Nerea Elizalde
{{Short description|Basque film, stage and television actress, singer and dancer}}
{{family name hatnote|Elizalde|Zamakona|lang=Basque}}
{{Infobox actor
| name = Nerea Elizalde
| image = Nerea Elizalde en la presentación de la obra "Como un viento Helado".jpg
| caption = Nerea Elizalde in the presentation of the stage production "Like a Cold Wind"
| native_name_lang =
| othername =
| birth_name = Nerea Elizalde Zamakona
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|6|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bilbao (Basque Country)
Spain
| nationality = Spanish
| alma_mater = Ánima Eskola School of Drama
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- actress
- dancer
- singer}}
| years active = 2010–present
| known_for =
| notable_works = Si fueras tú
Goazen
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| spouse =
| children =
| relatives = Unai Elizalde (brother)
| family =
| awards = Buero Vallejo Award (2015)
}}
Nerea Elizalde Zamakona (born in Bilbao on 18 June 1998) is a Basque film, theatre and television actress, singer and dancer.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-29 |title=Nerea Elizalderen Kultur gomendioak |url=https://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/ortzadar/2023/12/29/nerea-elizalderen-kultur-gomendioak-7693272.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Diario de Noticias de Navarra |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Elizalde |first=Nerea |date=2025-03-07 |title=Nerea Elizalde: «Eduquémosles desde txikis, son 'esponjas'» |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/nerea-elizalde-eduquemosles-txikis-esponjas-20250308142423-nt.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=El Correo |language=es}}
She has worked on several audiovisual productions, films and television series, such as Si fueras tú (La 1), Goazen (ETB 1) or Ángela (Antena 3). She has also worked on multiple stage productions, with acclaimed performances, including A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014), Romeo and Juliet (2017) or Last train to Treblinka (2018).
Life and career
Nerea Elizalde was born in Bilbao (Basque Country) on 18 June 1998.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-17 |title=«Fan klubetako kideak hasi zaizkigu mezuak bidaltzen» - Bizigiro - Berria |work=Berria |url=https://www.berria.eus/paperekoa/2254/029/002/2017-09-07/www.berria.eus/paperekoa/1825/010/001/2017-10-13/bizilagun_berri_neurtzaileak.htm |access-date=2025-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217062653/https://www.berria.eus/paperekoa/2254/029/002/2017-09-07/www.berria.eus/paperekoa/1825/010/001/2017-10-13/bizilagun_berri_neurtzaileak.htm |archive-date=17 December 2018 |last1=Urkizu |first1=Urtzi }} She studied secondary education (lower and upper) at the Karmelo-Solokoetxe School (high school) in Bilbao.
Later, she studied and trained in theatre and drama in Ánima Eskola School of Drama with David Valdelvira, Marina Shimanskaya and Algis Arlauskas, training as a method actress, under the Stanislavsky-Vakhtangov-M.Chekhov-Meyerhold methodology (Russian method), following the methodologies of the Russian classical school.{{Cite web |year=2017 |title=Compañía Joven de Pabellón Nº 6. Romeo y Julieta. Dossier. 2017. |url=https://www.kulturklik.euskadi.eus/contenidos/creacion/20160210163443/es_def/adjuntos/dossier-rj.pdf |page=17}} There she coincided with the actors Carmen Climent, Julen Guerrero, Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta, together with whom she was trained.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-18 |title=La vida actual de Carmen Climent: de ser María en 'Cuéntame' a su espectacular cambio físico |url=https://www.elespanol.com/mujer/20250218/vida-actual-carmen-climent-maria-cuentame-espectacular-cambio-fisico/925157579_0.html |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=El Español |language=es}}{{Citation |last=Eijk |first=Lobke van |title=Ánima Eskola Bilbao: reportaje documental |date=2015-03-27 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21266174/ |type=Documentary, Short |publisher=Anima eskola |access-date=2022-07-25}} She also trained with Argentinian stage director and drama teacher Juan Carlos Corazza.{{Cite magazine |date=2022-03-18 |title=For Javier Bardem, Failure and Success Are All Essential Parts of the Process |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/03/awards-insider-javier-bardem-portfolio |access-date=2022-04-13 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}
She was also trained in music and dance since she was little and also in singing. She studied music and music theory with Roberto Bienzobas. She studied dance with Rakel Rodríguez. She plays the trikitixa.
