Joanna is a Venezuelan-American comedian, writer and actor who gained popularity through her videos on YouTube and as head-writer/talent on Univision's digital platform "Flama". Her viral creations have garnered over 100 million views and have been featured in places like CNN, NPR, and the BBC. Her biweekly show "Joanna Rants" has collectively reached over 70 million views and has attracted an international fan club of people who claim she looks like British survivalist Bear Grylls.
Hausmann is a correspondent on the three season's Netflix's series "Bill Nye Saves The World" and was named the shows "unlikely science star" by Inverse Magazine. Joanna voices the alien villain on the Disney Channel series "Milo Murphy's Law” and a recurring character on the upcoming TV animated spin-off of “Monsters Inc” “Monster’s at Work” along with John Goodman and Billy Crystal. She is also a cast member for the upcoming CBS animated series “Harper House.” She has written for TV - including the Stephen Colbert produced pilot “Old News” and was a staff writer for TruTV’s sitcom, Tacoma FD. She is currently the head-writer on Disney Channel’s upcoming comedy series “Hamster and Gretel.” She is also adjunct-lecturer at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
Her work won her "Best Comedian" and "Creator of the Year" in Hispanicize's 2016 Tecla awards. She was also honored by the National Hispanic Media Coalition with the 2018 award for “Best Online Storyteller.”
Although (accidentally) born in the small town of Royal Leamington Spa in England, Joanna and her family are wholeheartedly from Caracas, Venezuela.
Catch her performing as a house performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater or dramatically fumbling for her Metro Card right as the subway arrives at any station in New York. (Can you tell this was written before COVID?)
She hates wet socks almost as much as she disliked writing this in the third person.
