1991Winner
Best Performance
Paris Is Burning
Venus Xtravaganza
Actor
Jersey City, NJ
May 22, 1965
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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2024Nominee
Best Performance
I'm Your Venus