In 2013, she performed The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira, together with Lorea Lyons and Andrea Monrocle, among other cast members.
In 2014 she performed the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, playing the role of Helena (leading), a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira,{{Cite web |last=El Correo (newspaper) |date=2014-06-21 |orig-date=2014-06-21 |editor-last=El Correo |title=Today. Cultural Agenda. |url=https://dkh.deusto.es/en/community/press/resource/hoy/361f6fc1-d6c6-4958-a10e-ce0fa66e9099 |page=91}}{{Cite news |date=2014-06-21 |title=Today. Cultural Agenda. |pages=91 |work=El Correo |url=https://dkh.deusto.es/VisualizarDocumento.aspx?doc=361f6fc1-d6c6-4958-a10e-ce0fa66e9099&ext=.pdf&archivoAdjuntoSem=001DFKVY%23%23idgoogle%23%230B21w8ATkOYQ5bUhvR2NGQVBkSDg&ontologiaAdjuntoSem=6a216217-c2e1-4472-8b19-293b7a61986f&ID=ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff&proy=bfcf20e1-b1f6-4646-8fab-63defbe005f9}} and with Estela Celdrán as an assistant director, together with Carmen Climent, Julen Guerrero, Lorea Lyons, Ane Inés Landeta and Andrea Monrocle, among other cast members. The theatrical production was very well received by the public, and was staged several times between 2014 and 2015.{{Cite web |last=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |author-link=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |date=2015-01-14 |orig-date= |title=Ánima Theatre-Sala Ánima. 2014-2015 Season Programming. "A Midsummer Night's" directed by David Valdelvira. |url=http://www.animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias/185-noche-verano |access-date=2023-11-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171028143202/http://www.animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias/185-noche-verano|archive-date= 2017-10-28}} The stage production was awarded the Buero Vallejo Award (2015), in the XII edition of the awards.{{Cite web |title="Buero" Theater Award (2015). |url=http://estaticos.cocacola.es/bases/fundacion/Fallo-Jurado-Norte-Buero12.pdf |access-date=2022-04-12 |archive-date=2022-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219170619/http://estaticos.cocacola.es/bases/fundacion/Fallo-Jurado-Norte-Buero12.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Coca-Cola Foundation. National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM). |year=2015 |title=XII Buero Vallejo Awards. 2015. Coca-Cola Foundation. National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM). |url=https://hugepdf.com/download/fallo-del-jurado_pdf}}{{Cite web |last=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |author-link=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |date=2015-06-18 |title=Ánima Eskola School of Drama. 2015 News. Buero Vallejo Awards 2015. |url=http://animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias/191-premio-sueno |access-date=2023-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810191351/http://animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias/191-premio-sueno |archive-date=2015-08-10 }}{{Cite web |last=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |author-link=Ánima Eskola School of Drama |date=2015-08-10 |title=Ánima Eskola School of Drama. 2015 News. |url=http://animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias |access-date=2023-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810205400/http://animaeskola.com/index.php/noticias |archive-date=2015-08-10 }} She was part of the Ánima Youth Theatre.
File:Gala de Premios Buero Vallejo XII edición (2015).jpg at the 12th Buero Vallejo Awards Ceremony (February 2015). The director David Valdelvira, the assistant director Estela Celdrán and the cast of the play (among them, Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Julen Guerrero, Andrea Monrocle, Lorea Lyons, Ane Inés Landeta or Miren Galán).]]
In 2015 she performed the play Impossible Dialogues, a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Russian actress and stage director Marina Shimanskaya, based on the works The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov and on the poetry of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, together with Carmen Climent, Lorea Lyons, Ane Inés Landeta, Andrea Monrocle and Erika Rodríguez, among other cast members.
