Erika Noemà Andia Balcázar (b. 6 March 1972) is a Bolivian theatre actress, director, and journalist.
Biography
Erika Andia was born in
La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...
,
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
on 6 March 1972, and completed her basic education in the city of her birth. She began studying theatre at the David Mondacca Workshop and she would continue pursuing higher education in social communication at the
Catholic University of Bolivia, graduating years later as a journalist.
Andia entered the public conscious at 33 years of age with her performance as the drug trafficking Domitila in the 2005 film ''
¿Quién mató a la llamita blanca?'', which premiered in the next year. Andia also played in the La Paz television productions ''Programa Z'' (2012) and ''El Sartenazo'' (2014). She would reprise her role in ''Programa Z'' as Clara for its sequel ''El SartenaZo''.
In November 2017, Andia and
Kory Warmis collaborated on the play ''Deja Vu, el corazón también recuerda'' in
Sucre
Sucre (; ) is the ''de jure'' capital city of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the sixth most populous city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . This relatively high ...
with a mostly female cast for the larger Mujeres en Camino project. Staging for the play took place at the Alberto Saavedra Pérez Municipal Theater at 8 November 2017 at 7:30 pm
local time.
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1972 births
Living people
Entertainers from La Paz
Bolivian women journalists
Bolivian film actresses
Bolivian stage actresses