Eva María Hernández Villegas (born 7 August 1971), better known as Eva Hache, is a Spanish
comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience dir ...
,
actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
and television show
hostess. Among other performances, she is known for her late night show ''
Noche hache'', and for hosting two successive
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain.
The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...
ceremonies (2012 and 2013).
Biography
Hache was born in
Segovia
Segovia ( , , ) is a city in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia.
Segovia is in the Inner Plateau ('' Meseta central''), near the northern slopes o ...
,
Castile and León. After majoring in English, she began her career as a stage actress. She performed in several classical plays with director Juan Antonio Quintana's company at the ''Aula de Teatro'' of the
Universidad de Valladolid
The University of Valladolid is a public university located in the city of Valladolid, Valladolid province, autonomous region of Castile and Leon, Spain. Established in the 13th century, it is one of the oldest universities in the world. The un ...
. After four years, she decided to take some free time to travel around the world, and on her return in 2000 played in a self-produced
cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dinin ...
piece, ''Todo por la Talanga, el Chou'', in which the audience played an active role.
She managed to do comedy
monologue
In theatre, a monologue (from el, μονόλογος, from μόνος ''mónos'', "alone, solitary" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes a ...
s in several programs for the
Paramount Comedy channel until, in 2003, she won the 4th Monologue Contest from the Comedy Club (''El Club de la Comedia''). After that, she was hired by producer-company Globomedia, which decided she should accompany Manel Fuentes, conductor of the late night show ''Fuentes y cia'', where she would play a comic reporter. She achieved popularity in the show, which enabled her to participate in other shows, such as ''Splunge'' (a comic sketches show), and make punctual appearances as an actress in sitcoms, like the popular ''
7 Vidas
''7 Vidas'' is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives (in contrast to English-speaking countries, whe ...
'' and ''Casi Perfectos''.
As a theatre actress, she had main roles in ''5mujeres.com'' (2003–2004) and ''Hombres, mujeres y punto'' (2004–2005). Eva Hache has performed in
films too, most notably in ''Locos por el sexo'', directed by Javier Rebollo. She has also done radio performances in
Cadena Ser
La Cadena SER (the SER Network) is Spain's premier radio network in terms of both seniority (it was created in 1924) and audience share (it had a regular listenership in 2018 of 4,139,000). The acronym SER stands for ''Sociedad Española de Radi ...
's ''La ventana del verano'', hosted by
Gemma Nierga.
After that, and still under contract with Globomedia, Hache became the hostess of the late night show ''
Noche Hache'' (2005-2008), on
Cuatro
Cuatro is Spanish (and other Romance languages) for the number four.
Cuatro may also refer to:
* Cuatro (instrument), name for two distinct Latin American instruments, one from Puerto Rico (see Cuatro) and the other from Venezuela (see Cuatr ...
. It was her first work as the main host. She won the 2005 Academy of Television (ATV) Prize, in the Best Entertainment Program Communicator category. That same year she was also nominated for the
TP de Oro
The TP de Oro were a series of Spanish annual television awards awarded between 1972 and 2011 by ''Teleprograma'' magazine. In 2012 they were absorbed by Fotogramas de Plata awards.
References
External links
Web oficial de TPIMDb Page
Spani ...
award for Best Entertainment Program Hostess.
In 2009, she was part of the cast of the Spanish adaptation of ''
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serve ...
'', which also aired on Cuatro. The show was cancelled due to low ratings.
In 2011, she became the main host of stand-up comedy show ''El Club de la Comedia'', on
laSexta
La Sexta (; "The Sixth"; stylized as laSexta) is a Spanish free-to-air television channel. It is privately owned and was originally founded on 18 March 2001 as Beca TV that began broadcasting on 1 April 2001, that same year. By 21 July 2003, the ...
, the show where she had first risen to prominence.
In 2012 and 2013, Eva Hache presented the
26th and
27th editions, respectively, of the
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain.
The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...
.
In February 2015, Cuatro aired the first episode of candid camera show ''Guasabi'', hosted by Eva; laSexta, owned by
Atresmedia
Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A., previously Grupo Antena 3, is a Spanish media group, present in the television, radio and filmmaking industries. Significant shareholders include Grupo Planeta and Bertelsmann.
On 6 Ma ...
, removed her from ''El Club de la Comedia'' due to her working for rival group
Mediaset
Mediaset Italia S.p.A., also known as Mediaset, is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE - MediaForEurope. Founded in 1987 by forme ...
. Cuatro cancelled ''Guasabi'' after the first episode due to its poor ratings.
In August 2015,
Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially laun ...
announced her as one of the judges of talent competition ''
Got Talent España
''Got Talent España'' ( en, Got Talent Spain), is the Spanish version of the international '' Got Talent'' series. It is hosted by Santi Millán and broadcast on Spanish Telecinco channel. The idea behind the programme is to search for the mos ...
'', Spanish adaptation of the international ''
Got Talent
''Got Talent'' is a British talent show TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. It has spawned spin-offs in over 69 countries, in what is now referred to as the 'Got Talent' format, similar to that described by Fremantl ...
'' franchise. In 2016, she starred in the Spanish adaptation of TV series ''
Web Therapy
''Web Therapy'' is an improvised online series starring Lisa Kudrow as Fiona Wallice, a therapist who has conceived of a new form of therapy, the titular "web therapy". The series debuted on LStudio.com on September 22, 2008.
Synopsis
Fiona Wall ...
'' on
#0.
In April 2022, she was Special guest in the Snatch Game episode of ''
Season 2 Season 2 may refer to:
* ''Season 2'' (Infinite album)
* '' 2econd Season''
See also
*
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'' of the reality competition streaming television series
Drag Race España, produced by
Atresmedia
Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A., previously Grupo Antena 3, is a Spanish media group, present in the television, radio and filmmaking industries. Significant shareholders include Grupo Planeta and Bertelsmann.
On 6 Ma ...
in collaboration with Buendía Estudios and executive produced by
World of Wonder.
References
External links
Her IMDB profile
Official page of ''Noche Hache''
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1972 births
Living people
People from Segovia
Spanish stage actresses
Spanish women comedians
Spanish television presenters
Spanish television actresses
Spanish women television presenters
Spanish stand-up comedians