Biography
Who is Daniela Vega?
Early life and background
Daniela Vega Hernández was born on June 3, 1989, in San Miguel, Chile. Her parents are Igor Vega and Sandra Hernández. Growing up in Chile, she attended an all-boys school where she experienced bullying during her youth. During this period, she realized her identity and began her transition with the support of her family.
Despite facing a lack of educational and personal opportunities in Chile at the time, her parents supported her. Her father encouraged her to attend beauty school before she later pursued theater school. She also began studying opera with her grandmother when she was eight years old.
Stage and early career
Daniela collaborated with a writer and director on a stage production about the transition process, using her own experiences as the foundation. This collaboration led to her starring role in Martin de la Parra's 2011 play La mujer Mariposa, which ran for eight years in Santiago and allowed her to show her singing abilities.
She also participated in other stage works, such as the migration-focused piece Migrante. In 2014, she appeared in the music video for Manuel García's song Maria, created in partnership with a gay suicide prevention organization. That same year, she made her screen debut in the drama film The Guest, portraying a trans woman attending her father's wake.
Breakthrough in A Fantastic Woman
Daniela reached a global audience when she starred in the 2017 film A Fantastic Woman, directed by Sebastián Lelio. The movie follows Marina, a woman grieving the death of an older man named Orlando while facing societal prejudice. Critics praised her multi-layered performance, and she won an award for best actress in a foreign language film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
The film went on to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Building on this success, Daniela made history at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018 by becoming the first openly transgender person to present an award during the ceremony. Later that year, Time magazine included her on its annual list of the one hundred most influential people in the world, and she secured a recurring role in the Netflix miniseries Tales of the City.
Birthday and age
Daniela Vega was born on June 3, 1989, which makes Daniela 37 years old today. That birthday falls under the Gemini sign. Daniela shares the date with 51 other famous people.
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