footing back in black marie
teselle was nowhere to be found in
orange is the new black sixth season
presumably stuck in some one scene
prison far away from the remnants of
Litchfield but with its multiple
perspectives and frequent use of
flashbacks Orange has never been a
predictable series there's always the
possibility that in the seventh season
maritza and any of the other absent
favorites will come back orange is the
new black executive producer Tara Herman
teased as much to The Hollywood Reporter
saying that they don't want to abandon
any part of the world they've so
intricately set up and presented she
said if the story takes us there it has
to be organic for us we never want to
suddenly be in a world that we haven't
set up but we love these characters and
miss them as storytellers for sure so we
hope to always see them hopefully that
means fans can look forward to seeing
maritza again in the future