Paz Padilla

María de la Paz Padilla Díaz (born 30 July 1969 in <a href="/facts/C%C3%A1diz/nNUXQKlv">Cádiz</a>) is a Spanish comedian, actress and presenter.
After working as a clinical assistant in a <a href="/facts/C%C3%A1diz/nNUXQKlv">Cádiz</a> hospital, she became known in the comedy contest Saque bola (1989) on the regional Andalusian television channel <a href="/facts/Canal_Sur/1TSXxnhS">Canal Sur</a>. She later appeared in 1994 on the television comedy show Genio y Figura on <a href="/facts/Antena_3_(Spain)/XnImI2cF">Antena 3</a>.
She then made several appearances on several shows in this channel. In 1996, she co-hosted the television charity special Inocente, Inocente.
Between 1997 and 1999, she worked for the late night show <a href="/facts/Cr%C3%B3nicas_marcianas/UdXp9Mmw">Crónicas marcianas</a> on <a href="/facts/Telecinco/kxzdfRqB">Telecinco</a>. After that, she has worked for several television shows as a presenter.
Since November 2009, she hosts the talk show Sálvame (a program with a large following in Telecinco) on Thursdays and Fridays and holiday periods.
Since 2019, Padilla has been on the talent show <a href="/facts/Got_Talent_Espa%C3%B1a/TQKQX4fW">Got Talent España</a> as a judge.
Besides her career as a presenter and comedian, she has also worked as an actress: in theatre, notably with theatre company El Terrat; in cinema in films like Raluy (1999), <a href="/facts/Marujas_asesinas/Hjo9e9Ic">Marujas asesinas</a> (2001) or Cobardes (2008); and in television sitcoms such as <a href="/facts/%C2%A1Ala..._Dina!/uzbyCE4U">¡Ala... Dina!</a> (2000-2001) in <a href="/facts/Televisi%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola/VjRhberK">TVE</a>, <a href="/facts/Mis_adorables_vecinos/MdPKdxlN">Mis adorables vecinos</a> (2004-2006) in Antena 3, and <a href="/facts/La_que_se_avecina/CHCIrnwp">La que se avecina</a> (2013–present) in Telecinco.
She has also worked in radio broadcastings in <a href="/facts/Cadena_COPE/c0T5YTSE">COPE</a>.

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