Alba Raquel Barros is an actress, comedian

Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

, and dancer. She is better known for her acting career, and she has won many national awards for her work, both in the television and theatrical fields.

Biography

Barros participated in a rendition of Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...

' A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire (play)

A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...

as a student at the University of Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico

The University of Puerto Rico is the state university system of Puerto Rico. The system consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 64,511 students and 5,300 faculty members...

 (UPR). She graduated with a degree in Theatre

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

 from the UPR in 1974.

Barros began her rise to fame as a telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 actress in Puerto Rico's channel 2

Telemundo Puerto Rico

The name Telemundo Puerto Rico may represent:* WKAQ-TV, a Telemundo station in San Juan, Puerto Rico* Telemundo Puerto Rico , a former Spanish-language cable network...

 during the 1970s. She participated in some of that channel's most famous soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

s.

By the early 1980s, she had moved to WAPA-TV

WAPA-TV

WAPA-TV is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 27, virtual channel 4. The station is owned by InterMedia Partners and is branded as WAPA Television....

, where she acted in some of that channel's most famous shows, including 1982's soap, Yo Sé Que Mentía

Yo Se Que Mentia

Yo Sé Que Mentía was a 1982 soap opera produced by Puerto Rico's WAPA-TV.It included Argentina's Daniel Guerrero, Puerto Rican dancing legend Iris Chacón, a young Adamari López, Amneris Morales and Miguel Ángel Suárez and Ángela Meyer as a married couple who tried to make Guerrero and Chacon's...

(I know he was lying), with Iris Chacón

Iris Chacón

Iris Chacón is a dancer, singer, and entertainer. She enjoys great popularity in Puerto Rico and in other Latin American countries, as well as such US locales as New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.-Career:Chacon has been known by various nicknames, such as "La Bomba de Puerto Rico" Iris Chacón...

, the mini series, Las Divorciadas, (The Divorced Women), with Sonia Noemí

Sonia Noemí

Sonia Noemi, "Sonia Noemí González" July 14, 1941, born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, is an actress and singer, who is one of the pioneers of Puerto Rican television.-Early years:...

 and Maribella Garcia, as well as 1984's sitcom, Barrio Cuatro Calles. In the latter comedy she played a Puerto Rican girl who had been born in New York City therefore she used an Americanized, or Nuyorican

Nuyorican

Nuyorican is a portmanteau of the terms "New York" and "Puerto Rican" and refers to the members or culture of the Puerto Rican diaspora located in or around New York State especially the New York City metropolitan area, or of their descendants...

, accent. She played the wife of Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Miguel Ángel Álvarez, also known as "El Men," , was a Puerto Rican comedian and actor.-Early years:...

, who played a bakery owner. They played opposite legendary Cuba

Cuba

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n actor Leopoldo Fernández

Leopoldo Fernández (Tres Patines)

Leopoldo Fernandez Salgado was a Cuban comedian, known as Jose Candelario Tres Patines, maker and performer at the radio program La Tremenda Corte, which is still presented on radio, VCR and DVDs.-Biography:He left school to work and help his family since he was young...

 and Yazmín Mejías.

She has participated at the theatrical versions of many of Latin America's most famous novels, including La Carreta, Orinoco

Orinoco

The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes called the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3% of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia...

, La Clase del 69 and others.

The famous Chile

Chile

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an show host and producer, Don Francisco

Don Francisco (television host)

Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld , better known by his stage name, Don Francisco, is a Chilean television personality, and a popular television personality on the Univision network reaching Spanish-speaking viewers in the United States...

 has invited Barros many times to his Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

 show Sábado Gigante

Sábado Gigante

Sábado Gigante is a Spanish-language television show that is Univision's longest-running program and the longest-running variety TV show in the world. Sábado Gigante is an eclectic and frenetic mix of various contests, human-interest stories, and live entertainment...

. Barros has participated as a comedian a number of times on that television show.

Barros' acting career has not been limited to television and theater, however, as she has participated in a number of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

's most important productions of all times, including Nicolas y los demas (Nicholas and the others), directed by and starred Jacobo Morales

Jacobo Morales

Jacobo Morales is an auteur, whom many consider to be the most influential film director in Puerto Rico's history.-Life and career:...

, Héroes de Otra Patria

Héroes de Otra Patria

Héroes de Otra Patria is a 1998 Puerto Rican film, written and directed by Iván Dariel Ortíz....

(Heroes for Another Nation, which protested the participation of Puerto Ricans in the United States military, particularly during the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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 era), and Los Diaz de Doris

Los Diaz de Doris

-Synopsis:Los Diaz de Doris is the fictional story of "Doris Diaz", a divorced mother of two who is an executive in a San Juan building....

.

In 2002, Barros moved to Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 to act there, after being signed by Venevision

Venevisión

Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...

. She appeared in Ángel Rebelde

Angel Rebelde

Ángel Rebelde was a 2003 Miami, Florida-based telenovela produced by Fonovideo Productions which aired first on Venevisión in Venezuela.- Plot :...

as Simona Ramirez.

In 2008, she acted in Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

's El Rostro de Analía

El Rostro de Analía

El Rostro de Analía is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American-based television network Telemundo. It stars Elizabeth Gutiérrez, Martin Karpan, Maritza Rodríguez and the special appearance of Gaby Espino...

where she played Dionisia Valdez.

In 2010, she acted in Telemundo's Alguien Te Mira

Alguien Te Mira (2010)

Alguien Te Mira is a Spanish-language telenovela to be produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo...

where she played Yoyita.

