Known for: Acting
Born: 1965-05-22 · Jersey City, NJ
Died: 1988-12-21

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Venus Xtravaganza

Acting · follow into films and chains

Biography

Venus Xtravaganza was an American transgender performer. She came to national attention after her appearance in Jennie Livingston's 1990 documentary film Paris Is Burning, in which her life as a trans woman forms one of the film's several story arcs.

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Paris Is Burning

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Long Way Home, and Who Pays For It

A chain about sex work, disability and survival that keeps its camera on the worker's face rather than the client's wallet. It begins with a lift shared between...

8 films

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