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Lio
Actor, ComposerBorn June 17, 1962 (63 years)
Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furtado Tavares de Vasconcelos (born 17 June 1962), known professionally as Lio, is a Portuguese-Belgian singer and actress who was a pop icon in France and Belgium during the 1980s. In 2024 she began serving as a judge on Drag Race Belgium.
Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furtado Tavares de Vasconcelos was born on 17 June 1962 in Mangualde, Portugal. When her father was called up to fight in the Portuguese Army, the family moved to Mozambique. Her parents divorced and, in 1968, Vanda moved with her mother and new stepfather to Brussels, Belgium, where her sister, actress Helena Noguerra, was born. In her teens she was determined to become a singer, and she was encouraged by singer-songwriter Jacques Duvall (né Eric Verwilghem), a family friend. She took her stage name, Lio, from a character in the Barbarella comic books by Jean-Claude Forest.
In 1979, together with songwriter Jay Alanski, she and Duvall began working with Marc Moulin and Dan Lacksman from the electro-trio Telex. Her first two singles were "Le Banana Split", which sold over 1 million copies, and "Amoureux solitaires", a song originally by punk rock band Stinky Toys. Both songs rose to the top of many pop charts in France, and Moulin and Lacksman also produced her self-titled first album. In 1982 the American music duo Ron and Russell Mael, of Sparks, worked with her on the album Suite sixtine, on which some of her previous songs were translated into English. Suite sixtine was compiled and art directed by Ralph Alfonso for Attic Records Canada, where it was originally released. Her second album, Amour toujours, was produced by Alain Chamfort and released in 1983. The same year, she first appeared on the screen in Chantal Akerman's film Golden Eighties, a lighthearted, humorous French pop musical about the people who work together in a Parisian shopping center. Lio plays a carefree hairdresser in the movie.. In 1984, she was featured in a TV special with France Gall called “Formule 1”, where she sang "Be My Baby" with Gall.
In 1985, she met record company executive and producer Michel Esteban, of ZE Records. She continued to have hit singles in Europe, including "Les brunes comptent pas pour des prunes", and travelled to Los Angeles with Esteban to record her next album Pop model. Several of the tracks were co-produced by John Cale, formerly of the Velvet Underground, and the album produced the hits "Fallait pas commencer", "Je casse tout ce que je touche", and "Chauffeur". In 1988, after she had given birth to a daughter with Esteban, she resumed her acting career, starring in Claude Lelouch's film Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté. The Lio-Esteban partnership produced another album, Can can, recorded in Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro. She also designed a fashion collection for the European department store chain Prisunic. ...
Source: Article "Lio (singer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furtado Tavares de Vasconcelos was born on 17 June 1962 in Mangualde, Portugal. When her father was called up to fight in the Portuguese Army, the family moved to Mozambique. Her parents divorced and, in 1968, Vanda moved with her mother and new stepfather to Brussels, Belgium, where her sister, actress Helena Noguerra, was born. In her teens she was determined to become a singer, and she was encouraged by singer-songwriter Jacques Duvall (né Eric Verwilghem), a family friend. She took her stage name, Lio, from a character in the Barbarella comic books by Jean-Claude Forest.
In 1979, together with songwriter Jay Alanski, she and Duvall began working with Marc Moulin and Dan Lacksman from the electro-trio Telex. Her first two singles were "Le Banana Split", which sold over 1 million copies, and "Amoureux solitaires", a song originally by punk rock band Stinky Toys. Both songs rose to the top of many pop charts in France, and Moulin and Lacksman also produced her self-titled first album. In 1982 the American music duo Ron and Russell Mael, of Sparks, worked with her on the album Suite sixtine, on which some of her previous songs were translated into English. Suite sixtine was compiled and art directed by Ralph Alfonso for Attic Records Canada, where it was originally released. Her second album, Amour toujours, was produced by Alain Chamfort and released in 1983. The same year, she first appeared on the screen in Chantal Akerman's film Golden Eighties, a lighthearted, humorous French pop musical about the people who work together in a Parisian shopping center. Lio plays a carefree hairdresser in the movie.. In 1984, she was featured in a TV special with France Gall called “Formule 1”, where she sang "Be My Baby" with Gall.
