Alejandra Bogue

Alejandra Bogue Gómez (born 16 May 1965 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actress, comedian, television host, and vedette.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bogue and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Alejandra Bogue
Bogue in 2020
Born (1965-05-16) May 16, 1965
Mexico City, Mexico
Other namesLa Bogue
Occupation
  • Actress
  • vedette
  • TV Host
  • Model
Years active1984–present

Biography

Early life

She was born on May 16, 1965 in Mexico City, Mexico. Since childhood, Bogue claims to have defined her female identity. She was raised by her mother and grandmother and attended a boys' school in Mexico City. It was precisely during the performance of a school play, that Alejandra was able to interpret a female character for the first time, which affirmed her artistic vocation and gender identity.[2]

In the late 1970's, Bogue participated in a beauty contest called Youth Values of Crossdressing, organized by the famous Mexican drag queen known as La Xóchitl, obtaining first place. At that time, Bogue met Naná, a transgender model, who served as her mentor and integrated her into the world of Mexican sexual diversity. It was in 1984, when Bogue became Alejandra definitively. Bogue started working on a transvestite show at the L'Barón bar, located in the south of Mexico City. It was at the Flamingos nightclub where Bogue began a career as a Female impersonator. She suffered numerous arrests by the police, spending nights in prison, abuse, sexual violence, and various beatings due to transphobia and homophobia. In 1985, Bogue moved to Acapulco where she was part of the transvestite show that was performed at the Gallery nightclub. There she made imitations of figures such as Annie Lennox, Nina Hagen and Madonna. In 1988, she returned to Mexico City, joining the Kitsch Company, a theater company that presented cabaret shows in the famous nightclub known as El Nueve, located in the Zona Rosa of Mexico City.[3]

At that time, Bogue also worked as a model, posing for the lens of many photographers. In that facet of her career, Bogue came to appear in Mexican versions of magazines such as Vogue and Elle.

Career

In 1990, while Bogue worked as the hostess of the Bugambilia nightclub in Mexico City, the photographer Adolfo Pérez Butrón recommended her with the American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin. Bogue is invited to pose for Witkin's lens. The photograph was titled Man with a Dog.[4] In 1992, Bogue poses for the second time for Witkin's lens in photography Three Kinds of Woman.

In 1990, Bogue debuted in the theater with Bertolt Brecht's Baal, directed by José Luis Cruz.[5] Bogue went fully into the theater for the rest of the 1990s. In 1992, Bogue collaborated as a costume designer in Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's film La tarea prohibida.

Between 1994 and 1997 she was part of the theater group La Fábrica, directed by Rosario Armenta. In 1996, she acted with a small role in the film El amor de tu vida SA, by the filmmaker Leticia Venzor.

In 1997 she performed in the play Cuando la higuera reverdezca by Fabiola Díaz de León, under the direction of Darío T. Pie, at the Teatro Silvia Pinal. In 1998 she was part of one of the productions of The Maids, by Jean Genet, under the direction of Adriana Roel, together with the actresses Patricia Reyes Spíndola and Pilar Pellicer and represented in the Foro Stanistablas theater. Thanks to her participation in this montage, Bogue obtained the award as Female Revelation from the AMCT (Mexican Association of Theater Critics).[6] In 1999 she starred in the play Dos Gardenias, by Fernanda Villeli, directed by Patricia Reyes Spíndola.

In the 1990s, Bogue also entered the world of performance accompanying musician DJ Chrysler.[7] She participated with Chrysler in the performance 15'000 volts, and participated in a performance accompanying Chrysler at the opening act of a David Bowie concert in Mexico City in 1997.[8]

In 2000, Bogue performed in a performance at a concert by the Chilean rock group La Ley in Mexico City. Between 2000 and 2002, Bogue participated in a cabaret and drag queen show called El show de las Hermanas Vampiro. It was in 2001 that Bogue met Mexican television host and journalist Horacio Villalobos. In 2001, Bogue began to collaborate with Villalobos in his television show Válvula de escape on the music channel Telehit, owned by the Televisa network. In that same year, she appeared on the film Seres humanos, by Jorge Aguilera. In 2002, Bogue performed in the children's play. In that same year, Bogue performed a small role in the film Frida, a Hollywood production, directed by Julie Taymor and starring Salma Hayek.

In 2002, Bogue was integrated into Desde Gayola, a comic TV show created by Villalobos. In this show, Bogue gained great popularity by playing the characters of La Tesorito (a parody of the Mexican actress and singer Laura León), Tearruina Fernández (parody of the Mexican television host Talina Fernández), and Sonia Infame (parody of the Mexican actress Sonia Infante), among others. In parallel, Bogue held the position of Costume Coordinator for Telehit. Desde Gayola also toured the country with theatrical and cabaret shows. Bogue participated in Desde Gayola: El Show, between 2003 and 2004, and Érase una vez...Desde Gayola, between 2005 and 2006.

