Alba Nydia Díaz
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Alba Nydia Díaz, born in Caguas, Puerto Rico
, is an actress, known for her achievements in television and on-stage, both in the island as in Mexico.
, in 1977, starring Johanna Rosaly
, she always managed to impress in her performances, Díaz has always portrayed her "character" roles, as if she were the person in reality, in every interpretation.
, (Goldfinch), with Mexican actress: Lucía Méndez
, and not less important performances in El Derecho de Nacer
, (The Right to be Born), and El Maleficio, (The Curse), also taped and broadcast by Televisa
.
By the end of the 1970s, she started performing in leading roles in the telenovela
s: La Jibarita, (The Country Girl), taped in Dominican Republic
, Modelos S.A., (Models S.A.) opposite Fernando Allende
, & Giselle Blondet
, and Cuando Despierta un Amor, (When a love arouses), opposite Braulio Castillo
, Jr., both taped in Puerto Rico.
, Electra, Tiempo Muerto, (Dead Season), and Frida Kalo, among many others.
, (Among Us), with Puerto Rican actress Sonia Valentin and the Irish-Puerto Rican actress Noris Joffre
, among other personalities, broadcast by Televicentro in Puerto Rico
& WAPA America, throughout the United States.
Caguas, Puerto Rico
Caguas , founded in 1775, is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey....
, is an actress, known for her achievements in television and on-stage, both in the island as in Mexico.
Early years
Although the roles she portrayed in her early days and years after, were not leading roles, from Conciencia Culpable (Guilty Conscience), in 1969, through Cristina BazánCristina Bazán
Cristina Bazán is the name of a highly-famous and successful 1978 Puerto Rican telenovela starring Puerto Rican actress and singer Johanna Rosaly, and the Venezuelan singer/idol José Luis Rodríguez El Puma...
, in 1977, starring Johanna Rosaly
Johanna Rosaly
Johanna Rosaly is an actress, singer, and television host.-Early years:Johanna Rosaly was born in an area known as Santurce, a district of San Juan. In 1956 at the age of eight, she started taking acting lessons with Argentinians Luis A. Negro and Elba Mania, and dancing lessons with Beatriz...
, she always managed to impress in her performances, Díaz has always portrayed her "character" roles, as if she were the person in reality, in every interpretation.
Acting career on television
During the 1970s, among the several soap operas she carried out in Mexico, was, ColorinaColorina
Colorina is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 90 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km west of Sondrio...
, (Goldfinch), with Mexican actress: Lucía Méndez
Lucía Méndez
Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer that has sold over 10 million records world wide.- Early success :...
, and not less important performances in El Derecho de Nacer
El derecho de nacer
El derecho de nacer is the name of three Mexican productions as well as the Cuban novel that inspired them all about a young and unmarried high society woman seeking to abort her baby and the doctor who in counseling her tells his own story as an out-of-wedlock child.*El derecho de nacer is the...
, (The Right to be Born), and El Maleficio, (The Curse), also taped and broadcast by Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
.
By the end of the 1970s, she started performing in leading roles in the telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
s: La Jibarita, (The Country Girl), taped in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, Modelos S.A., (Models S.A.) opposite Fernando Allende
Fernando Allende
Fernando Allende is a Mexican singer, actor, painter, film producer, and film director. Allende began singing in 1959, at the age of seven.-Private life:...
, & Giselle Blondet
Giselle Blondet
Giselle Blondet is a Puerto Rican actress and TV host.-Early history:Blondet was born Alba Giselle Blondet, to Victor Manuel Blondet and Alba Gomez, in New York City...
, and Cuando Despierta un Amor, (When a love arouses), opposite Braulio Castillo
Braulio Castillo
Braulio Castillo Cintrón was a telenovela actor in Latin America. His two sons, Braulio Castillo, Jr. and Jorge Castillo, are also actors....
, Jr., both taped in Puerto Rico.
Acting career on stage
Alba Nydia has also performed on-stage in Puerto Rico: La Pasión según Antígona Pérez, (The Passion of Antígona Pérez), La Casa de Bernarda Alba, (The House of Bernard Alba), La Carreta, (The Oxcart), Zorba the GreekZorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek is a 1964 film based on the novel Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis. The film was directed by Cypriot Michael Cacoyannis and the title character was played by Anthony Quinn...
, Electra, Tiempo Muerto, (Dead Season), and Frida Kalo, among many others.
The producer
Alba Nydia, has her own film production company called "Copelar", with her actress partner: Sonia Valentín, and she's starred & produced several television movies, such as: Sudor Amargo, (Bitter Sweat) & Las Combatientes, (The Combatants).The television host
Furthermore, Alba Nydia Díaz, is hosting a daily talk show: Entre NosotrasEntre Nosotras
"Entre Nosotras" is a variety morning show currently aired on WAPA-TV. It is hosted by an ensemble of famous Puerto Rican actresses: Alba Nydia Díaz, Sonia Valentin, Maricarmen Avilés and Noris Joffre...
, (Among Us), with Puerto Rican actress Sonia Valentin and the Irish-Puerto Rican actress Noris Joffre
Noris Joffre
Noris Joffre, née Theresa Ann Ryan is an actress and comedienne from Puerto Rico, who was born in Florida, surrendered for adoption and adopted by a Cuban couple, Alberto Noffre and Noris Albuena, who subsequently moved to Puerto Rico....
, among other personalities, broadcast by Televicentro in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
& WAPA America, throughout the United States.
External links
- http://www.prpop.org/biografias/a_bios/albanydia_diaz.shtml
- http://www.aarp.org/aarp_benefits/natl_events/puerto_rico_spanish/oradores/alba_nydia_diaz.html
- http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/otros_asi/espectaculos_asi/alba_nydia_diaz_orientada_hacia_el_cine/30674
- http://www.orgulloboricua.net/artecultura/espectaculos/fridakhalo_020104.html
- http://www.terra.com/arte/articulo/html/art7783.htm
- http://www.lacinemafe.org/2003/film014.htm