Sofia Niño de Rivera

Sofia Niño de Rivera (born November 23, 1981) is a Mexican stand-up comedian and actress. She was Mexico City's 2016 woman of the year, as named by Chilango,[1][2] and has been called a "a leading exponent of stand-up comedy in Mexico and Latin America as a whole."[1]

Career

de Rivera is a cast member on Club de Cuervos, a Spanish-language comedy-drama series on Netflix.[1] She starred in a comedy special on the same platform titled Sofía Niño de Rivera: Expuesta ("Exposed"), released on June 24, 2016. She was the first woman to be given a Spanish-language Netflix comedy special.[1]

In March 2017, de Rivera appeared on a special episode of the US talk show Conan titled Conan Without Borders: Made in Mexico.[3][4][5][6]

Personal life

de Rivera worked in advertising until she was 28, when she decided to start a new career in stand-up comedy.[7] She was influenced by what she saw as heavy bureaucracy and her dislike of how the advertising industry does business.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sofía Niño De Rivera Is Mexico City's Woman Of The Year – Here’s Why". Theculturetrip.com. 2016-12-29. Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  2. ↑ Redacción. "Sofía Niño de Rivera" (in Spanish). Chilango. Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  3. ↑ 24 de Febrero, 2017. "Sofía Niño de Rivera, en show de Conan O' Brien. Con Maxine Woodside" (in Spanish). Radioformula.com.mx. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  4. ↑ 09 de Marzo, 2017. "Televisa no ha entendido cómo evolucionar: Sofía Niño de Rivera. La Taquilla, con René Franco" (in Spanish). Radioformula.com.mx. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  5. ↑ Nidia Martínez de León (2017-02-27). "Conan O’Brien ¿Se muda a Televisa?" (in Spanish). Vanguardia. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  6. ↑ "VIDEO: Lo que sucedió en el programa de Conan O'Brien" (in Spanish). Huffingtonpost.com.mx. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  7. ↑ Andrea García Cavazos (2016-02-29). "A Sofía Niño de Rivera le c*#?n los emprendedores" (in Spanish). Entrepreneur.com. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  8. ↑ Nidia Martínez de León (2016-10-06). "Sofía Niño de Rivera: Pondrá a reír a los saltillenses" (in Spanish). Vanguardia. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
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