Angelica celaya
Angélica Celaya captured the hearts of millions of fans worldwide with her captivating performance as Jenny Rivera in the NBC/Telemundo hit series “Mariposa de Barrio”, where she brought back to life the most influential female figure and top-selling female artist in Regional Mexican music who tragically died in a plane crash on December 9, 2012.
Celaya played Zed, the female lead in the DC Comics / NBC drama Constantine. An artist with an intuitive nature and heightened senses that keep her deeply connected to the world around her.
She also recurred as Pandora in the CW series “Pandora,” the exciting sci-fi action/ adventure story of a resourceful young woman named Jax who has lost everything. Jax finds new life and friends only to discover that she may lose everything again as she confronts the nature of her own identity. Is she humanity's savior or the instrument of our armageddon.
Celaya made her American television debut as Angela Flores in season 7 of Burn Notice on USA Network. She also appeared in the TNT hit series Dallas as the calculating Lucía Treviño, among other Guest Star appearances on shows like Castle, Criminal Minds, True Lies, and Agent X.
This multi-talented actress began her career in Mexico City. Promptly after graduating from the ARGOS acting school, she landed leading roles in the prime-time soaps “Los Plateados,” “Marina,” and “Mientras Haya Vida,” produced by TV Azteca.
She then relocated to Miami, where she got her first starring role opposite Latin pop star Chayanne in the vampire miniseries “Gabriel, Amor Inmortal.”
Celaya is the daughter of a Mexican-American mother and a father who migrated to the U.S. in 1971 from Sonora, Mexico. Before marrying her mom in 1974, Celaya’s dad faced deportation several times. Celaya was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. She has dual citizenship, carrying both United States and Mexican passports.
When she entered high school, Celaya knew she wanted to be in the entertainment business. She discovered a deep love for acting, directing, and producing. When she turned 16, the University of Arizona awarded her a scholarship to start her university studies at night while still in high school.
Celaya accepted but chose to pursue a degree in psychology instead of acting. It was not until some time later, as a program conductor at Telemundo Arizona, that she truly decided on a career in front of the cameras. Seeing her potential as a leading actress, Telemundo Network signed her with a full scholarship to attend Mexico’s prestigious Argos Acting Studio. Her talent and studies soon paid off, resulting in her first Spanish-speaking role in one of their soaps.
