Izar Algueró Txibite (born 1996) is a Spanish film, theater, and television actress, singer, bertsolari (improvisational Basque poet-singer), and dancer.
Early life and education
Algueró was born in Leitza, Navarre, Spain. She studied a bachelor's degree in anthropology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), combining her university studies with theater training and audiovisual work.
Career
Algueró began her involvement in show business at a young age. In 2007, she participated in the television talent show Egin kantu! on ETB 1 and appeared on the program Betizu alongside Ainhoa Nieto, finishing in third position. She joined the municipal theater group of Leitza and is currently part of the Abarka Theater Company, with which she has staged the theatrical production Ortentsia izan nahi dut, directed by Ander Lipus.
In 2016, she starred in the film Worldlines – Short Lives in a Large Room, directed by Karlos Alastruey. In 2022, she starred in the film Entre el agua y la tierra (released internationally as Between Earth and Water), also directed by Karlos Alastruey, playing the role of Ura.
Algueró is also a professional bertsolari. In 2019, she contributed to the collective book Bertsolaritza feminismotik (bir)pentsatzen ("Rethinking versolarism from feminism"), published by the Basque Summer University (UEU), with a chapter titled "Sofatik oholtzara."
Filmography
Television
- Egin kantu! (2007) – ETB1 – Contestant (3rd position)
Film
- Worldlines (2017) – Role: Izar – Directed by Karlos Alastruey
- Entre el agua y la tierra (2022) – Role: Ura – Directed by Karlos Alastruey
Stage
- Ortentsia izan nahi dut (2019) – Directed by Ander Lipus
Works
- Algueró Txibite, Izar (2019). "Sofatik oholtzara." In: Artetxe, Miren (ed.) and Labaka, Ane (ed.). Bertsolaritza feminismotik (bir)pentsatzen. Basque Summer University (UEU).
