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 great acting talent quickly made her the undeniable leading actress of the Cuban soap opera for over 20 years. Among the most popular for Cubans are:
The Young Woman with the Golden Arrow (1980), Roses on Credit (1983), The Impure Ones (1984), Wuthering Heights (1984), Thérèse Raquin (1985), Sun of the Batey (1985), A Bolero for Eduardo (1986), Without Losing Tenderness (1991), The Honorable Ones (1994), Next Year (1994), If You Could Love Me (1998), The Orphans of the Obra Pía (2000), The Balcony of the Ferns (2004).
Susana graduated from the Actor Training School of ICR in 1971 and made her debut as a radio announcer, later working as a substitute actress on Cuban television in 1972. This marked the beginning of an unstoppable career, now spanning nearly 50 years, during which she has ventured not only as a dramatic actress but also in humorous programs, children's and youth shows, radio series, teleplays, and storytelling. She has also done voiceovers for film and television. Additionally, she has worked as a filmmaker in Cuba and Bolivia and has taken on a pedagogical role as an Adjunct Professor of Acting at the Higher Institute of Art in Havana, as well as teaching at the University of Santo Tomás in La Paz, Bolivia.
As a theater actress, she has left us with 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, including unforgettable titles for Cubans such as Clandestinos directed by Fernando Pérez (1987), Otra mujer directed by Daniel Díaz Torres (1987), Venir al mundo directed by Miguel Torres (1989), Pon tu pensamiento en mí and Amor Vertical directed by Arturo Sotto (1997), Aunque estés lejos directed by Juan Carlos Tabío (2003), and Perfecto amor equivocado directed by Gerardo Chijona (2004)
Among the most important awards and recognitions, Susana Pérez has received the Distinction for National Culture, awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba in 1993, and the Girasol of Popularity awarded by Revista 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 colleagues in the profession with whom he has continued to share projects
In 2015, he appears, along with his son Roberto San Martín and Reinaldo Miravalles, in the short film LA CASA VACIA, inspired by one of the stories from the short story collection “Un cubano cuenta” by Lilo Vilaplana.
In October 2016, she returned to Havana alongside other actresses as part of the cast for one of the plays premiered during the 16th Havana Theater Festival, "Volver a La Habana," by Raquel Carrió. The play debuted at the Teatro Buendía with a full house, with people sitting on the floor and a large crowd waiting outside, unable to get in.
In 2016, they reunited in Miami on Carlucho's show El Happy Hour along with part of the cast from the popular novela "Sol de Batey." That same year, they launched a YouTube channel called "La Pérez con Mayúsculas."
In January 2020, Susana Pérez, along with Alberto Pujol and Roberto San Martín, began filming the short film Clave in Tampa, directed by fellow Cuban Alex Argilés.
Pérez has been the advertising face of My Cosmetic Surgery clinic for ten years
In July 2020, Susana lent her voice to a video for Donald Trump's campaign aimed at attracting the Cuban vote. This earned her harsh criticism from a pro-government journalist on the island, who went so far as to call her an "ex-Cuban." In response to these statements, the actress has received unanimous support from her peers and all her followers both on and off the island.