In 2016, she joined the Pabellón 6 Youth Theatre Company in Bilbao, with which in 2017 she staged the play Romeo and Juliet directed by Ramón Barea, with Koldo Olabarri and Ainhoa Artetxe also among the cast.{{Cite web |last=efe |date=2017-02-09 |title=Ramón Barea lleva su "Romeo y Julieta" al Teatro Arriaga |url=https://www.deia.eus/cultura/2017/02/09/ramon-barea-lleva-romeo-julieta-4978410.html |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Deia |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Romeo y Julieta – Pabellón Nº6 |url=https://pabellon6.org/2016/01/romeo-y-julieta/ |access-date=2023-11-05 |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |title='Romeo y Julieta', dirigida por Ramón Barea, en el Arriaga |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/cultura/videos/detalle/4647410/romeo-julieta-dirigida-ramon-barea/ |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=EITB |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=SL |first=TAI GABE DIGITALA |date=2017-02-10 |title=Ramón Barea pondrá en escena su "Romeo y Julieta" el martes en el Teatro Arriaga |url=https://www.naiz.eus/es/info/noticia/20170210/ramon-barea-pondra-en-escena-su-romeo-y-julieta-el-martes-en-el-arriaga |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=naiz |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Artezblai |date=2016-02-01 |title=La recién creada Compañía Joven de Pabellón 6 representa 'Romeo y Julieta' |url=https://www.artezblai.com/la-recien-creada-compania-joven-de-pabellon-6-representa-romeo-y-julieta/ |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Artezblai |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-20 |title=Romeo y Julieta, en un pabellón |url=https://www.elmundo.es/pais-vasco/2016/03/20/56ee982f268e3ecb598b4588.html |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Deia |title=Las nuevas generaciones conquistan los escenarios |url=https://www.deia.eus/cultura/2020/01/30/nuevas-generaciones-conquistan-escenarios/1014748.html |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.deia.eus |date=30 January 2020 |language=es}}
Part of different theatrical productions in different parts of Spain, from 2010 to 2017 she had worked in more than 10 stage productions.{{Cite web |last=RTVE |first=PRENSA |date=2017-09-06 |title=RTVE estrena en el FesTVal de Vitoria 'Si fueras tú', la primera serie transmedia interactiva producida en España |url=https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20170906/rtve-estrena-festval-vitoria-si-fueras-tu-primera-serie-transmedia-interactiva-producida-espana/1609143.shtml |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=RTVE.es |language=es}} En 2016 she won an award for best actress for the micro-theatre A small step for man.
Between 2016 and 2018 she performed the play Last train to Treblinka, written by Patxo Telleria and directed by Mireia Gabilondo, about Jewish children from Poland heading to an extermination camp in the era of Nazi Germany, together with Alfonso Torregrosa, José Ramón Soroiz, Eneko Sagardoy and Mikel Laskurain, among other cast members.{{Cite web |last=Redacción |date=2017-09-26 |title=Del orfanato a la cámara de Gas: el viaje de Treblinka |url=https://www.elfaradio.com/2017/09/27/del-orfanato-a-la-camara-de-gas-el-viaje-de-treblinka/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=El Faradio {{!}} Periodismo que cuenta |language=es}} The theatrical production was nominated for Best Stage Production at the 2018 Max Awards.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-04 |title=KULUNKA Y VAIVEN FINALISTAS EN LOS PREMIOS MAX 2018 |url=https://eskena.org/kulunka-y-vaiven-finalistas-en-los-premios-max-2018/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Eskena |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |date=2019-06-05 |title=Doble premio en Toledo para 'Último tren a Treblinka' |url=https://www.diariovasco.com/culturas/doble-premio-toledo-20190605002626-ntvo.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=El Diario Vasco |language=es}}
In 2018 she performed the play Like a cold wind, directed by Fernando Bernués, with Koldo Olabarri and Tania Fornieles.{{Cite web |last=Correo |first=El |date=2018-10-18 |title="Como un viento helado" |url=https://agenda.elcorreo.com/evento/como-un-viento-helado-615880.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=agenda.elcorreo.com |language=es-ES}}
