Angélica María Blandón Gallo (born c. 1983) is a Colombian actress. She is best known for her roles in the 2008 film Paraíso travel [es] and telenovelas such as The Mafia Dolls and 3 milagros.

Angélica Blandón
Born
Angélica María Blandón Gallo

c. 1983
Colombia
OccupationActress
Partners
  • Nicolás Ospina
  • Lukas Kristo

Biography

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Angélica Blandón was born in Colombia in the 1980s.[1][2][a] 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 María Angélica Mallarino [es], on the TV series Oki Doki, and the telenovela Tan cerca y tan lejos [es]. 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 Vuelo 1503 [es].[3] In 2009, she played the protagonist Brenda on the telenovela The Mafia Dolls.[4]

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 No renuncies Salomé [es], Sin senos no hay paraíso, and El cartel de los sapos.[3]

In 2007, she received the Best Actress award at the Bogotá Film Festival for the film Paraíso travel [es].[5]

In 2011, she starred in 3 milagros on RCN Televisión, and 180 segundos [es], a film by RCN Cine.[6]

In 2015, she played Claudia Viviana, a role inspired by Doris Adriana Niño [es], one of the main followers of the singer Diomedes Díaz, in the biographical telenovela Diomedes, el cacique de la junta.[7]

Personal life

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Blandón married musician Nicolás Ospina, and they had a daughter together in 2007.[1] 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.[8]

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."[9]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Character Channel
1996 Oki Doki Pato RCN
1997-1999 Yo amo a Paquita Gallego Fan of Alejandro Olmos Canal A
2003-2004 No renuncies Salomé [es] Verónica RCN
2005 Vuelo 1503 [es] Claudia Caracol Televisión
2008-2009 Sin senos no hay paraíso Camila Telemundo
2009-2010 The Mafia Dolls Brenda Caracol Televisión
2010 El cartel de los sapos 2: la guerra total Johanna Lesmes
2011 3 milagros Milagros Rendón RCN
2013 5 viudas sueltas Luisa Bustos Caracol Televisión
2014 El estilista [es] Martina Olmos RCN
2015 Diomedes, el cacique de la junta Claudia Viviana Mora
2017 Surviving Escobar: Alias JJ Lorenza Penagos Caracol Televisión
2018 Pasada de moda 2 - La edad versátil Mariana Caracol Play
Sitiados [es] Corina Fox Premium
2019 Reto 4 elementos [es] Herself RCN
2020 Las ausentes Isabel Telecafé
2021 Interiores Natalia Canal Capital

Film

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Year Title Character
2007 Paraíso travel [es] Reina
2009 Almas perdidas (short)[1] Connie
2012 180 segundos [es] Angie
2015 Las tetas de mi madre [es] Cristal
2016 Tiempo perdido [es] Laura
Fragmentos de amor [es] Susana
La despedida Julia
2017 Monserrate, ¿cómo el cerro?

Notes

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  1. ^ Sources vary on her date and place of birth.

References

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  1. ^ a b c González, Ángela (15 January 2009). "Angélica Blandón, la revelación de 'Paraíso Travel'". New York Daily News Latino (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "A veces me considero una mujer odiosa: Angélica Blandón" [Angélica Blandón: Sometimes I Consider Myself a Hateful Woman]. Revista Aló (in Spanish). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "5 cosas que no sabía de Angélica Blandón" [5 Things You Didn't Know About Angélica Blandón]. Publimetro (in Spanish). 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Angelica Blandón dice adiós a 'Las Muñecas de la Mafia 2' por desacuerdo económico" [Angelica Blandón Says Goodbye to 'The Mafia Dolls 2' Due to Economic Disagreement] (in Spanish). 9 November 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Se entregan los Bogocine de Oro al cine colombiano" [The Bogocine de Oro Awarded to Colombian Film]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Tres Milagros". RCN Ventas Internacionales. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Así luce Angélica Blandón como Doris Adriana Niño" [This is How Angélica Blandón Looks as Doris Adriana Niño]. Publimetro (in Spanish). 11 June 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. ^ Buitrago Ruiz, Laura (26 September 2020). "Se le creció la familia: Angélica Blandón anuncia su embarazo con una hermosa foto" [Her Family Grows: Angélica Blandón Announces Her Pregnancy With a Beautiful Photo]. Minuto.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Polémica por opinión de Angélica Blandón sobre muerte de policía" [Controversy Over Angélica Blandón's Opinion on the Death of a Police Officer]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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