María Costa

Award-winning actress/writer/comedienne Maria Costa's groundbreaking and dynamic humor has critics calling her the "Latina Lucille Ball". Her chameleon-like virtuosity has her being compared to the likes of Tracey Ullman and Gilda Radner. Costa is best known for her Imagen Award-nominated, Viva America, and her award-winning, Macho Men and the Women Who Love Them comedy concert filmed live at the Kodak Theater which is distributed worldwide by Image Entertainment and is streaming on Amazon Prime. Costa is also the recipient of the prestigious Kresge Foundation Performing Artist Fellowship, an awardee of the Maverick Award from the Los Angeles Women in Theater and is set to receive a star on the Motown Walk to Fame alongside other honorees, including singer Aretha Franklin and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Costa has toured her comedic work in over one hundred cities and has a number of TV credits including: Ugly Betty (ABC), Universal Remote (Showtime), Strong Medicine (Lifetime) and Joan