Edith Margarita Massola Mederos

Edith is a versatile Cuban actress in Film, Theater and Television. She is the host of the stellar and popular Cuban Television program "23 y M".

A native of the Los Sitios neighborhood in Centro Habana, a place where she spent her childhood and youth. The actress has had an extensive artistic career that began at the age of 14 when she enrolled in dance studies.

She made her debut in "Una novia para David" with the character of Olga, and then consolidated her career in the fields of musical theater and television.

Her versatility can be seen in dramatized series such as "El año que viene" or "Al compás del son" and recently produced films, including "Nada" and "La noche de los inocentes".

She has been hosting the popular program 23 y M on Cuban Television since 1998, for several years under the direction of Julio César Leal. Currently she is the Director of the program.

Massola is one of the most charismatic Cuban artists. She has the gift of splitting herself masterfully to perform any characterization or activity. Proof of all this has been her film debut in the role of Olga in the film "Una novia para David", in addition to her performances in the films "Nada" by Juan Carlos Cremata in 2001 and "La noche de los inocentes".

She has worked in Cuban telenovelas and dramatized series such as "El año que viene" where she popularized the phrase "Dime algo, Fernández", "Al compás del son", Maritere in "Salir de noche".

In theater, in works such as "Las viejas putas" by Juan Carlos Cremata, in humorous characters such as Maritrini, a character from the musical program "Sabadazo", the pleasant secretary of Albertico Pujols in "Su respuesta, Doctor", in a teleplay with Rigoberto Ferrera, among others.

Theater
The True Story of Pedro Navajas
Las viejas putas
My Fair Lady
A Wall in Havana
Dog's Life
I Myself Give You the A

Film
The Horn of Plenty
La noche de los inocentes
Nada
Una novia para David

Television
Al compás del son
A cabaret
Ajíaco
Casualmente de negro
Contacto (Section Dime algo?)
Day and Night
From Cuban to Cuban
Double Game
Diana
Tonight Comes the Musical
The Millionaire and the Suitcase
The Patio of My House (predecessor of "Lucas")
The Big Business
Escape
Thank you, Doctor
Shout, Girl
The Witching Hour
Swear to Tell the Truth?
The Other Side
The Guests
1921
Much Ado
Winter Landscape
Words of Love
Point G
Going Out at Night
Sabadazo
S. O. S. Divorce
23 y M
And You, What Do You Laugh At?

Edith Massola is one of the most recognizable faces of Cuban Television. There is no Cuban who doesn't know who she is and who doesn't have an opinion about her. Inevitable things when you've been in the entertainment world for decades.

Ironically, Edith didn't direct her first steps toward television, the medium that would make her successful. She studied dance and arrived first at the cinema in 1985 in "Una novia para David" by Orlando Rojas in which she beat the beautiful Jacqueline Arenal in the casting, who was then studying ballet.

That performance was what would open the doors of television for her. She worked in shows like "Sabadazo" and memorable telenovelas like "El año que viene", "Salir de noche" and "Al compás del Son".

However, her consecration would undoubtedly be in "23 y M", which has been in prime time slots on Cuban Television for 20 years.

Edith arrived at 23 y M "by chance", to replace Carlos Otero who had started the project, but decided to abandon it after three months, which was an immense challenge for her. She was then a young woman of 29 years old and she injected the show with freshness and a very personal style of hosting that made the guests feel very comfortable. Soon there was no personality in Cuba in the entertainment world who didn't want to appear on 23 y M. For those who were just starting out in the world of entertainment, being invited to the program was the best launching platform.

Her relaxed way of hosting was not well-liked among more conservative viewers who considered Edith "clownish" and "vulgar"; but she won over the vast majority, tired of the stiff and rigid presenters that until then flooded the television spaces of the Island.

She also works in theater, in cinema and hosts shows at the Salón Rojo of the Capri Hotel in the early morning hours.

Edith is the only Cuban female presenter who has worked on Channel 41 América TV in Miami. During the two weeks she hosted the program, the audience ratings kept going up; and that even though she set as a condition for accepting the job that – under no circumstances – political topics would be discussed.

After turning 50, Edith increasingly considers having some cosmetic surgery to improve herself. Just a slight "touch", nothing exaggerated. She has seen how women end up when their hands go too far and expresses that she would never be crazy enough to inject botox… That would take away much of the mobility of her face; and she lives from "making faces".

Edith is the mother of Natalia Tápanes (1988) and Paula Rodríguez (1998).