María de la Paz Padilla Díaz (born September 25, 1969 in Cádiz) is a Spanish comedian, actress and presenter.
After working in a Cádiz hospital, she became known in the comedy contest "Saque bola" (1989) of the TV channel Canal Sur. She later appeared in 1994 in the TV comedy programme "Genio y Figura" of Antena 3.
She then made lots of collaborations in several programmes of this channel. In 1996 she co-hosted the TV gala "Inocente, Inocente".
Between 1997 and 1999, she worked for the famous TV programme Crónicas Marcianas of Telecinco. After that, she has worked for several TV programmes as a conductor.
Besides her career as a presenter and comedian, she has also worked as an actress, emphasizing her pass through theatre thanks to the theatre company El Terrat, through cinema with films like Raluy (1999), Marujas asesinas (2001) or Cobardes (2008), and through successful television series such as ¡Ala... Dina! (2000-2001) in TVE and Mis adorables vecinos (2004-2006), in Antena 3.
Since November 2009 she hosts Sálvame (TV programme) (a program with a large audience in Telecinco) on Thursdays and Fridays and holiday periods.
She has also worked for radio broadcastings in COPE.