Angélica María Blandón Gallo (born c. 1983) is a Colombian actress. She is best known for her roles in the 2008 film ' and

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s such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Biography

Angélica Blandón was born in Colombia in the 1980s. She took an interest in acting at a young age. She studied at the Efraín Arce Aragón Academy in

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for five years, at the Colombian Theater Corporation, and at the Superior Academy of Art in

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. Later she would move with her family to New York. Some time later she returned to Colombia and appeared in ''Los Monachos'' with , on the TV series ''Oki Doki'', and the telenovela '. Shortly afterward, she became part of the Rapsoda group of the Corporación Colombiana de Teatro, directed by

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. There she acted in the play ''Guadalupe años sin cuenta''. She then appeared on the telenovela '. In 2009, she played the protagonist Brenda on the telenovela ''

''. 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 ', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2007, she received the Best Actress award at the

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for the film '. In 2011, she starred in ''

'' on RCN Televisión, and ', a film by RCN Cine. In 2015, she played Claudia Viviana, a role inspired by , one of the main followers of the singer Diomedes Díaz, in the biographical telenovela ''

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''.

Personal life

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. 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."

Filmography

Television

Film

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blandon, Angelica 1980s births Colombian stage actresses Colombian telenovela actresses Living people