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Tamara Yajia is an Argentine writer, comedian and former child star who is the author of the memoir <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cry-for-me-argentina-9781639733910/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cry for Me, Argentina</a>, which is out now in paperback through Bloomsbury. She has written for ClickHole, Funny Or Die, and several TV series, including Acapulco, This Fool and the upcoming Netflix animated series Strip Law. Tamara has performed on The Moth and was featured on NPR&#8217;s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and her dog, Odie.

Tamara Yajia

Film

Evita, Ballet and How I Became “The Girl Who Broke Her Pussy”

Daniela De Carlo’s latest feature, <a href="https://www.theblackoutmovie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Blackout</a>, was released by Gravitas Ventures and is now available for streaming on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08T728J94/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amazon Prime</a>. Originally from Argentina, she worked her way up from P.A. to writer-director-producer, collaborating along the way with a myriad of industry heavyweights such as Alexander Payne, Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, David E. Kelley, and Tony Scott. In 2010, she helmed the romcom Qualquer Gato Vira-Lata for Buena Vista International, which opened wide in Brazil to unprecedented box office success, and was one of six Hispanic directors on the 2014 feature drama Blue Lips. She was awarded the NBC/Universal Directing Fellowship and appointed to the USA Network show Royal Pains, and as a recipient of the inaugural NBC Female Forward program, recently helmed an episode of the primetime show Chicago Med. She is currently developing a biopic series about Xuxa, the most famous Brazilian pop star of all time. Daniela will exec produce, write and direct, in partnership with Xuxa and Gullane Filmes. She lives in Los Angeles. (Photo by Sari Thayer.)

Daniela De Carlo

Once Upon a Time … Xuxa!

Argentina