About

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 200 million views and have been featured in places like CNN, NPR, and the BBC. Her biweekly show "Joanna Rants" 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 voiced characters on the TV animated spin-off of “Monsters Inc” “Monster’s at Work.” She is also a cast member for the Paramount+ adult animated series “Harper House” and has narrated documentaries for NatGeo. Joanna has written for TV a bunc - including the Stephen Colbert produced pilot “Old News” and was a staff writer for TruTV’s sitcom, Tacoma FD (which recently hit Netflix’s top 10 list.) She was also writer and co-producer on HBOMax’s comedy “Gordita Chronicles” and is currently the head-writer and Executive Producer on Disney Channel’s comedy series “Hamster and Gretel” (created by the co-creator of the hit show “Phineas and Ferb.”) She also co-wrote the satirical telenovela podcast “Princess of South Beach” which is currently being developed for television at Netflix. Joanna was also adjunct-lecturer at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism where she taught about satire, comedy and the news.

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.” She’s was also named one of Hola! Magazines “Top 100 Latina Powerhouses” in 2022.

Joanna has also been the face and voice of several advertising campaigns included AT&T and Ford Escape’s 2020 launch.

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 live at the Upright Citizens Bridage Theater where she’s been a house performer for 6 years or in any comedy club that will tolerate her.

She hates wet socks almost as much as she disliked writing this in the third person.