Joana Benedek

Joana Benedek (Spanish: [ɟʝoˈana βeneˈðek], Romanian: [ˈʒo̯ana beneˈdek]; born Roxana Joana Benedek Godeanu on January 21, 1972) is a Romanian-Hungarian and Mexican actress.

She born from a mix Hungarian-Romanian family. She left her native land in 1987 fleeying from Nicolae Ceausescu's communist regime in search of work. She first moved to Venezuela where she married shortly after arrived and lived there 11 years before moving to Mexico in 1999. In Caracas she continued to study, but later left her studies to work as a model and playing several telenovela characters. In 1997 she signed a contract with a prestigious cosmetics company in New York City. During her stay in the city, she decided to study acting in the Academy of Susan Grace.

She was later discovered by a Mexican producer, which began her career as an actress in telenovelas in 1999. Sirena, Amigas y Rivales, and Angela are some of the melodramas in which the actress has participated.