Liliana Alejandrina Arriaga Franco

La Chupitos is the stage character of Mexican actress and comedienne Liliana Alejandrina Arriaga Franco. Born in Mexico City in the early 1970s, Arriaga trained in Business Administration before pivoting to comedy in 1995 after a relative entered her into the amateur stand-up contest Riatatán, organized by veteran Mexican comedian Fernando Arau. She won first place and was mentored by Sergio Corona, launching one of the longest-running female comedy careers in Mexico. Her character La Chupitos, a chaotic woman who has been drinking since age fifteen, became a household name across Mexico and the U.S. Spanish-language market through La Casa de la Risa, Tengo Talento Mucho Talento on Estrella TV, and decades of touring.

Liliana Arriaga created La Chupitos in the mid-1990s, inspired by a family member who lived with alcoholism. The character is instantly recognizable - messy hair, baggy clothes, exaggerated makeup, smeared red lips, and a mischievous grin - and her routines mix bold self-deprecation with sharp commentary on relationships, machismo, and Latino culture. After her win at the Riatatán contest, Arriaga became a fixture of Mexican variety television and toured Mexico for more than seventeen years before relocating to the United States, where she joined Estrella TV in Los Angeles as one of the on-screen personalities of Tengo Talento Mucho Talento, the network's flagship talent show. She has been linked to TV Azteca as exclusive talent at points in her career, after a falling-out with Televisa. Arriaga writes, directs, and produces her own touring shows, performing across Mexico, the United States (including Improv clubs in Brea, Ontario, and Spokane), and Latin America. Despite the comedic surface of the character, Arriaga has been outspoken that La Chupitos is not a celebration of drinking but a way of giving dignity to women shaped by alcoholism and domestic violence. Note: the prompt brief listed an alternate name 'María Eugenia Almaraz' and an association with the rock band Botellita de Jerez. Neither is correct: La Chupitos's real name is Liliana Arriaga, and Botellita de Jerez is a separate Mexican guacarrock band founded in 1982 with no member by that name.

La Chupitos tours the United States and Mexico year-round, with frequent stops at Improv comedy clubs in California (Brea, Ontario) and at Hispanic-market venues across the U.S. including Spokane, Washington. She continues to appear on Estrella TV in the United States as part of Tengo Talento Mucho Talento. Bookings and tour dates are listed on her official site lachupitosusa.com and on her Instagram (@_lachupitos).