Mara Escalante

Who is Mara Escalante?

Mara Escalante is a Mexican actress, comedienne and singer, best known as the star of the Televisa sitcom Maria de todos los angeles, in which she portrays three roles, including the title role. Escalante's career dates to the mid-1990s.

A native of Mexico City and an UNAM and Instituto Andres Soler alum, Escalante first received international fame as a stand-up comedienne, developing such characters as Nancy Aerobics, Chu-Ly, Dona Lucha, and Liboria, a female police officer.

Her international appeal took her from several Televisa series such as Humor es...los comediantes, Al ritmo de la noche, Al fin de semana and Otro rollo to television programs in other Spanish-speaking countries, including the Venezuelan talk show Viviana a la medianoche as well as a TV special in Spain. Most of her Televisa appearances, as well as her appearance on Viviana a la medianoche, have aired on the Univision network in the United States. In 2008 she joined the Televisa team at the Beijing Olympics, performing comedy during network coverage, thus making her the first Mexican comic to visit China. She has also performed in the United States and other Latin American countries.