Zair Montes

Actress, Producer and Writer, Zair Montes started her career in the industry as an actress, performing in several roles in different countries in Latin America. In this regard, she has a vast experience in TV, theatre and films. In 2007, she performed in the Venezuelan award winning film: "La Clase". In 2011, she played a supporting role in the feature film "Carrusel", a satirical comedy shot in Colombia. That same year, she participated in Popland, a TV Series produced by MTV. In 2014, she produced and played a lead role in the American feature film "Habana Instant", a drama shot on location in Cuba and winner of the Innovation Award and Ecumenical award at Montreal World Film Festival, 2015. In 2016, she produced the first horror movie to be shot between New York and Havana: "Havana Darkness", and she also produced and acted in the movie "Welcome to Acapulco" with WIlliam Baldwin, Paul Sorvino and Michael Madsen. In 2018, she acted in the New York movie "Respite", and wrote her first theater play: "The Flowers" which was premiered as a short format in New York City and won four Latin American Theater Awards including, best actress and producer. In 2019, she turned the play into a TV Series and shot it in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. She produced it and played the lead. The series premiered in September 2020 and it's currently on Amazon Prime. Later that year, she produced the Mexican unit of the movie "How I got Here?" starring Ron Perlman. In 2020, she finished principal photography of her latest film: "Rumba Love", shot on locations in New York and Cuba in which she acts and produces. Zair also wrote and acted in the web series "A Couple in Quarantine" currently on GCFlix. Later that year she produced "Career Confessions" with Jamila Jamil for Glamour, a YouTube original pilot that premiered in 2021. In 2021 she also premiered "Imagine" a short film written and produced by Zair to honor those who have departed during the pandemic. She is also the lead in the short film. Currently, she is working on "The Flowers" season 2.