Venus Xtravaganza

Known for

Acting

Gender

Female

Born

May 22, 1965

Age at death

23

Died

December 21, 1988

From

Jersey City, NJ

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.