Alba Nydia Díaz (born April 27, 1955) is a Puerto Rican actress who has worked in Puerto Rico and Mexico.

Early years

Díaz was born in

Caguas, Puerto Rico Caguas (, ) is a Caguas barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in central eastern Puerto Rico. Located in the eponymous Caguas Valley between the Sierra de Cayey and Sierra de Luquillo of the Cordillera Central (Puer ...

. The roles she portrayed in her early days and years after were not leading roles, from ' (''Guilty Conscience''), in 1969, through '' Cristina Bazán'', in 1977.

Acting career on television

During the 1970s, she appeared in Mexican soap operas including ''Colorina'' (''Goldfinch''), with Mexican actress

Lucía Méndez Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez (born January 26, 1955) is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer. Méndez was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Career Her first work in television was in the telenovela “Muchacha itali ...

, ' (''The Right to be Born''), and ' (''The Curse''), also taped and broadcast by

Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...

. By the end of the 1970s, Díaz was performing in leading roles in the

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

s: ''La Jibarita'' (''The Country Girl''), taped in

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, ' (''Models S.A.'') opposite

Fernando Allende Luis Fernando Allende Arenas (born November 10, 1952) is a Mexican artist and entertainer who has also worked in various production roles during his career. Filmography Telenovelas * '' Muchacha italiana viene a casarse'' (2014-2015) - Sergio ...

and Giselle Blondet, and ' (''When a love arouses''), opposite Braulio Castillo Jr., both taped in Puerto Rico.

Acting career on stage

Díaz has also performed on stage in Puerto Rico, including in ' (''The Passion of Antígona Pérez''), ' (''The House of Bernard Alba''), ' (''The Oxcart''), ''

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'', ''Electra'', ' (''Dead Season''), and '.

Producer

Díaz has her own film production company called Copelar, with her actress partner Sonia Valentín. She has starred in and produced several television movies, such as (''Bitter Sweat'') and ' (''The Combatants'').

Television host

Díaz hosted the daily talk show ' (''Among Us'') with actresses Valentin and Noris Joffre, among other personalities. It was broadcast by Televicentro in

Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...

and WAPA America, throughout the United States.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Alba Nydia 1955 births Living people People from Caguas, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican emigrants to Mexico Puerto Rican film actresses Puerto Rican soap opera actresses Puerto Rican stage actresses Puerto Rican telenovela actresses Puerto Rican television actresses