In 2001, Torres won the
ALMA Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Syndicated Drama Series for her role in
Cleopatra 2525. She starred as Zoë Washburne in Fox's
Firefly series, which lasted only one season, in 2002. In 2004, Torres appeared in seven episodes of the third season on
24 as Julia Milliken, a woman who has an affair with the
White House Chief of Staff and becomes involved in a presidential scandal. In 2005, she was tapped for the
pilot episode of
Soccer Moms. In that same year, Torres was nominated for the
International Press Academy's
Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Drama, for her role as Jasmine in
Angel. Her film appearances have included the science fiction films
The Matrix Reloaded and
The Matrix Revolutions (both 2003), the drama film
Jam (2006), the romantic comedy film
I Think I Love My Wife (2007), the independent drama film
South of Pico (2007), and the drama film
Selah and the Spades (2019). Throughout her acting career, Torres has appeared in supporting roles in numerous television series, including
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys,
Xena: Warrior Princess,
Alias,
Angel,
24,
The Shield,
Gossip Girl,
The Vampire Diaries,
Hannibal,
Revenge, and
Westworld. Torres appeared in the film
I Think I Love My Wife, playing the wife of
Chris Rock's character. She was cast in
Washington Field, a 2009
CBS television pilot from executive producer
Edward Allen Bernero, about the National Capital Response Squad, a unit of the
FBI made up of elite experts in different areas who travel around the world, responding to events that affect American interests. She was the voice of
Wonder Woman in
DC Universe Online massively multiplayer online role-playing game as well as Airachnid in the
Transformers Prime cartoon. In 2011, Torres was cast as main character
Jessica Pearson on the
USA Network legal drama
Suits. In 2016, it was announced that Torres would be leaving the cast of
Suits following the summer segment of season six. In addition to her contract being up, Torres stated she had grown tired of traveling between
Toronto, where
Suits is filmed, and her home in
Los Angeles. She joined the season two cast of
ABC's
The Catch, which was filmed in L.A. Torres returned to
Suits for the season six finale, which aired on March 1, 2017. Following ABC's cancellation of
The Catch in May 2017, Torres has returned to
Suits as a recurring cast member in season seven. Torres plays the role of CAPCOM in the updated version of
Walt Disney World's
Mission: Space. In March 2018, it was announced Torres would executive produce and star in
Pearson, a
Suits spin-off centered on her character, Jessica Pearson. , in
Dubai It was announced on March 2, 2020, that Torres has been cast to portray Cleo Phillips in the drama pilot
The Brides, which is written by
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, but the series was not picked up by
ABC. On September 3, 2020, she was cast as Tommy Vega in the
Fox drama series
9-1-1: Lone Star. ==Personal life==