Juana Guarderas Albuja (born 24 June 1964) is an Ecuadorian theatre, cinema, and television actress.
She has been the director of the Quito Comedy Club since 1990.
Biography
Juana Guarderas was born in
Quito
Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...
on 24 June 1964, the daughter of
Raúl Guarderas Guarderas and María del Carmen Albuja, and lived in
Machachi
Machachi is the canton seat of Mejía Canton in the Pichincha province of Ecuador.
Machachi is located to the south of the capital of Ecuador, Quito. It is a city surrounded by the volcanos Atacazo, Corazon, Rumiñahui, Illinizas Peaks, V ...
,
Ecuador for 11 years.
[ She began acting at age 17 in the Comedy Club of Quito production of ''La lección de la Luna''.][ Guarderas would study theatre in the United States of America. She would appear in plays such as '']Las Marujitas
Las Marujitas are a group of three female characters originally created by Ecuadorian writer in the play ''La Marujita se ha muerto con leucemia'' who went on to appear in several spin-offs and related pieces. They were played by the actresses J ...
'', ''Monólogos de la Vagina'', ''Diario íntimo de una adolescente'', and the films ''Entre Marx y una Mujer Desnuda
''Entre Marx y una Mujer Desnuda'' (''Between Marx and a Naked Woman'') is a 1976 novel written by the Ecuadorian poet Jorge Enrique Adoum.
The novel was made into a film in 1996 by the Ecuadorian film maker Camilo Luzuriaga, in Spanish with Engl ...
'' (adaption from the novel), ''Un titán en el ring'', ''Sé que vienen a matarme y María'', and ''llena eres de gracia''. Guarderas also played in the TV sitcom '' Dejémonos de vainas'',[ and now appears as part of a YouTube comedy project, Enchufe TV.
Guarderas is the mother of two children. She is also the vice president of the Association of Theater Workers, and a member of the Assembly of Artists of Ecuador.]
Citations
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1964 births
Living people