Isabel Dada

Isabel Dada Rinker (September 11, 1941 – June 14, 2017) was a Salvadoran actress and poet, considered a pioneer of theater in El Salvador.

Training and artistic career Isabel Dada was born in San Salvador on September 11, 1941, the daughter of Teresa Rinker de Dada (born in Nicaragua and naturalized Honduran), and Ventura M. Dada (born in Jerusalem and nationalized German, whose ancestors were from Greece). She first performed at the National Theater of El Salvador in the play Soy una linda muñeca for three years. She traveled to the United States to study for a Bachelor of Commerce and Bilingual Secretariat degree, and at 18 she went to Mexico to attend a theater course.

Her career as a professional actress began in 1967 when she joined the University Theater of the University of El Salvador, under Spanish director .

In 1969, she played Olivia, the protagonist of Los peces fuera del agua, which, under the direction of , became the first fiction feature film produced in El Salvador.

In 1993, Dada founded the William Shakespeare Theater Academy. In 1996, she was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award in Washington, D.C., for her role as El Ama in the production of Doña Rosita la soltera. The same year, she began hosting the radio show Homenaje a la Vida, which was dedicated to universal poetry.

In 2008, she received the from the President of El Salvador.

Isabel Dada died in San Salvador on June 14, 2017, due to health problems.

Plays written 1994–1996: La Madona de las cuatro lunas

Filmography 1969: Los peces fuera del agua 2006: Volar: una historia sobre el olvido

Awards and nominations 1996: Nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for her role as El Ama in Doña Rosita la soltera 1999: Nominated as an honorary member of the Ateneo de El Salvador 2000: Nominated as a "Notable Figure of the 20th Century" by the Mayor of San Salvador 2003: Named "Most Meritorious Actress of El Salvador" by the Legislative Assembly 2008: presented by the President of El Salvador