Joanna Hausmann

Joanna Hausmann Jatar (born 20 March 1989) is a Venezuelan actress, comedian and television writer based in New York City. She gained popularity through her videos on YouTube as well as on Univision's bilingual platform, Flama. She was the co-executive producer and head writer for Hamster & Gretel and is a staff writer for the revival of Phineas and Ferb. Hausmann was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, to Ricardo Hausmann and Cuban-Venezuelan Ana Julia Jatar during their graduate studies in the UK. She became a US citizen in 2012.

Her digital series Joanna Rants attempts to bridge bicultural gaps and challenge stereotypes through humor. She tackles a variety of subjects such as explaining the different Spanish accents across Latin America, and comparing U.S. and Latin American customs and politics. Hausmann was a correspondent on the Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World, which ran from 21 April 2017 to 11 May 2018. She was called the show's "unexpected star" by Inverse Magazine. She has written for television for shows including TruTV's sitcom Tacoma FD, and she is the national voice of Wendy's commercials both in English and for the Hispanic market.

She won Comedian of the Year and Creator of the Year at Hispanicize's 2016 Tecla Awards and was nominated for a Best Humor Series Shorty Award. In 2018, she was honored by the National Hispanic Media Coalition with the award in Excellence in Online Story Telling. She is a performer at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City and a vocal critic of the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.