About
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...
Known for
The TravellerSeries • 2019
Itinerary of a Spoiled ChildMovie • 1988
Mariages!Movie • 2004
The Last MistressMovie • 2007
The Dead MotherMovie • 1993
Golden EightiesMovie • 1986
Dirty Like an AngelMovie • 1991
The Demons of DorothyMovie • 2022
Stars 80Movie • 2012
Stars 80, la suiteMovie • 2017
The Evening DressMovie • 2009
Love Like PoisonMovie • 2010