In 1985, she met record company executive and producer Michel Esteban, of ZE Records. She continued to have hit singles in Europe, including "Les brunes comptent pas pour des prunes", and travelled to Los Angeles with Esteban to record her next album Pop model. Several of the tracks were co-produced by John Cale, formerly of the Velvet Underground, and the album produced the hits "Fallait pas commencer", "Je casse tout ce que je touche", and "Chauffeur". In 1988, after she had given birth to a daughter with Esteban, she resumed her acting career, starring in Claude Lelouch's film Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté. The Lio-Esteban partnership produced another album, Can can, recorded in Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro. She also designed a fashion collection for the European department store chain Prisunic. ...
Source: Article "Lio (singer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Lio Filmography
| 2022 | Elle m'a sauvée · as Maître Nathalie Tomasin |
| 2021 | The Demons of Dorothy · as Motherator |
| 2019 | Mask Singer (TV Series) · as Hippocampe |
| 2019 | The Traveler (TV Series) · as Anna Farou |
| 2013 | Henri · as Rita |
| 2012 | Our Dear Neighbors (TV Series) · as Céline, Une Conquête Internet De M. Lambert |
| 2011 | Rani (TV Series) · as Madam Rose |
| 2011 | À dix minutes de nulle part · as Marie |
| 2011 | Blood of the Vine (TV Series) · as Angèle Marcarol |
| 2010 | Love Like Poison · as Jeanne Falguères |
| 2009 | The Evening Dress · as Hélène Solenska |
| 2009 | Scènes de ménages (TV Series) · as Livia |
| 2008 | Rien dans les poches · as Nicole Manikowski |
| 2008 | Le prince de ce monde · as Florence |
| 2007 | Mystère (TV Series) · as Michèle Costa |
| 2007 | A Parting Shot · as Eugenia |
| 2007 | The Last Mistress · as La Chanteuse |
| 2005 | Les invisibles · as Carole Stevens |
| 2004 | Colette, une femme libre (TV Series) · as Marguerite Moreno |
| 2004 | Mariages! · as Micky |
| 2002 | Carnage · as Betty |
| 1995 | Dieu, l'amant de ma mère et le fils du charcutier · as Gabrielle |
| 1994 | Personne ne m'aime · as Marie |
| 1993 | Alice Nevers (TV Series) · as Louise Delcourt |
| 1993 | The Dead Mother · as Maite |
| 1992 | Love After Love · as Marianne |
| 1991 | Rock-A-Doodle · as Goldie (french Version) |
| 1991 | Jealousy · as Camille |
| 1991 | Dirty Like an Angel · as Barbara |
| 1989 | Separate Bedrooms · as Marie |
| 1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child · as Yvette, Sam's First Wife |
| 1986 | Golden Eighties · as Mado |
| 1985 | Elsa, Elsa! · as Elsa, Number One |
| 2025 | From Rock Star to Killer (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | La génération des Enfants du Rock · as Self (voice) |
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Et dieu créa Barbie · as Self |
| 2023 | Drag Race Belgium (TV Series) · as Self - Judge |
| 2023 | Une journée avec Jacques Brel · as Self |
| 2019 | The Secret Box (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Passage des Arts (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Stars 80, la suite · as Lio |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | C l'hebdo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Stars 80 · as Lio |
| 2012 | The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | The Voice (BE) (TV Series) · as Self - Coach |
| 2011 | Kids of Töday · as Self |
| 2011 | Dancing with the Stars [FR] (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2010 | It's Only TV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Top Chef (FR) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Jury |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Salut les Terriens (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Infrarouge (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Les vacances de Noël · as Lio |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | 20h10 pétantes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | La méthode Cauet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Nouvelle Star (TV Series) · as Self - Jury |
| 2001 | Star Academy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | En aparté (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Short circuit (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Le plus grand Cabaret du monde (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Roll on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | We Can't Wait for Next Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Tout le monde en parle (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Les enfants de la télé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Taratata 100% Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Les Nuls, The Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | Faut pas rêver (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Fréquenstar (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Collaricocoshow (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Today (FR) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | La chance aux chansons (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Les enfants du rock (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Bananas (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Collaroshow (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Number One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Midi-Première (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | Sanremo (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |