Denise Moreno

Denise Moreno is an award winning Spanish-American director, actor and writer. While working as an actress she discovered her passion for filmmaking and now writes and directs. Her short film "Sisters" won best film, best actress and best script at Premios Latino 2018. Denise Moreno was born in Madrid, Spain, to a renowned Spanish classical music producer and an American translator who had made Madrid her home. Denise grew up feeling equally comfortable both in European and North American cultures and considers both Spanish and English to be her "first languages". While studying piano and ballet as a child, Denise discovered early on that she had a passion for acting and at age 12 began to attend acting classes. At age 16, she was discovered by the top modeling agency in Spain, Traffic, and quickly signed by other international agencies including Ford in NYC and Storm in London. She became to appear in International fashion magazines, such as Vogue, Glamour, Marie Claire and Jalouse.

Her first break came through a role in Manolete (2008) the film starring Oscar nominated Penelope Cruz and Oscar winner Adrien Brody. The intimate scene with the two awarding winning actors served as Denise's entry into the world of celluloid. Denise studied Acting at ESAD,(Academy of Dramatic Arts) in Madrid, and Drama and Theatre Studies at Trinity College Dublin. Bilingual in English and Spanish and fluent in french Denise has worked in international films and on stage in Spain, France, UK, Ireland, and in the U. S.

In 2005, during her first summer working in Paris, Dior representatives taken by the singular beauty of her face offered her a contract for the DIOR cosmetics campaign of Spring/Summer 2006. Denise continued to model under the name Denise Sommers.