Bogue also acted in two chapters of the TV series Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real, produced by Silvia Pinal for Televisa (2002 and 2004). Parallel to her work on television, in 2003 Bogue acted in the comic film Sin ton ni Sonia, by Carlos Sama.

In early 2006, Bogue left Desde Gayola, due to personal and work differences with Villalobos. Desde Gayola finally went off the air through Telehit in August of the same year. After ending her relationship with the TH show, Bogue stopped playing her characters, who became emblems of the series. Currently, comments from the public point out that the Bogue characters were the best that the television show had.[9]

At the end of 2006, Bogue joined the TV show Guau!, a magazine television show produced and broadcast by Telehit and focused on issues of the LGBT community. In that same year, Bogue returned to the theater with the cabaret show No soy Madonna, pero soy La Bogue, a sort of biographical monologue to the rhythm of Madonna's greatest musical successes.

In 2008, Bogue obtained the opportunity to present her first television show: Que show con La Bogue!, through the Telehit signal. Bogue served as producer and creator of the show. In this program, Bogue sang, danced, made imitations, conducted interviews and presented comic skits. Among the characters that Bogue created for her sketches are Betty BO5 (representation of an actress in decline, with problems of alcoholism and drug addiction); Wendy Citlally (makeup artist and stylist, whose bibles are the yellowish magazines), Matalina Vil (parody of the character Catalina Creel from the Mexican soap opera Cuna de lobos), and La Madrota (portrait of an alcoholic and decadent prostitute). The show was aired for three years. In 2009, Bogue served as the host of the Latin American broadcast of the British reality show Sky 1 There's Something About Miriam, broadcast on Telehit.

In 2010, Bogue was selected to be part of the Mexican theatrical version of the film Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar, with the character of La Agrado (played in the film by Spanish actress Antonia San Juan). The play premiered with great box office success at the Teatro de los Insurgentes in Mexico City on March 27, 2010. Thanks to her performance, Bogue was awarded the prize for best female co-performance by the APT (Association of Theater Journalists).

In 2011, Bogue presented the cabaret show: En Vivo, en puntas con La Bogue In 2012, he participated in the original Telehit series Hoy soy nada, produced by Guillermo del Bosque.

In 2012 Bogue was invited to join the transgender panel at the Global Cross Atlantic Summit, organized by Equality Milan and The Harvey Milk Foundation in Italy.[10]

In 2013 Bogue made a special appearance in the film Tercera Llamada, by director Francisco Franco. She also participated with a small role in the acclaimed film Instructions Not Included, directed and starring Eugenio Derbez.

As of 2014, the actress joins various theatrical productions of the projects Microteatros and Teatro en Corto in Mexico City,. In that year, she also acted in some chapters of the webnovela Ana la chica bolera, by Eduardo Solo.

In 2015, Bogue participates in the Mexican telenovela Amor de barrio, produced by Televisa.

In 2016, Bogue poses for the third time for photographer Joel-Peter Witkin, twenty-five years after posing for her lens for the first time. The photograph was titled The Soul Has No Gender.[11] In 2017, Bogue's photographs for Witkin were part of Trisha Ziff's book and documentary Witkin & Witkin.[12]


In 2017, Bogue returns to the theater with the play Zuleyka Montes, directed by Gustavo Sanders. In the same year, she became the host of the online comic and LGBT content show Diva Divergent. In 2018, she appears as a special guest on the MTV Spain reality show Alaska y Mario, starring the singer Alaska and her husband Mario Vaquerizo. In that same year, Bogue entered the world of television dubbing by giving a voice to a character in the Latin American version of the American television series Pose, broadcast by Fox Premium.

In 2019, Bogue participates in the film El viaje de Keta, directed by Julio Bekhor.

In early 2020, Bogue releases a series of capsules and content through its official YouTube account. The content is divided into two spaces: Confesiones de Madame, where Bogue and her range of characters talk about the experiences and experiences lived by Bogue throughout her life and career, and Viva La Bogue en Vivo, broadcast in real time where Bogue talks to the public, introduces her characters, and presents occasional guests. The content is produced by the artist Manu Mojito and Bogue itself.[13] In May 2020, Bogue, in collaboration with Manu Mojito, launched the digital audio visual content platform alejandrabogue.com.[14]

In June 2020, Bogue was part of the music video for the song Love by duet Jesse & Joy.[15]

