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Olatz Ganboa

In this Basque name, the first surname is Ganboa and the second is Pilar.

Olatz Ganboa Pilar (born in Getxo on 2 January 1985) is a Basque film, theatre and television actress.

Olatz Ganboa
Olatz Ganboa in the stage production Simplicissimus
Born
Olatz Ganboa Pilar

(1985-01-02) 2 January 1985 (age 39)
Getxo (Basque Country)
Spain
NationalitySpanish
Alma materUniversity of the Basque Country (Lic.)
Getxo Theatre School (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
SpouseMikel Losada
Children1
FatherJon Ander Gamboa
AwardsUnion of Basque Actors and Actresses Award (2024)

She has worked on several audiovisual productions, films and television series, such as Etxekoak (ETB 1), Itsasoa (ETB 1) or Ángela (Antena 3). She has also worked on multiple stage productions, with acclaimed performances, including ¡Ay Carmela! (2011), La casa de Bernarda Alba (2017), Simplicissimus (2018), Lyceum Club (2019), La lucha por la vida (2023) or Festen (2023), for which she won the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Award in 2024.[1]

In 2018 she was nominated for Best New Performer at the Ercilla Awards, in 2020 she was nominated for Best Stage Actress at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards and in 2024 she was a candidate for Best Actress at the Max Awards.[2] In 2024 she won the Award for Best Stage Actress at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards.[1][3]

Life and career

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Olatz Ganboa was born in Getxo (Basque Country) on 2 January 1985. She studied the licenciate degree in journalism in the University of the Basque Country (2003-2008). She then studied the bachelor's degree in Dramatic Art at the Getxo Theatre School (2007-2011). There she met the actors Lander Otaola, Alvar Gordejuela and Alex Ygartua. With the latter he represented ¡Ay, Carmela! for several years.[4][5][6]

After that, for 7 years, she took numerous interpretation, dance, and singing courses, both in Spain and in Argentina (Buenos Aires). She began by being part of the hACERIA and Pabellón 6 in Bilbao.

In 2014 she received the award for best leading actress at the II Biescas Theatre Contest in the role of Carmela in the play ¡Ay, Carmela!. In 2018 she was nominated for the Ercilla Award for best revelation performer for the plays Lyceum Club and La casa de Bernarda Alba.[7][8] During the years 2018 and 2020 he represented the work Simplicissimus, directed by Patxo Tellería.[9]

In 2019 they won the Ercilla Award for Best Basque Production 2019 for the play ¡Ay, Carmela!.[10] In 2020 she was nominated for Best Stage Actress at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards) for the work ¡Ay, Carmela!.[11]

In 2021 she was one of the presenters of the Max Awards.[12][13] In 2023, she was part of the cast of the original production of the Teatro Arriaga La lucha por la vida, a play based on the works bt Pío Baroja and directed by Ramón Barea.[14][15][16][17]

In 2023, she performed the play ¿Do you let me give him the bottle? (¿Me dejas darle el biberón?), together with his father Jon Ander Gamboa, written by Patxo Tellería and co-directed by Patxo Tellería and Mikel Losada.[18][19] The stage production was awarded the Álex Angulo Award (2023) conferred by Pabellón Nº 6 and the Bilbao City Council and also received the Audience Award (2023).[20][21][22]

In 2023 she performed the play Festen, a stage production of the Arriaga Theatre, directed by María Goiricelaya, about sexual abuse within the family.[23][24] In 2024 she was a candidate for Best Actress at the Max Awards for her permormance in the stage production Festen.[2][25][26][27] That same year she won the Award for Best Stage Actress at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (EAB) for her performance in the production Festen, which was praised and described as "shocking".[28][29][30][1][3]

Private life

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He currently lives in Bilbao. He is in a relationship with actor Mikel Losada. In 2016 he and Ganboa represented Los amantes del Casco Viejo, a theatre production of the Arriaga Theatre.[31][32][33] They also recorded the series Etxekoak together, on ETB 1, in full confinement due to the COVID pandemic in 2020.[34][35][36][37][38]

His father is Jon Ander Gamboa, lawyer and sports executive, former General Secretary of the Basque Football Federation between 1993 and 2014.[39]

Filmography

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Film

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  • Ziren (2017)
  • Embarazados (2016)
  • Tres mentiras (2013)

Television

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Stage

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Awards

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Max Awards

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Year Category For work Result Ref.
2024 Best Actress Festen Nominated [2][25][26][27]

Ercilla Awards

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Year Category For work(s) Result Ref.
2018 Best New Performer Lyceum Club and La casa de Bernarda Alba Nominated
2019 Best Basque Stage Production ¡Ay, Carmela! Won [50]

Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards

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Year Category For work Result Ref.
2020 Best Stage Actress ¡Ay, Carmela! Nominated [11]
2024 Best Stage Actress Festen Won [28][29][30][1][3]

Short Theatre Awards

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Year Category For work Result Ref.
2023 Álex Angulo Award Do you let me give him the bottle? Won [20][21][22]
2023 Audience Award Do you let me give him the bottle? Won

See also

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References

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  3. ^ a b c A, J. (2024-10-03). "Ane Gabarain y Gorka Otxoa, entre los premiados en los Besarkada vascos". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  4. ^ "Carlos Baiges dirige '¡Ay, Carmela!'". El País (in Spanish). 2014-04-19. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  5. ^ efe (2014-04-18). "La compañía vizcaína Yonunka representará en el Teatro Campos "¡Ay, Carmela!"". Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
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