Johanna San Miguel

Biography

Johanna San Miguel (born November 14, 1967) is a Peruvian actress, presenter and comedian. Best known for being the host of the entertainment segment of “Primera Edición” morning news show. Her segment is called “America Espectáculos.” and being in the teen soap opera “Carmín” and playing the fun and extroverted Queka in the popular show “Patacláun”‘..

Her career in television started in 1984 with the teen soap “Carmín”. In 1995, she participated in the popular soap “Los Unos y los Otros” (The Ones, and the Others), where she met the actor Carlos Carlin, who later became her partner in various successful theater projects. It was around this time that she became part of the cast of the comedy troupe “Patacláun” which had a TV show of the same name. That show was broadcast by Frecuencia Latina, where she and her character “Queka” became very popular. Four years later she did “Carita de Atún” (Tuna face, a mock reference to “Carita de Angel” or Angel face a popular kid soap opera) An avant garde show that parodied shmaltzy children’s soap operas by infusing them with comedy and adding elements of theater design in their sets.