13 Facts About Daniela Vega

Daniela Vega Hernandez was born on 1989 and is a Chilean actress and mezzo-soprano singer.

Daniela Vega is best known for her critically acclaimed performance in the Academy Award-winning film A Fantastic Woman.

At the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, Vega became the first transgender person in history to be a presenter at the Academy Awards ceremony.

Daniela Vega Hernandez was born in 1989 in San Miguel, Santiago Province, as the first child of Igor Alejandro Vega Inostroza and Sandra del Carmen Hernandez de la Cuadra.

Daniela Vega began studying opera with her grandmother at the age of eight.

Daniela Vega described suffering depression for the three years of transition due to the lack of opportunities in Chile to progress her education or express herself, but Daniela Vega's parents were supportive and her father encouraged her to go to beauty school, and later theater school.

Daniela Vega was asked by a writer and director to collaborate on a stage piece about transitioning, using her experience as a foundation.

Daniela Vega's contribution resulted in her going on to star in the eventual stage production, Martin de la Parra's 2011 play La mujer Mariposa.

Daniela Vega's profile was elevated to a wider audience when she appeared in the music video of the famous song "Maria" by Manuel Garcia in 2014.

Daniela Vega made her screen debut in 2014 in a drama called The Guest, playing a trans woman at her father's wake.

Daniela Vega won an award for her performance at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for Best Actress in a Foreign Language Film.

In 2018, it was announced that Daniela Vega would have a recurring role in the Netflix miniseries Tales of the City.

Daniela Vega became the first transgender person in history to be an Academy Awards presenter in 2018.