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.

As a TV writer, Joanna has worked for shows including TruTV’s Tacoma FD (which recently hit Netflix’s top 10 list) and HBOMax’s comedy “Gordita Chronicles.” She was the headwriter and Co-Executive producer of Disney’s comedy “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. Hausmann is a correspondent on the three seasons Netflix's series "Bill Nye Saves The World" and was named the shows "unlikely science star" by Inverse Magazine. Joanna has also voice several characters in animated series including Disney’s "Milo Murphy's Law,” “Monster’s at Work,” “Hamster and Gretel” as well as Paramount+’s adult animated series “Harper House.” She has also narrated documentaries for NatGeo. Her commercial work ranges from AT&T, Ford Escape, Total by Verizon and she is currently the Spanglish voice for Wendy’s. Joanna was also adjunct-lecturer at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism where she taught satirical comedy writing.

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. In 2023, her show “Hamster & Gretel” received an Emmy for best storyboarding.

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 in Los Angeles or New York!

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