In 2017 she joined the cast of the series Si fueras tú on La 1, playing the character of Nerea Vidal (leading), co-starring with Maria Pedraza and Oscar Casas.{{Cite web |last=Mujerhoy |date=2022-04-12 |title=Fotos: Si fueras tú', la primera serie transmedia interactiva |url=https://www.mujerhoy.com/vivir/ocio/201708/30/fueras-primera-serie-transmedia-40666604767-ga.html |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Mujer Hoy |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=20minutos |date=2017-12-05 |title=La serie 'Si fueras tú', creada por la audiencia, salta de internet a la pequeña pantalla |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3206093/0/serie-si-fueras-tu-salta-de-internet-a-pequena-pantalla/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias |language=es}}
In 2020, she joined the cast of the ETB1 series Go!azen, playing the character of Garazi.{{Cite web |last=Zurekin |date=2020-06-24 |title='Go!azen 7.0' is underway and three new actors will join in the new season |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/zurekin/goazen-martxan-hiru-20200624163706-nt.html |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=El Correo |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |date=2020-09-03 |title=Cinco horas de directo diarias y apuesta por la ficción, este otoño en ETB1 |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/television/detalle/7464188/nueva-programacion-etb1-otono-2020-estreno-series-euskera/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=EITB |language=es}}
Private life
As for his family, she is the sister of the also actor Unai Elizalde.{{Cite web |title=Unai Elizalde, Graciela Dóniz y Yeary Vázquez de Compañía Joven |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/radio/radio-euskadi/programas/graffiti/videos/detalle/5492770/unai-elizalde-graciela-doniz-yeary-vazquez-compania-joven/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=EITB |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Felipe Loza y Unai Elizalde hablan de Aborigenak en Radio Euskadi |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/radio/radio-euskadi/programas/iflandia/detalle/4689196/felipe-loza-unai-elizalde-hablan-aborigenak-estreno-loraldia-/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=EITB |language=es}}
Between 2017 and 2019, Elizalde was in a relationship with actor Aritz Mendiola.{{Cite web |last=Gaztea |first=Gaztea |date=19 January 2024 |title=EGIN DUT EZ DUT EGIN Go!Azen-eko NEREA ELIZALDE eta XABI ELIZALDErekin {{!}} Gaztea |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rp9A8w9jnY |website=YouTube}} They both met while filming the series Go!azen together.
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !TV channel !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes !Ref. |
| 2017–present
|La 1 |Nerea | | |
| 2020-2021
|Go!azen 7.0 |Garazi | |
| 2021-2022
|Go!azen 8.0 |Garazi | | |
| 2022-2023
|Go!azen 9.0 |Garazi | |
| 2023-2024
|Go!azen 10.0 |Garazi | | |
| 2024
|Ángela |Fani | | |
| 2024-2025
|Go!azen 11.0 |Garazi | |
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Director !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes !Ref |
| 2017
|La noche de las sombras |Aritz ET |Geraldine | | |
| 2019
| | | |
| 2019
|Hondale |Ainara Mentxaka |Amaia | |
| 2021
|Hikikomori |Borja Crespo | | |{{Citation |title=Hikikomori (C) (2021) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film700882.html |language=es |access-date=2022-05-08}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-17 |title=Borja Crespo: «Para muchos chavales, El Rubius ya es un señor mayor' |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/butaca/cine/borja-crespo-chavales-20211117172929-ntrc.html |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=El Correo |language=es}} |
= Stage =
Awards and nominations
= [[Buero Vallejo Awards]] =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Category !For work !Result !Ref. |
| 2015
|Best theatrical/stage production |{{won}} |
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|9248193}}
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Category:Actresses from Bilbao
Category:21st-century Spanish actresses
Category:Spanish film actresses
Category:Spanish television actresses
Category:Spanish stage actresses