A regular on Basque and national television, Nerea Garmendia has dared to take on any role that has been proposed to her. From guest to contestant or collaborator and even presenterno challenge can resist the well-known Basque actress. Now, she will fight a new battle in the kitchens of MasterChef Celebrity 9where he will compete with other colleagues such as Hiba Abouk and Francis Lorenzo.
A Basque star
Nerea Garmendia became famous thanks to Basque Country television. The main regional television channel, ETB 1, aired her first series in 2000, in which she played a role at the age of just 20: BeginnersHowever, his popularity took off on the secondary channel, ETB2, where he participated in one of the most successful programs of his career: What a week.
‘What a Week’. (ETB)
This humorous space, born in 2003, described the culture and daily life of the Basque Country through various dynamics in a comic and satirical key. It was an undoubted regional success which, unfortunately, did not manage to establish its protagonists on a national level despite TVE’s attempt to transfer it through a kind of substitute, Made In ChinaHowever, Garmendia would eventually make the leap and be recognized by the public throughout Spain.
His career, marred by water
Garmendia and the jumps are literal. After the failure of Made In Chinaher career was temporarily removed from television shows to focus on acting. However, her penchant for swimming pools gave her a new opportunity. He was a contestant of Splash! Celebrities in the waterthe Antena 3 show in which he competed in its only edition, in 2013.
Nerea Garmendia in ‘Splash! Celebrities in the water!’ (Atresmedia)
Her performance was not unsatisfactory, as she managed to reach the semi-final of the program. Unfortunately, she was left at the door along with her partner Miriam Díaz-Aroca. Since then, she has not hidden her love for contests: She could be seen in 25 words y The HunterHer presence was intensified thanks to other programs and, finally, she worked as a presenter of The Red Carpet Palace (TVE) y Akelarre (ETB).
International series actress
Although she spent a long period missing from the programs, Nerea Garmendia has never separated from television. Her career as an actress has been full of roles in multiple series on the national and international scene. even large international productionsIn Spain, she took part in successful series such as Los Hombres de Paco, in its first episode, playing the role of psychologist Ruth Montalbán.
Nerea Garmendia, as Ruth Montalbán in ‘Los hombres de Paco’ (Paco’s men). (Atresmedia)
She also worked in Amar en Tiempos Revueltos, Gym Tony and Allí Abajo, all of them very well received by the audience. However, one of the great moments of her career was at an international level: She played Eugenia Alfarje in The Queen of the SouthThis is a crime drama that follows the rise of a humble woman (Kate del Castillo) who will become a drug trafficking legend.
A couple of health scares
On her Instagram account, Nerea Garmendia shares her daily life and the happiest and most traditional aspects of her life with her more than 120,000 followers. However, her naturalness forces her to also transmit what worries or torments her. In 2021, The actress posted several images taken after suffering a serious motorcycle accident which left several lesions embedded in his legs.
However, his health has since been compromised again. In 2022, Garmendia was diagnosed with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. As a result, Nerea uses a hearing aid to amplify her hearing capacity, since the pathology reduced it by 33%. Fortunately, the Basque woman’s positive attitude has not allowed her to collapse, but has instead become a reference for people with this type of diversity.
A regular on Basque and national television, Nerea Garmendia has dared to take on any role that has been proposed to her. From guest to contestant or collaborator and even presenterno challenge can resist the well-known Basque actress. Now, she will fight a new battle in the kitchens of MasterChef Celebrity 9where he will compete with other colleagues such as Hiba Abouk and Francis Lorenzo.
