Florencia De La V
| Florencia Trinidad | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Trinidad in her play ¡Que gauchita mi mucama!, January 2012 | |
| Born |
Roberto Carlos Trinidad March 2, 1975 Monte Grande, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Pablo Goycochea (m. 2011) |
| Children |
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Florencia Trinidad (born Roberto Carlos Trinidad; March 2, 1975), better known by her stage name Flor de la V, is an Argentine actress, supervedette, comedienne and television hostess.
In 2010, after a court decision, Trinidad was legally recognized as a woman, and changed her name.[1]
Biography
Early life
Florencia was born as Roberto Carlos Trinidad in the city of Monte Grande, Buenos Aires Province. The family home was located in Villa Los Lirios. At age 2 she lost her mother to cancer, and eventually moved to Lomas de Zamora (Province of Buenos Aires) with her father and brother.
At age 17 Florencia dressed-up as a young lady to attend the sweet 17th birthday party of her best friend. From then on she became known as Karen until one day she was renamed by a boyfriend as “Florencia de la Vega”; eventually for legal reasons her name was adapted to Florencia de la V.
Education
She completed her primary and high-school in the suburbs of Lomas de Zamora, located in the southwest part of greater Buenos Aires. A fashion enthusiast since she made her first dress, she decided to follow a career in fashion design at the UNNE, the National University of the Northeast, Argentina. As Karen, she began her career producing out-fits and theatrical garments for Burlesque and Musical productions, until one day she met the main character of a show, a trans woman named Cris Miró (née Gerardo Elías Virguez). At that moment Florencia de la V became a media trans woman taking the main step into a mega-career in show-business.
Since then on, she was godfathered by one of the main Argentinean lords of show-business, Gerardo Sofovich, who guided Florencia to national stardom.
Career Summary
- Florencia de La V began cross-dressing at the age of 17. She enrolled in a university in fashion design, and later took jobs as a designer and promoter.
- She also worked at the popular Buenos Aires club "Tabaris", replacing Cris Miró, a well known transvestite, in the show. It was while working there that she became a vedette, catching the eyes of television and theater producer Gerardo Sofovich.
- She made her acting debut in the TV show Polémica en el Bar ("Controversy at the Bar").
- De La V subsequently played small roles in many telenovelas and variety shows for Argentina's Telefe, but the show that made her an internationally known star has arguably been Los Roldán (2004), a sitcom that became a hit across South America and among digital television viewers in the United States. In Los Roldán, she played as "Raul Roldán", a transvestite who goes under the name "Laiza Roldán" when dressed as a woman. She is currently the hostess of the semi-acted comedy and gossip show called "La Pelu", with Gladys Florimonte.[2]
Florencia de La V expressed that she felt a little uncomfortable at first with being given a job as a transvestite in the soap opera. Later on, however, she accepted the fact that her character shares some life characteristics with her, which made her more comfortable about playing "Laiza Roldán". She has said, however, that for her next roles, she would prefer to play a woman. After Los Roldán ended, Florencia De La V worked in Mar Del Plata.
In 1998 she met her current partner, dentist Pablo Goycochea, whom she married on November 1 in [Buenos Aires]. She has two children, twins, a boy and girl.[3]
Gender controversy
During August, 2014, well known Argentine reporter Jorge Lanata declared that De La V was not a woman but a transvestite; actor Dario Grandinetti made a public comment on a Buenos Aires radio station supporting De La V and Lanata threatened Grandinetti with a perjury lawsuit.[4] (in Spanish)
References
- ↑ “Dejé de ser una paria, ya no me siento una okupa” (Spanish) - Gente Magazine
- ↑ "La Pelu, a punto de abrir" (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2012.
- ↑ Story on "Gente" magazine
- ↑ http://www.diaadia.com.ar/show/lanata-le-hara-juicio-grandinetti
External links
- FlorenciaDeLaV.com (Spanish)
- Florencia De La Vega at the Internet Movie Database
- Florencia de la V at Cinenacional.com
- Personal webpage (Spanish)
| Preceded by Carmen Barbieri |
Bailando Por un Sueño (Argentina) Winner Season 2 (August - September 2006) |
Succeeded by Carla Conte |