Olatz Ganboa

Olatz Ganboa was born in Getxo (Basque Country) on 2 January 1985. 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 Theatre 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 Stage 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).

In 2023 she performed the play Festen, a stage production of the Arriaga Theatre, directed by María Goiricelaya, about sexual abuse within the family. In 2024 she was a candidate for Best Actress at the Max Awards for her permormance in the stage production Festen. That same year she won the Award for Best Stage Actress at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (EAB) for her performance in the production Festen, which was praised and described as "shocking".