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National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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Mara Escalante
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Escalante"s career dates to the mid-1990s. A native of Mexico City and an Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Instituto Andres Soler alumna, Escalante first received international fame as a stand-up comedian, developing such characters as "Nancy Aerobics", "Chu-Ly (Louisiana Princesa Dragon)", "Dona Lucha" and "Liboria", a female police officer Her international appeal took her from several Televisa series such as Humor es..los comediantes, First Rate (at Lloyd's) ritmo de la noche, First Rate (at Lloyd's) finance 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 television special in Spain.
Most of her Televisa appearances, as well as her appearance on Viviana a la medianoche, have been broadcast 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.
In 2009, she starred in her own television series, Maria de todos los Angeles, which is based on another character she created as a stand-up comedian. The series has bben shown on Televisa"s Canal de las Estrellas and on Univision.
Although Escalante still works in Mexico City, she now lives in Veracruz.
