Verónica Lynn, one of the longest-serving and most beloved actresses in Cuba, shared in an extensive interview her formula for maintaining vitality, clarity, and a desire to work at the age of 95: holding no grudges and doing everything with joy.
The legend of Cuban television and theater talked for more than an hour with Tahimí Alvariño on the program "This is My People" on the Cubamás TV channel, published on Wednesday on YouTube.
Although the host introduced her at 94 years old, Lynn turned 95 this past May.
Starting at minute 42:49 of the video, the actress revealed the philosophy that underpins her energy and mental clarity after more than seven decades of uninterrupted career.
"I never hold a grudge, no matter what has been done to me; with time, I forget it, because that brings wrinkles to the soul, and your soul should never be wrinkled. The soul must always remain fresh," stated the actress with the ease of someone who has made this principle a way of life.
The other pillar of her recipe is joy. Tahimí Alvariño herself recalled that Lynn whispered that advice to her at a gathering of friends: "Never lose your joy. Do everything with joy. Whatever you're going to do, do it with joy."
The host described the actress as someone who cannot stop: if she does, "that's the end of everything." The facts support this claim: at the age of 93, she starred in the play "Frijoles Colorados" alongside actor Del Cabo, kneeling, getting up, and moving on stage for over an hour without interruption.
Lynn also attributes part of her sharpness to her role as an actress: "I am a very observant person, you see, because I am an actress and actors are observers." This ability to look at the world attentively, she says, keeps her connected to creativity.
Born on May 7, 1931, in San Diego de los Baños, Pinar del Río, Lynn arrived in Havana at just five years old and before stepping onto a stage, she worked as a manicurist, hairdresser, and beauty product salesperson.
His television debut came on Channel 4 with Gaspar Pumarejo, in the program "Searching for New Voices," when he was about twenty years old.
The general public came to know her as Doña Teresa in the telenovela "Sol de Batey", a 1985 production regarded as one of the most popular in Cuban television history. That character, as she herself acknowledged, was the one that brought her massive fame.
In the interview, she also spoke about the book "Verónica Lynn, a Life in Art," written by theater scholar Yana Elsa Brugal and published in 2024, which outlines her acting technique based on the Stanislavski method. "The book is not biographical; rather, it’s... it’s all about technique, theater technique, it’s all about acting," she explained. The volume sold out on the same day it was presented at the Book Fair.
In May 2026, Lynn made a comeback on Cuban television to celebrate her 95th birthday, and she remains active on the stages of Havana. Her final message in the interview was as simple as the secret she keeps: "The soul always has to stay fresh."
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