Venus Xtravaganza

Acting

May 22, 1965— December 21, 1988 (age 23)

Jersey City, NJ

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.

Movies

(2 total)

Paris Is Burning

19918.0

as Self

I'm Your Venus

20246.8

as Self (archive footage)