Daysury Valencia

Biography

Daysury is a Swedish actress and artist, she was born in Colombia and raised in Sweden, based in Gothenburg. She had her feature film debut playing Jackie in the movie “BUTIKEN” by Ami-Ro Sköld, which premiered at the cinema spring of 2023. She was playing Mariam in the big effort “NATIONEN” by Eric De Vroedt, directed by Beata Gårdeler, which had its new premiere at Backa Teater, in the fall of 2022. Daysury participated in the performance “The Famished Road” by Ben Okri, directed by Josette Bushell Mingo which premiered at The Royal Dramatic Theatre spring of 2022. Daysury graduated from Angered Theater School in 2020 and had her first leading role in the short film “POLLY” by Faramarz Gosheh, which premiered in the fall of 2020. She has worked as a dancer in different projects among them the artist & producer duo VAZ and she also has a background as a gospel choir singer. Since 2010, Daysury has participated in a variety of television, film, music video productions, and art projects both in front of and behind the camera. She wants to see more representation of the African diaspora and wants to participate in and create projects that she believes the Swedish industry needs.