Susana Pérez López is one of the most important Cuban actresses of all time. She was born on May 25, 1952, in Marianao, Havana, Cuba.
Her remarkable beauty and her great acting talent quickly made her the undeniable lead in the Cuban telenovela for over 20 years. Among the most popular among Cubans are:
The Young Woman with the Golden Arrow (1980), Roses on Credit (1983), The Impure (1984), Wuthering Heights (1984), Thérèse Raquin (1985), Sun of the Batey (1985), A Bolero for Eduardo (1986), Without Losing Tenderness (1991), The Honorable (1994), Next Year (1994), If You Could Love Me (1998), The Orphans of the Pious Work (2000), The Ferns' Balcony (2004).
Susana graduated from the Actor Training School of the ICR in 1971 and made her debut as a booth announcer, later becoming a substitute actress on Cuban Television in 1972, marking the beginning of an unstoppable career that now spans nearly 50 years. Throughout this time, she has ventured into not only dramatic acting but also humorous programs, children's and youth shows, radio series, tele-theater, stories, and teleplays. She has also done voiceovers for film and television. Additionally, she has worked as a producer in Cuba and Bolivia and has contributed to education as an Adjunct Professor and Acting Instructor at the Higher Institute of Art in Havana, as well as a teacher at the University of Santo Tomás in La Paz, Bolivia.
As a theater actress, she has delivered masterful performances in Cecilia Valdés, Historias de un escaparate, and Santa Camila de la Habana Vieja, among many others.
In cinema, where he made his debut in the 1970s, he acted in around twenty films, among which are unforgettable titles for Cubans such as Clandestinos by director Fernando Pérez (1987), Otra mujer by director Daniel Díaz Torres (1987), Venir al mundo by director Miguel Torres (1989), Pon tu pensamiento en mí and Amor Vertical by director Arturo Sotto (1997), Aunque estés lejos by director Juan Carlos Tabío (2003), and Perfecto amor equivocado by director Gerardo Chijona (2004)
Among the most significant awards and recognitions, Susana Pérez has received the Distinction for National Culture, awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba (1993), and the Girasol de la Popularidad awarded by the magazine Opina in the years 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1986.
In 2008, he emigrated to Miami, where he has continued to achieve success and has reunited with a part of his audience and many professional colleagues with whom he has continued to share projects
In 2015, he appears alongside his son Roberto San Martín and Reinaldo Miravalles in the short film LA CASA VACIA, inspired by one of the stories from the collection "Un cubano cuenta" by Lilo Vilaplana.
In October 2016, she returned to Havana alongside other actresses as part of the cast of one of the plays premiered during the 16th Havana Theater Festival, Volver a La Habana, by Raquel Carrió. The play premiered at the Teatro Buendía to a full house, with people sitting on the floor and a large crowd waiting outside unsuccessfully to get in.
In 2016, they reunited in Miami on the show El Happy Hour de Carlucho with part of the cast of the popular novela "Sol de Batey." That same year, they launched the YouTube channel "La Pérez con Mayúsculas."
In January 2020, Susana Pérez, along with Alberto Pujol and Roberto San Martín, began recording the short film Clave in Tampa, directed by the Cuban Alex Argilés.
Pérez has been the advertising face of My Cosmetic Surgery for ten years
In July 2020, Susana lent her voice to a video for Donald Trump's electoral campaign aimed at attracting the Cuban vote, which earned her harsh criticism from a pro-government journalist on the island who went so far as to label her an "ex-Cuban." In response to such remarks, the actress received unanimous support from her colleagues and all her followers both on and off the island.