Awards

• Outstanding comedy actress of the year (Puerto Rico, 1985)
• Comedian of the year (Puerto Rico, 1986)
• Best female actress (Puerto Rico, 1986)
• Best soap opera starring role (Puerto Rico, 1987)
• Best actress (Puerto Rico, 1988)
• Best actress in a supporting role, Critics Circle Award Theater of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico, 1990)

Works

List of appearances in film, stage, and television

Title scope="col" | type scope="col" | Year scope="col" | Role scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
Streetcar named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire (play) A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...	play Play (theatre) A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...	1972	Stella Kowalski Stella Kowalski Stella Kowalski is one of the main characters in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. She is the younger sister of central character Blanche DuBois.-In the play:...	University of Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico The University of Puerto Rico is the state university system of Puerto Rico. The system consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 64,511 students and 5,300 faculty members...  production
La Carreta	play Play (theatre) A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...	1979	Lydia
El ídolo	telenovela Telenovela A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...	1980		WKAQ-TV WKAQ-TV WKAQ-TV is a full-power television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital 2.1. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal and is branded simply as Telemundo....  series starred José Luis Rodríguez
Yo Sé Que Mentía Yo Se Que Mentia Yo Sé Que Mentía was a 1982 soap opera produced by Puerto Rico's WAPA-TV.It included Argentina's Daniel Guerrero, Puerto Rican dancing legend Iris Chacón, a young Adamari López, Amneris Morales and Miguel Ángel Suárez and Ángela Meyer as a married couple who tried to make Guerrero and Chacon's...	telenovela Telenovela A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...	1982
Las Divorciadas	miniseries Miniseries A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...	1984
Barrio Cuatro Calles	sitcom	1984
Padres de hoy	miniseries Miniseries A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...	1985
Nicolás y Los Demás (An ordinary Day)	film Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...	1986	María	Directed by and starred Jacobo Morales Jacobo Morales Jacobo Morales is an auteur, whom many consider to be the most influential film director in Puerto Rico's history.-Life and career:...
Camino Negro	play Play (theatre) A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...	1987	Myrna	Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center The Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center, or Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Spanish, is a multi-use performance centre located Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It features three main concert and theater halls for performing arts displays, including ballet, plays, operas and concerts, as...  production
Hemingway	miniseries Miniseries A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...	1988
Tres destinos	telenovela Telenovela A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...	1993		Genie Montalvo Genie Montalvo Genie Montalvo is a Puerto Rican actress, director, producer and author. She was born in San Juan, November 25, 1951.She starred in Melinda Lopez's How Do You Spell Hope with the Underground Railway Theater at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and in the award winning The Order of Things in...  also appeared
Orinoco	play Play (theatre) A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...	1993	Mina	play by Emilio Carballido Emilio Carballido Emilio Carballido was a Mexican writer who earned particular renown as a playwright....  performed at Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center The Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center, or Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Spanish, is a multi-use performance centre located Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It features three main concert and theater halls for performing arts displays, including ballet, plays, operas and concerts, as...
El Callejón de los Cuernos	television special Television special A television special is a television program which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. Sometimes, however, the term is given to a telecast of a theatrical film, such as The Wizard of Oz or The Ten Commandments, which is not part of a regular...	1998		WAPA-TV WAPA-TV WAPA-TV is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 27, virtual channel 4. The station is owned by InterMedia Partners and is branded as WAPA Television....
Nueva Yol 3	film Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...	1997
La Clase del 69	play Play (theatre) A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...	1997	Gloria	Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center The Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center, or Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Spanish, is a multi-use performance centre located Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It features three main concert and theater halls for performing arts displays, including ballet, plays, operas and concerts, as...  production
Esperando al Italiano	play Play (theatre) A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...	1997		Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center The Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center, or Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Spanish, is a multi-use performance centre located Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It features three main concert and theater halls for performing arts displays, including ballet, plays, operas and concerts, as...  production
Héroes de Otra Patria Héroes de Otra Patria Héroes de Otra Patria is a 1998 Puerto Rican film, written and directed by Iván Dariel Ortíz....	film Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...	1998	Pura Torres
Los Díaz de Doris Los Diaz de Doris -Synopsis:Los Diaz de Doris is the fictional story of "Doris Diaz", a divorced mother of two who is an executive in a San Juan building....	film Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...	1999	Myrna
Entre los Dioses del Desprecio	film Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...	2000
Second Honeymoon	television film	2001	Louisa
El Rompecabezas	film Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...	2002
A 2.50 la Cuba Libre	play Play (theatre) A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...	2002		Ibrahim Guerra play appeared in Miami (with Hoy Como Ayer) and in New York
Ángel Rebelde Angel Rebelde Ángel Rebelde was a 2003 Miami, Florida-based telenovela produced by Fonovideo Productions which aired first on Venevisión in Venezuela.- Plot :...	telenovela Telenovela A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...	2004	Simona Ramirez
Habla y Habla	television documentary Television documentary Documentary television is a genre of television programming that broadcasts documentaries.* Documentary television series, a television series which is made up of documentary episodes....	2006	self
El Rostro de Analía El Rostro de Analía El Rostro de Analía is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American-based television network Telemundo. It stars Elizabeth Gutiérrez, Martin Karpan, Maritza Rodríguez and the special appearance of Gaby Espino...	telenovela Telenovela A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...	2008–2009	Dionisia Valdez
One Hot Summer	television film	2009	Elder Lady 1
Alguien Te Mira Alguien Te Mira (2010) Alguien Te Mira is a Spanish-language telenovela to be produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo...	telenovela Telenovela A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...	2010	Yoyita

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