Miren Galán

Miren Karmele Galán Marín (born in Santurtzi on 22 April 1996) is a Basque actress, journalist and presenter.

Life and career

Miren Galán was born in Santurtzi (Basque Country) on 22 April 1996. She attended the Asti Leku Ikastola school in Portugalete, where she studied the Spanish Baccalaureate. She later studied a bachelor's degree in audiovisual communication at the University of the Basque Country.

Galán began in the world of theatre with the Teatro Encrucijada theatre company in Santurtzi. In 2009 she participated in the production The king of merengue (El rey del merengue), by the Teatro Encrucijada company, an original musical theatre with a libretto by Rafa Romero and Sergio Morales, directed by Spanish stage director Fernando Valgañón and staged in different theatres throughout Spain such as the Serantes Kultur Aretoa in Santurtzi, the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao or the Zaragoza Congress Palace in Zaragoza.

In 2012 she took part in the production An ordinary day at the Moulin Rouge, a musical comedy written and directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira and staged at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, along with Koldo Olabarri and Ainhoa Artetxe among other members of the cast. The production was very well received and was taken to different theaters in 2012 and 2013. The stage production was awarded the Buero Vallejo Award (2013), in the 10th edition of the awards.

In 2013 she performed the play The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky, a production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish stage director David Valdelvira, together with Julen Guerrero and Ane Inés Landeta, among other cast members. and with Estela Celdrán as an assistant director, together with Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Julen Guerrero, Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta, among other cast members. The theatrical production was very well received by the public, and was staged several times between 2014 and 2015. The stage production was awarded the Buero Vallejo Award (2015), in the XII edition of the awards.

In 2015, she performed the play Impossible Dialogues, a theatrical production at the Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Russian actress and stage director Marina Shimanskaya, based on the works The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov and on the poetry of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, together with Carmen Climent, Nerea Elizalde, Lorea Lyons and Ane Inés Landeta, among other cast members. She currently works in the field of audiovisual production.

Filmography

Stage 2015, Impossible Dialogues, dir. Marina Shimanskaya 2014, A Midsummer Night's Dream, dir. David Valdelvira 2013, The Lower Depths, dir. David Valdelvira 2012, An ordinary day at the Moulin Rouge, dir. David Valdelvira 2009–2010, The king of merengue, dir. Fernando Valgañón (libretto by Rafa Romero and Sergio Morales)

Other

2020, Host/Presenter, GetxoExpress Film Festival

Awards and nominations

Buero Vallejo Awards