Daniela Vega Hernández (born June 3, 1989) is a Chilean actress and
mezzo-soprano singer. She is best known for her critically acclaimed
performance in the Academy Award-winning film A Fantastic Woman
(2017). At the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, Vega became the first
transgender person in history to be a presenter at the Academy Awards
ceremony. In 2018, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most
influential people in the world.Born on June 3, 1989 in San Miguel,
Santiago Province, she was the first child of Igor Alejandro Vega
Inostroza and Sandra del Carmen Hernandez de la Cuadra. Vega began
studying opera with her grandmother at the age of eight. Growing up,
she attended an all-boys school where she was bullied. It was while
she was attending the all-boys school in her late teens that she
realized she was transgender and began to transition. Her parents and
younger brother Nicolás were supportive of her, despite the
conservative nature of Chile at that time. After she transitioned she
suffered from depression due to the lack of opportunities for her as a
trans woman, but her parents were supportive and her father encouraged
her to go to beauty school, and later theater school.Vega was asked by
a writer and director to collaborate on a stage piece about
transitioning, using her experience as a foundation. Her contribution
resulted in her going on to star in the eventual stage production,
Martin de la Parra's 2011 play La mujer Mariposa (The Butterfly
Woman). This piece, where she also had the opportunity to sing, ran
for eight years in Santiago. During this time, she participated in
more pieces, most notably in Migrante (Migrant), a piece about
migration. Vega's profile was elevated to a wider audience when she
appeared in the music video of the famous song "Maria" by Manuel
GarcÃa in 2014. The song and music video were made in collaboration
with a gay suicide prevention organization, to help raise awareness
and prevent suicide in gay teens. She made her screen debut in 2014 in
a drama called The Guest (La Visita), playing a trans woman at her
father's wake.
mezzo-soprano singer. She is best known for her critically acclaimed
performance in the Academy Award-winning film A Fantastic Woman
(2017). At the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, Vega became the first
transgender person in history to be a presenter at the Academy Awards
ceremony. In 2018, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most
influential people in the world.Born on June 3, 1989 in San Miguel,
Santiago Province, she was the first child of Igor Alejandro Vega
Inostroza and Sandra del Carmen Hernandez de la Cuadra. Vega began
studying opera with her grandmother at the age of eight. Growing up,
she attended an all-boys school where she was bullied. It was while
she was attending the all-boys school in her late teens that she
realized she was transgender and began to transition. Her parents and
younger brother Nicolás were supportive of her, despite the
conservative nature of Chile at that time. After she transitioned she
suffered from depression due to the lack of opportunities for her as a
trans woman, but her parents were supportive and her father encouraged
her to go to beauty school, and later theater school.Vega was asked by
a writer and director to collaborate on a stage piece about
transitioning, using her experience as a foundation. Her contribution
resulted in her going on to star in the eventual stage production,
Martin de la Parra's 2011 play La mujer Mariposa (The Butterfly
Woman). This piece, where she also had the opportunity to sing, ran
for eight years in Santiago. During this time, she participated in
more pieces, most notably in Migrante (Migrant), a piece about
migration. Vega's profile was elevated to a wider audience when she
appeared in the music video of the famous song "Maria" by Manuel
GarcÃa in 2014. The song and music video were made in collaboration
with a gay suicide prevention organization, to help raise awareness
and prevent suicide in gay teens. She made her screen debut in 2014 in
a drama called The Guest (La Visita), playing a trans woman at her
father's wake.
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