Nerea Elizalde was born in
Bilbao (
Basque Country) on 18 June 1998. She studied secondary education (lower and upper) at the Karmelo-Solokoetxe School (
high school) in
Bilbao. Later, she studied and trained in theatre and drama in
Ánima Eskola School of Drama with
David Valdelvira,
Marina Shimanskaya and
Algis Arlauskas, training as a
method actress, under the
Stanislavsky-
Vakhtangov-
M.Chekhov-
Meyerhold methodology (
Russian method), following the methodologies of the
Russian classical school. There she coincided with the actors
Carmen Climent,
Julen Guerrero,
Lorea Lyons and
Ane Inés Landeta, together with whom she was trained. She also trained with Argentinian
stage director and
drama teacher Juan Carlos Corazza. She was also trained in
music and
dance since she was little and also in singing. She studied music and music theory with
Roberto Bienzobas. She studied dance with
Rakel Rodríguez. She plays the
trikitixa. In 2013, she performed
The Tempest, by
William Shakespeare, a theatrical production at the
Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish
stage director David Valdelvira, together with
Lorea Lyons and
Andrea Monrocle, among other cast members. In 2014 she performed the play ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream'' by
William Shakespeare, playing the role of
Helena (leading), a theatrical production at the
Campos Elíseos Theatre, directed by Spanish
stage director David Valdelvira, and with
Estela Celdrán as an assistant director, together with
Carmen Climent,
Julen Guerrero,
Lorea Lyons,
Ane Inés Landeta and
Andrea Monrocle, among other cast members. The stage production was awarded the
Buero Vallejo Award (2015), in the XII edition of the awards. Part of different theatrical productions in different parts of
Spain, from 2010 to 2017 she had worked in more than 10 stage productions. En 2016 she won an award for best actress for the micro-theatre
A small step for man. Between 2016 and 2018 she performed the play
Last train to Treblinka, written by Patxo Telleria and directed by Mireia Gabilondo, about Jewish children from Poland heading to an extermination camp in the era of
Nazi Germany, together with Alfonso Torregrosa, José Ramón Soroiz,
Eneko Sagardoy and Mikel Laskurain, among other cast members. The theatrical production was nominated for Best Stage Production at the 2018
Max Awards. In 2018 she performed the play
Like a cold wind, directed by Fernando Bernués, with
Koldo Olabarri and Tania Fornieles. In 2017 she joined the cast of the series
Si fueras tú on
La 1, playing the character of Nerea Vidal (leading), co-starring with
Maria Pedraza and
Oscar Casas. In 2020, she joined the cast of the
ETB1 series
Go!azen, playing the character of Garazi. In 2024, she joined the cast of the series
Ángela produced by
Antena 3, starring
Verónica Sánchez,
Daniel Grao, Jaime Zatarain, and
Lucía Jiménez. In 2025, she joined the cast of the series
Zeru Ahoak, co-produced by
EITB and
RTVE, a Basque thriller, sequel to the series
Hondar Ahoak, directed by Koldo Almandoz and starring
Nagore Aranburu,
Josean Bengoetxea, and
Sara Cozar, which is set to be presented at the
73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival. == Private life ==