Beba Rojas
Beba Rojas, born Reymarvi Rojas Velásquez in Caracas on 25 September 1975, is a Venezuelan comedian, actress, television presenter, radio host and former model, trained in social communication and law, with more than thirty years' career in film, television, theatre and radio. As a girl she imitated vedettes such as Iris Chacón, and as a teenager she studied acting alongside her father, which led to work as an extra on Venevisión, including episodes of Historia Musical and the series ¡Qué Chicas! in 1991. In 1995 she was invited to a casting for the comedy show Bienvenidos, where she became one of its comedians until Venevisión cancelled the show in 2001. At the same time she acted in telenovelas, among them Como tú ninguna and Pecado de amor (1995), Sol de tentación (1996), Guerra de mujeres (2001–2002), Las González (2002) and Cosita rica (2004). In 2002 she began presenting for Univision from Puerto Rico, returning to Venezuela in 2004 as a judge on the comedy talent show Súper Cómico Sensacional. In 2005 the magazine TeVe Guía named her the most beautiful face on Puerto Rican television, and that October she won Bailando con las Estrellas. She then starred in the comedy show Cásate y verás (2006–2007), where her parodies included Chiquinquirá Delgado as host of "Patada's". Critics praised her villains in El amor las vuelve locas (Lily Fajardo, 2005) and La viuda joven (Vicenta Palacios, 2011), and in De todas maneras Rosa (2013–2014) she played Ada Luz Campanero. On stage she joined the hit play Las tres reinas with Kiara and Dora Mazzone in 2010 and has appeared in Preñadas, La jaula de las plumas, Venezolanos desesperados, Despedida de casada, Mujer a la carta and Juegos de niña para adultos. Her films include El Caracazo (2005), Al fin y al cabo (2008), ¡Qué Detectives! (2012) and El plan perfecto (2017). She now lives in the Dominican Republic, where since 2016 she has worked for the Telemicro media group as a presenter on Sábado Extraordinario, with Leonardo Villalobos, and La Opción 13.0. In 2020, after nearly thirteen years away from comedy programmes, she returned to humour with El Reperpero (2020–2022).
