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Luisa Leschin (born Louisa Josefina Gomez, July 13, 1953) is an American television producer, actress, and voice-over artist. She currently serves as co-executive producer for the Amazon Studios TV series Just Add Magic. In 2019, she won a Norman Lear Writer's Award at the 34th annual Imagen Awards. [1]
Apr 29, 2021 · About five years after the play, Leschin applied for the Disney Writing Fellowship Program and was one of four writers chosen. Ligiah Villalobos, a Latina writer, producer and film professor, ran the Disney program and was impressed by Leschin’s work ethic.
Aug 2, 2023 · For the first time in its 11-year history, Center Theatre Group presented a play written by a Chicano playwright and performed by Latinx actors. Thanks to its box-office success, the CTG bought the Aquarius Theater in Hollywood, where the show ran for a year and a half to sold-out houses.
In Hollywood, Luisa successfully amassed many film and television credits. The fact that all her roles were gang girls, hookers, maids and pregnant women, directly led to her desire to write. As a result, Luisa co-founded the highly successful comedy troupe, Latins Anonymous.
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- Producer, Additional Crew, Actress
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Luisa Leschin
Sep 1, 1989 · Actresses Luisa Leschin and Diane Rodriguez began to realize they had fallen into the rut of playing Latino stereotypes when they looked at their resumes and noticed that nearly all the...
Jul 30, 2019 · Luisa Leschin is this year’s recipient of the Imagen Awards ’ annual Norman Lear Writer’s Award. “Luisa Leschin’s work with her-highly successful play, “Latins Anonymous,” to her ...
Actress. Born in Hollywood, Luisa's life was shaped by her mother's constant travel. Louise Leschin was a concert pianist who toured the world. Her mother's life had Luisa growing up in Guatemala where Spanish was her first language and by age seven - "Little Luisa" had her own variety TV show.
