Which actress plays journalist Diana Turbay in Narcos?

Gabriela de la Garza plays journalist Diana Turbay in Narcos.

Turbay appears in the series’ first season as a Colombian journalist caught in the Medellín Cartel’s campaign of kidnappings. Her storyline is based on the real Diana Consuelo Turbay Quintero, whose father, Julio César Turbay Ayala, was Colombia’s president from 1978 to 1982.

The historical Diana Turbay was kidnapped in 1990 and killed on January 25, 1991, during a botched police rescue attempt. Gabriel García Márquez later recounted the kidnapping in News of a Kidnapping, which helped preserve the episode’s place in Colombia’s journalistic and political history.

A common mix-up is confusing Turbay with other journalists in Narcos. Stephanie Sigman plays Valeria Vélez, a fictionalized journalist linked romantically to Pablo Escobar, while Martina García plays Maritza, a civilian drawn into the cartel’s activities.