Bibiana Manuela Fernández Chica (born 13 February 1954), better known as Bibiana Fernández and also known as Bibi Andersen, is a Spanish actress and former model.
Biography
Fernández was born in
Tangier
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and spent her childhood in
Málaga
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. She decided to receive hormone treatment in adulthood. She completed her gender confirmation surgery in 1991 and changed her name to Bibiana in 1994.
After spending some time performing in various shows around Barcelona, she went on to make her film debut in Vicente Aranda's ''
Cambio de Sexo'' (Sex Change) in 1976.
With this movie she rose to stardom in Spain, appearing in several TV shows and releasing several hit songs such as "Call Me Lady Champagne" and "Sálvame".
In the 1980s she began working with film director
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and author. His films are distinguished by Melodrama (film genre), melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular c ...
and was cast in many of his movies. She also hosted different television shows while acting in more films.
She was married to Asdrúbal Ametller from 2000 to 2003.
In 2005, she started appearing as a panelist in the talk show ''Channel Nº4'' on
Cuatro
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* Cuatro (instrument), a family of Latin American string instruments, including:
** Cuatro (Venezuela)
** Puerto Rican cuatro
* Cuatro (TV channel), a Spanish free-to ...
with
Boris Izaguirre and
Ana García Siñeriz.
Discography
* 1980 – ''Bibi Andersen'' (album)
* 1980 – "Call Me Lady Champagne" (single)
* 1980 – "Sálvame" (single)
* 1982 – "Canto" (single)
Filmography
*''
Cambio de Sexo'' (1977)
*''
La noche más hermosa'' (1983)
*''
Matador
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'' (1986)
*''
La ley del deseo'' (1987)
*
Rowing with the Wind (1988)
*''
Tacones lejanos'' (1992)
*''
Acción mutante'' (1993)
*''
Kika
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People
* Kika de la Garza (1927–2017), American politician
* Kika Edgar (born 1985), Mexican actress and singer
* Kika Karadi (born 1975), American contemporary artist
* Kika Markham (born 1940), English actress
* Kika M ...
'' (1993)
*''
Más que amor, frenesí
Mas, Más or MAS may refer to:
Film and TV
* Más y Menos, fictional superhero characters, from the Teen Titans animated television series
* "Más" (''Breaking Bad''), a season three episode of ''Breaking Bad''
Music Albums
* ''Más'' (album), ...
'' (1996)
*''Atómica'' (1998)
References
External links
*
Bibi Photo Gallery TributeDiscography
1954 births
Living people
Spanish film actresses
Spanish vedettes
Spanish LGBTQ singers
Spanish LGBTQ broadcasters
Spanish LGBTQ models
Spanish transgender actresses
Spanish transgender musicians
Transgender female models
Transgender women singers
People from Tangier
20th-century Spanish actresses
21st-century Spanish LGBTQ people
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