Cláudia Celeste
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1 January 1952
Died13 May 2018 (age 66)
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Known credits6
Biography
Cláudia Celeste (Rio de Janeiro, 1952 - Rio de Janeiro, May 13, 2018) was a Brazilian actress and dancer. She was the first trans woman to act in a Brazilian soap opera. Born in the Vila Isabel neighborhood, she received the artistic name of Cláudia Celeste when Carlos Imperial watched her show “Once upon a time in Carnival”, at Teatro Rival, in 1973. She started her dancing career at the nightclub "Beco das Garrafas". In 1976, she was elected "Miss Brasil Trans" (at the time Miss Brasil Gay) and with the title, she caught the attention of producers who invited her to act in the 1975 film Mot…
