Olatz Ganboa

Olatz Ganboa Pilar (born 2 January 1985, Getxo, Spain) is a Spanish film, theater and television actress.

In 2018 she was nominated for best actress award at the Ercilla Awards. She has worked in more than a hundred theatre productions.

Life and career
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.

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 Theater 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. During the years 2018 and 2020 he represented the work Simplicissimus, directed by Patxo Tellería.

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

In 2021 she was one of the presenters of the Max Awards. 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.

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. 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).

Private life
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. They also recorded the series Etxekoak together, on ETB 1, in full confinement due to the COVID pandemic in 2020.

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

Film

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

Television

 * 2010, Kerman, ETB 1
 * 2018, Objetivo Bizkaia, Tele 7 (guest/interviewed)
 * 2020, Etxekoak, ETB 1
 * 2023, Itsasoa, ETB 1

Stage

 * Do you let me give him the bottle?, dir. Patxo Tellería and Mikel Losada
 * La lucha por la vida (2023), dir. Ramon Barea
 * Simplicissimus (2018-2020)
 * La casa de Bernarda Alba (2017)
 * A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)
 * Los amantes del Casco Viejo (2016)
 * Caperucita Feroz (2015)
 * Chichinabo Cabaret (2015)
 * Cabaret Chihuahua (2015)
 * ¡Ay Carmela! (2011-2023)
 * La comedia sin título (2010)