Bio
Angélica Celaya is an American actress best known for appearing in a number of Spanish-language telenovelas, including Mientras haya vida, Alguien te mira and El Señor de los Cielos.
She also had a starring role as Zed Martin, a psychic artist who finds Constantine intriguing enough to follow him on his exorcisms, in the fantasy horror television series Constantine.
Celaya made her American television debut portraying Angela Flores on Season 7 of Burn Notice on USA Network. She then appeared on the TNT series Dallas as the calculating Lucía Treviño.
Angélica began her career in Mexico City. Promptly after graduating from the Argos Acting Studio, 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.
She also had a recurring role as journalist Eugenia Casas in El Señor de los Cielos (The Lord of the Skies), one of Telemundo's highest-rated soaps.
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.
By the time she entered high school, Celaya knew she wanted to be in the entertainment business. She discovered she had a deep love for acting, directing and producing. When she turned 16, she was awarded a scholarship by the University of Arizona to early 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.