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Abigail Pereira

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Abigail Pereira
Born
Abigail Pereira Ávila

(1986-01-27) 27 January 1986 (age 38)
Montevideo, Uruguay
OccupationEntertainer

Abigail Pereira Ávila (born 27 January 1986) is a Uruguayan artist, actress, vedette, singer, and dancer.

Biography

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The daughter of Graciela Ávila and Walter Pereira, Abigail Pereira has appeared on several television programs such as El show del mediodía, Bailando por un Sueño 2007, and Yo soy el artista [es].[1] She was on the cover of the magazine Semanario in 2007.[1]

],[2][3] in 2007, Pereira managed to change her name on her identity card and passport. In 2013 her birth certificate was rectified in the Civil Registry, where many changes like this are not accepted.[2][4][5] In 2009 she suffered a health breakdown.[6]

Currently working for the Telemundo network and residing in Miami, United States,[7] Pereira became the first trans Uruguayan to have permanent resident by extraordinary ability documents as a woman in the United States.[8][9]

In 2012, she became a spokesperson in ads for the Uruguayan Consular Card (TCU).[10] Pereira was a contestant on Telemundo's Yo Soy El Artista in 2014,[11] and in 2015, she appeared in the Brazilian film Neon Bull.[12]

Television

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References

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  1. ^ a b "La historia de Abigail Pereira" [The Story of Abigail Pereira] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Abigail será desde hoy legalmente mujer" [Abigail to be Legally Woman from Today On]. El País (in Spanish). 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Abigail Pereira a Bonomi: 'Ponete las pilas o dejá el cargo'" [Abigail Pereira to Bonomi: 'Put in Your Batteries or Leave Office']. El País (in Spanish). 20 July 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Abigail Pereira ya es nombre propio" [Abigail Pereira is Already a Proper Name]. LaRed21 (in Spanish). 12 December 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Abigail Pereira festejó su cumpleaños en Verano Perfecto" [Abigail Pereira Celebrates Her Birthday on Verano Perfecto] (in Spanish). Teledoce. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Abigail Pereira internada de urgencia" [Abigail Pereira Urgently Hospitalized]. El País (in Spanish). Montevideo. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Abigail Pereira víctima de un robo" [Abigail Pereira Victim of a Robbery]. El País (in Spanish). 6 January 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Abigail Pereira reveló el impedimento legal para quedarse en Uruguay" [Abigail Pereira Reveals the Legal Impediment to Staying in Uruguay]. El País (in Spanish). 20 January 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  9. ^ Fridmann, Mandy (22 September 2014). "Una joven transgénero conquistó con su voz y su historia en 'Yo Soy El Artista', pero no quedó elegida" [A Young Transgender Woman Conquered with Her Voice and Her Story on 'Yo Soy El Artista', But She Was Not Chosen]. HuffPost (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Representantes uruguayos de la cultura, del deporte y de las comunicaciones difunden la TCU" [Uruguayan Representatives of Culture, Sports, and Media Publicize the TCU] (in Spanish). Uruguayan Consular Card. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  11. ^ a b Trasandes, Monica (23 December 2014). "Ten Big Accomplishments in Spanish-Language and Latino Media in 2014". GLAAD. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  12. ^ Cavani, Júlio (7 January 2016). "Dez razões para ver o premiado filme pernambucano Boi Neon" [Ten Reasons to See the Pernambucano Film Neon Bull]. Diário de Pernambuco (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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