Juana Viale

Juana Viale del Carril (born 15 April 1982) is an Argentine actress and television host. She is the granddaughter of Mirtha Legrand and Daniel Tinayre, the great-niece of Silvia Legrand and José A. Martínez Suárez, and the daughter of .

Biography Juana Viale was born in Buenos Aires on 15 April 1982, the daughter of businesswoman and presenter and Ignacio Viale Del Carril. She is the granddaughter of Mirtha Legrand and Daniel Tinayre, and the great-niece of Silvia Legrand and José A. Martínez Suárez.

She began her acting career in 2003, when telenovela producer Marcelo Tinelli convinced her to play a villain in the second phase of .

In 2004, Viale acted in the Telefe series , starring Mariano Martínez and Dolores Fonzi. In 2005, she appeared in the telenovela , broadcast by the Argentine channel América. She starred in two chapters of Mujeres asesinas in 2005 and 2008. In cinema, she made her film debut in the film Radio Corazón together with the leading Chilean actress, Claudia di Girolamo. She next acted in , and was one of the protagonists of The Widows of Thursdays in 2009.

In 2010, she obtained her first leading role, Renata Medina, in Malparida, one of the first Argentine telenovelas in which a protagonist is a villain and murderer.

In 2011, she made her theater debut in the play La celebración, and in cinema she starred in the film . The following year she appeared in two episodes of La dueña, starring her grandmother, Mirtha Legrand.

In 2013, Viale made a special appearance as a villain in the El Trece sitcom Solamente vos, together with Adrián Suar and Natalia Oreiro. The following year she returned as a guest villain in Mis amigos de siempre. In cinema, she costarred with in the movie Mala.

In 2014, she replaced her grandmother on a broadcast of the interview show Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand, making her debut as a host. She also appeared in the Chilean series , and in Argentina.

In 2015, she acted in the film , and in the miniseries , together with Gabriel Goity, Ana Celentano, and .

Viale competed in the dance reality show Bailando por un sueño, where she took fourteenth place after five months of competition. On Netflix, she starred in the series Estocolmo.

In 2018, she starred in Edha, a Netflix series with Andrés Velencoso and , among others.

In Chile, she starred in the play La sangre de los árboles, together with the Uruguayan actress Victoria Césperes.

In 2020, her grandmother Mirtha Legrand had to stop working on her programs Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand and because she was a person at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Juana Viale replaced her at the helm of both programs that year and the following.

In December 2021, the actress premiered a new series on Amazon Prime Video, titled .

Personal life In 2002, a year before entering show business, Viale dated musician Juan de Benedictis, son of the Argentine singer Piero. Their daughter, Ámbar de Benedictis, was born on 2003. In 2005, she started a dating relationship with Doble vida co-star, Chilean actor Gonzalo Valenzuela, they became a steady cohabiting couple, that went on to have two sons, Silvestre, born in January 2008, and Alí, born in March 2012. Their son, Ringo, was born a stillborn in May 2011. Viale and Valenzuela separated in 2014. From 2019 to 2022, Viale was in a relationship with architect Agustín Goldenhorn. In 2024, Viale confirmed her relationship with sailor Yago Lange. Viale and Lange amicably separated in June 2026 . She briefly dated his father, Santiago Lange.

Filmography Films Year Title Role Director 2007 Radio Corazón Manuela Fernández 2008 Juana Federico Palazzo 2009 The Widows of Thursdays Carla Marcelo Piñeyro 2010 Niña Clarita Carlos Galettini 2013 Mala Angélica Adrián Caetano Conchita Alejandro Agresti 2015 Charo Edgardo González Amer Andrea "Andy" 2016 Beyond Brotherhood Mrs. Bedi Arianne Benedetti Resentimental Sofía Leonardo Damario 2017 Mariel espera Mariel Maximiliano Pelosi Los perros Antonia Marcela Said 2018 Camino sinuoso Mía Siero Juan Pablo Kolodziej 2020 Trópico Lena 2021 Lo inevitable Claudia Mariño Ignacio Luppi2022 El paraíso Madame Safó Fernando Sirianni, Federico Breser 2023 Recursos humanos Verónica Jesús Magaña Vázquez Virgen rosa Dennis Smith

TV series

TV programs Year Title Role Channel 2014, 2020–2021 Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand Replacement host El Trece 2015 Showmatch Competitor, 11th eliminated 2018 Me gusta tu canción Host 2019 Guest host Telefe 2020 Guest América TV 2020 Historias de cuarentena Host IGTV 2020–2021 Replacement host El Trece 2022–present Almorzando con Juana Host

Music videos Year Title Artist 2003 "Sin tu amor" Sandra Mihanovich 2013 "El jardín" feat. Javiera Parra

Theater 2011 – La celebración 2015–2018 – La sangre de los árboles 2016–2017 – Noche corta 2019 – El ardor 2019 – Cuarenta días, cuarenta noches 2023 – Trafico (Madrid)

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2003 Martín Fierro Awards Artistic Revelation 2011 Martín Fierro Awards Best Telenovela Actress Malparida 2019 Sea Star Awards Revelation Cuarenta días, cuarenta noches / El ardor 2020 Celebrity with Best Internet Rating Herself Montreal World Film Festival Best Actress Trópico 2021 Best Woman TV Presenter / Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand 2022 Martín Fierro Awards Best Woman Host / Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand