Ellas: Laura Di Lorenzo - Comedian & Actress

Laura Di Lorenzo - Comedian & Actress

Jan 11, 2020

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Do you close the doors of opportunity on yourself?

In today’s episode of Ellas, I sit down with Venezuelan actress and comedian, Laura Di Lorenzo, about the importance of placing self-confidence and self-love into your craft.

Laura is the co-creator of The Chonga Girls and shares how she found her passion for comedy and co-creating these enigmatic and hilarious chongas at a young age.

We also talk about collaborating with her best friend and co-creator of The Chonga Girls, Mimi Dávila and maintaining a supportive friendship. Laura also reveals the exciting next steps for The Chonga Girls and developing new skills along the way.

She also goes deep about the steps she takes to have self-love and self-confidence and how that helps her comedy. Laura also shares advice to fellow Latinas that might be going through layovers and how to find the light during this hard time.

Listen to the episode to discover when The Chonga Girls will release their short film and Laura’s UCB stand up appearance!

In this episode we talk about...

1:58 - Laura Di Lorenzo shares how she discovered her passion for comedy

3:22 - Who and what is a chonga? Listen to find out!

4:50 - Find out how Laura and Mimi Dávila created Chongalicious

9:41 - Listen to how The Chonga Girls took a decade break and made their comeback

12:44 - Laura shares how she balanced Laura’s Corner and The Chonga Girls

14:46 - Discover Laura’s journey at We Are Mitú and creating Mirta

17:55 - Listen to how being laid off from We Are Mitú was a blessing in disguise for Laura

21:41 - “Focus on yourself and if you’re a creative person, then what’s the next thing you can do?”

22:33 - Go see Laura’s show “Characters Welcome” at UCB

24:37 - Laura opens up about having a supportive creative family and her love for comedy