Vicenta Ndongo
{{Short description|Spanish actress}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Vicenta N'Dongo, XIV Premis Gaudí (2022).jpg
| caption = Ndongo in 2022
| occupation = Actress
| awards = {{Ill|Premis Nacionals de Cultura|ca}} (2024)
| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|02|23|df=y}}
| alma_mater = Institut del Teatre
| other_names = Vicenta N'Dongo
}}
Vicenta Ndongo (born 23 February 1968) is a Spanish actress. She earned early public recognition for her role in Airbag.
Biography
Born on 23 February 1968 in Barcelona, she is of Equatoguinean descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/2018/02/23/1222159|website=Excélsior|date=23 February 2018|title=Efemérides: Stan Laurel, 53 años sin 'El Flaco'}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/noticias/sociedad/efemerides-hoy-23-febrero-2022-que-paso-23-febrero_202202236215c076c3ba470001d2bc30.html|website=Antena 3|date=23 February 2022|title=Efemérides de hoy 23 de febrero de 2022: ¿Qué pasó el 23 de febrero?}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/chance/gente/noticia-actriz-vicenta-ndongo-embarazada-no-le-conozca-no-le-pondre-nombre-20160117121305.html|date=17 January 2016|title=La actriz Vicenta Ndongo embarazada: "Hasta que no le conozca, no le pondré nombre"|website=Europa Press}} She graduated in acting from the Barcelona's Institut del Teatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diaridebarcelona.cat/-/representaci%C3%B3-racial-a-tv3|website=Diari de Barcelona|title=Si haguéssim volgut una actriu negra, ho hauríem dit|first=Lúa|last=Pena Dopazo|date=2 February 2021}} Some of her early film credits include a performance in the 1995 Catalan-language film {{ill|El perquè de tot plegat|ca|El perquè de tot plegat (pel·lícula)}} (1995) and that of Vanessa in Airbag (1997),{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/alava/ocio/gps/cine/100709/cine-vicenta-ndongo.html|website=El Correo|date=9 July 2009|title=Vicenta Ndongo (actriz de 'V.O.S.'): "La crisis no es excusa"|first=Sergio|last=Eguía}} which earned her public recognition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccma.cat/premsa/marc-martinez-i-vicenta-ndongo-pugen-al-cotxe-amb-eloi-vila/nota-de-premsa/3091150/|website=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals|date=14 April 2021|title=Marc Martínez y Vicenta N'Dongo suben "¡Al coche!" con Eloi Vila}} She also featured in Los lobos de Washington (1999) and No News From God (2001).
She landed roles in Cesc Gay's films In the City (2003) and V.O.S (2009),{{Cite journal|url=https://www.aisge.es/media/multimedia/ficheros/466.pdf|journal=Actúa. Revista Cultural|title=«Nos dejan en soledad para que nos sintamos agarrotados por el pánico|pages=68–69|first=Fernando|last=Neira|year=2015|issue=42|publisher=Aisge|issn=1698-6091}} for which she earned a CEC Medal nomination for Best Supporting Actress,{{Cite web |url=http://cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/2009.htm |website=Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos |access-date=27 April 2022 |title=Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801200707/http://cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/2009.htm |archive-date=1 August 2020 |url-status=dead}} also starring alongside Alex Brendemühl in the 2007 drama {{ill|Lo bueno de llorar|es}}.{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HoVACQAAQBAJ&pg=PT22|page=23|title=El Novísimo Cine Chileno|first=Ascanio|last=Cavallo|isbn=978-956-8601-95-9|year=2010|publisher=Uqbar Editores|location=Santiago de Chile|chapter=Matías Bize. La insoportable levedad de la pareja}}
Her television work include roles in both Catalan and Spanish-language series such as {{ill|Hermanas (TV series)|es|Hermanas (serie de televisión)|lt=Hermanas}}, 7 vidas, Compañeros, {{ill|Dinamita (TV series)|ca|Dinamita (sèrie de TV)|lt=Dinamita}}, Aquí no hay quien viva, and {{ill|Com si fos ahir|es}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20100318/53898717892/vicenta-n-dongo-la-television-me-gusta-cada-vez-menos.html|website=La Vanguardia|first=Jesús|last=Sancho|date=18 March 2010|title=Vicenta N'Dongo: "La televisión me gusta cada vez menos"}} In 2022, she joined the cast of the streaming series Días mejores.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/series-tv/a39131629/dias-mejores-serie-estreno-reparto-amazon-prime-video/|website=Diez Minutos|date=22 April 2022|first=Nora|last=Cámara|title='Días mejores': fecha de estreno, primeras imágenes y reparto de la nueva serie de Amazon}}
Filmography
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Category:Actresses from Barcelona
Category:21st-century Spanish actresses
Category:Spanish film actresses
Category:Spanish television actresses