Florencia De La V
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| Florencia Trinidad | |
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.jpg) Trinidad in her play ¡Que gauchita mi mucama!, January 2012 |
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| Born | Roberto Carlos Trinidad March 2, 1975 Monte Grande, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Spouse(s) | Pablo Goycochea (m. 2011) |
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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 transgender 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".[citation needed] 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]
References
- ^ “Dejé de ser una paria, ya no me siento una okupa” (Spanish) - Gente Magazine
- ^ "La Pelu, a punto de abrir" (in Spanish). Retrieved on November 5, 2012.
- ^ Story on "Gente" magazine
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 |
