Angélica Blandón

Angélica Blandón was born in Colombia in the 1980s.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/latino/angelica-blandon-la-revelacion-de-paraiso-travel-article-1.424507 |title=Angélica Blandón, la revelación de 'Paraíso Travel' |first=Ángela |last=González |newspaper=New York Daily News Latino |language=Spanish |date=2009-01-15 |access-date=2021-07-08}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://alo.co/actualidad-y-entretenimiento/twitcam-angelica-blandon-con-alomujeres |title=A veces me considero una mujer odiosa: Angélica Blandón |trans-title=Angélica Blandón: Sometimes I Consider Myself a Hateful Woman |magazine=Revista Aló |language=Spanish |date=2011-11-28 |access-date=2021-07-07}}{{Efn|Sources vary on her date and place of birth.}} She took an interest in acting at a young age. She studied at the Efraín Arce Aragón Academy in Medellín for five years, at the Colombian Theater Corporation, and at the Superior Academy of Art in Bogotá. Later she would move with her family to New York.

Some time later she returned to Colombia and appeared in Los Monachos with {{ill|María Angélica Mallarino|es}}, on the TV series Oki Doki, and the telenovela {{ill|Tan cerca y tan lejos|es|Tan cerca y tan lejos (telenovela)}}. Shortly afterward, she became part of the Rapsoda group of the Corporación Colombiana de Teatro, directed by Patricia Ariza. There she acted in the play Guadalupe años sin cuenta. She then appeared on the telenovela {{ill|Vuelo 1503|es}}.{{Cite news |url=https://www.publimetro.co/co/farandula/2015/09/23/5-cosas-que-no-sabia-angelica-blandon.html |title=5 cosas que no sabía de Angélica Blandón |trans-title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Angélica Blandón |newspaper=Publimetro |language=Spanish |date=2015-09-23 |access-date=2021-07-07}} In 2009, she played the protagonist Brenda on the telenovela The Mafia Dolls.{{Cite web |url=https://www.solonoticias.com/2017/11/09/angelica-blandon-dice-adios-las-munecas-la-mafia-2-desacuerdo-economico/ |title=Angelica Blandón dice adiós a 'Las Muñecas de la Mafia 2' por desacuerdo económico |trans-title=Angelica Blandón Says Goodbye to 'The Mafia Dolls 2' Due to Economic Disagreement |language=Spanish |date=2017-11-09 |access-date=2021-07-07}}

In theater, she has appeared in the plays Poses para dormir, El club del tropel, La bella durmiente, En el cielo también hay paisas, Los guardianes de la paz, Borges, and Cartera. On television she has appeared in {{ill|No renuncies Salomé|es}}, Sin senos no hay paraíso, and El cartel de los sapos.

In 2007, she received the Best Actress award at the Bogotá Film Festival for the film {{ill|Paraíso travel (film)|es|Paraíso travel|lt=Paraíso travel}}.{{Cite news |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-3955753 |title=Se entregan los Bogocine de Oro al cine colombiano |trans-title=The Bogocine de Oro Awarded to Colombian Film |newspaper=El Tiempo |language=Spanish |date=2010-05-07 |access-date=2021-07-08}}

In 2011, she starred in 3 milagros on RCN Televisión, and {{ill|180 segundos|es}}, a film by RCN Cine.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rcnventasinternacionales.com/en/programas/series/three-miracles-tres-milagros/1737/cast/1746 |title=Tres Milagros |publisher=RCN Ventas Internacionales |access-date=2021-07-08}}

In 2015, she played Claudia Viviana, a role inspired by {{ill|Death of Doris Adriana Niño|es|Muerte de Doris Adriana Niño|lt=Doris Adriana Niño}}, one of the main followers of the singer Diomedes Díaz, in the biographical telenovela Diomedes, el cacique de la junta.{{Cite news |url=https://www.publimetro.co/co/noticias/2015/06/11/asi-luce-angelica-blandon-como-doris-adriana-nino.html |title=Así luce Angélica Blandón como Doris Adriana Niño |trans-title=This is How Angélica Blandón Looks as Doris Adriana Niño |newspaper=Publimetro |language=Spanish |date=2015-06-11 |access-date=2021-07-07}}

Blandón married musician Nicolás Ospina, and they had a daughter together in 2007. In 2012, she began a new relationship with photographic director Lukas Kristo, and in 2020 she announced that she was pregnant with their first child.{{Cite web |url=https://www.minuto.com.co/entretenimiento/2020/9/26/se-le-crecio-la-familia-angelica-blandon-anuncia-su-embarazo-con-una-hermosa-foto-3976.html |title=Se le creció la familia: Angélica Blandón anuncia su embarazo con una hermosa foto |trans-title=Her Family Grows: Angélica Blandón Announces Her Pregnancy With a Beautiful Photo |first=Laura |last=Buitrago Ruiz |website=Minuto.co |language=Spanish |date=2020-09-26 |access-date=2021-07-08}}

She was the center of controversy in March 2021 when, in reaction to an incident in which a Bogotá police officer was killed, she posted to Instagram, "Well, good, it has been a long time since we received such news. A policeman, serving his uniform, usually tries to avoid arriving before the criminals have left." She later added, "My condolences to the family of this brave policeman. Bogotá, I hope that you will recover soon from this wave of insecurity that assails you in all possible ways."{{Cite news |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/cultura/gente/actriz-angelica-blandon-hace-polemico-comentario-por-muerte-de-policia-caro-572716 |title=Polémica por opinión de Angélica Blandón sobre muerte de policía |trans-title=Controversy Over Angélica Blandón's Opinion on the Death of a Police Officer |newspaper=El Tiempo |language=Spanish |date=2021-03-12 |access-date=2021-07-07}}

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Category:1980s births

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