El 27 de octubre/October 27th

¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Litzy (Litzy Vanya Domínguez Balderas) (1982-     )!

From Instagram @litzyoficial

An actress and singer from Mexico, Litzy has been in two movies and more than 10 television programs (mostly telenovelas). In 2018, she depicted an undocumented immigrant in the United States in the Telemundo show Al Otro Lado Del Mundo (On The Other Side of the Wall), a role she says helped her identify with all those who live this experience (read more, in English, HERE). Her current role in the show Manual Para Galanes is her first LGBQT role and her first foray into comedy. Read more in this L.A. Times article (in Spanish). She talks about the show, in which she plays the owner of a doggie spa who gives lessons to men trying to be "galánes," or ladies men, in this July 2020 interview, in which she also gives life advice: i.e. En la vida real yo creo que lo que hay que hacer es tratar de ser uno mismo, lo más apegado a la esencia que uno tiene (In real life I believe what you have to do is just try to be yourself, to be as close to your true self as you can). Litzy dated Mexican director Jaime Segura for six years after meeting him on the filming of one of her most popular telenovelas, Una Maid en Manhattan, in 2011 (the two broke up in 2018 - read more  (in Spanish) HERE). Litzy currently lives and works in Miami, Florida.

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