Filmography

Television host

Television actress
  • Se rentan cuartos Episode: Cruela Glamour (2019)- Cruela Glamour
  • Lorenza Episode: Mala Mami (2019) - Ale
  • Alaska y Mario Episode: Huracán final (2018) - Herself
  • Pose ( Latin American dub) (2018) - Ms. Orlando
  • Amor de barrio (2015) - Kitzia Ariana
  • Todo incluido (2013)
  • Hoy soy nadie (2012) - Becca Lima
  • ¡Que show con La Bogue! (2008-2012) - Betty BO5 / Wendy Citlali / Matalina Vil / Lolita Cohen / La Madrota / Marie Anette
  • Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real Episode: Fátima (2002) - Fátima / Episode: Miranda (2004) - Miranda
  • Desde Gayola (2001-2006) - La Tesorito / Tearruina Fernández / Sonia Infame / María de las Bogues

Film
  • El viaje de Keta (2019) - Sinner
  • Witkin & Witkin (Documentary) (2017) - Herself
  • Instructions Not Included (2013) - Model in the casting
  • Tercera Llamada (2013) - Actress
  • La despedida de Eugenio (Short) (2009) - Camila
  • Acapulco Golden (short) (2005) - Mami Lú
  • Sin ton ni Sonia (2004) - Cuerva
  • Popis (short) (2004) - Friend
  • Casting ...Busco fama (short) (2003)
  • Frida (2002) - Wedding guest
  • Seres Humanos (2001) - Rony
  • El amor de tu vida S.A. (1996)
  • Money Shot (short) (1994) - Hot Line girl

Stage credits
  • Disco 54 (2019)
  • Mala Burlesque Show (2019)
  • Grinder: El Show (2018)
  • Zuleyka Montes (2017)
  • Conejo blanco, conejo rojo (2016)
  • Legalmente perra (2016)
  • El viaje de una estrella (2016)
  • Quiero ser una chica Almodóvar (2015)
  • AmorAtados (2015)
  • Por un shampoo (2014)
  • Sinfonía de un recuerdo en el ropero (2014)
  • En vivo, en puntas con la Bogue (2011)
  • Todo sobre mi madre (2010)
  • Pachecas a Belén (2007)
  • No soy Madonna, pero soy la Bogue (2006-2008)
  • Había una vez: Desde Gayola. Foro Living / Mascabrothers show center (2005 - 2006)
  • Desde Gayola, El show. Foro Living (2003 - 2004)
  • Yo fui una chica Almodóvar (2003)
  • Cinderella (2002)
  • El show de las hermanas Vampiro (2000-2002)
  • Dos Gardenias (1999)
  • The Maids (1998)
  • Cuando la higuera reverdezca (1997)
  • Danzas Efímeras (1997)
  • Proyecto Cancún (1997)
  • Elegía para las almas ausentes (1996)
  • Nocturno grito (1996)
  • Bajo el sigilo de la Luna (1996)
  • Divertidus Generación 2000 (1996)
  • Ocurrencias de hoy (1995)
  • Actos de fé para los mirones (1995)
  • Un viaje para Nítida (1995)
  • Ángeles de hoy (1994)
  • La Fábrica (1994)
  • Cuaderno de amor y desamor (1993)
  • Mishima (1993)
  • Las Ruinas de Bernarda Alba (1992)
  • 15 000 Voltas, versión pantimedia (1991)
  • Baal (1991)

Web
  • Ana la chica bolera (2014) - Beba Urdapilleta
  • Diva Divergente (2017) - Herself / Betty BO5 / Wendy Citlali / La Madrota / Beverly Owen
  • Confesiones de Madame / Viva La Bogue en Vivo (2020) - Herself / Betty BO5 / Wendy Citlali / La Madrota / Beverly Owen / Talina Preciosa / La Treshur
  • NosoTrans (2020)

Bibliography
  • Alaska (2003) Transgresoras, Spain, Ediciones Martínez Roca, S.A., ISBN 84-270-2977-2
  • Osorno, Guillermo (2014) Tengo que morir todas las noches, México, Ed. Debate, ISBN 9786073122689
  • Ziff, Trisha (2016) Witkin & Witkin, , México, Ed. Trilce Ediciones, ISBN 978-6078460052
  • Donnadieu, Henry (2019) La noche soy yo, México, Ed. Planeta, ISBN 9786070758386
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References
  1. "Estrellas que cambiaron de género y triunfan en una segunda piel". June 9, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015. (in Spanish)
  2. Merino, Javier. ""Mexican actress Alejandra Bogue speaks about her transsexuality" in "CNN en Español"". CNN en Español. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. Osorno, Guillermo (2014). Tengo que morir todas las noches. Penguin Random House Mexico. ISBN 9786073123006. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. Romero, Luis Miguel. "Alejandra Bogue: Life and Career of the Transgender woman most celebrated of Mexico". Salvador Núñez. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  5. ""La Bogue": The Transgender Mexican Diva remains her reign". Shock. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  6. "Unseen Showgirl Icons: Alejandra Bogue". Girls Are Awesome. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  7. Bruciaga, Wenceslao. "Alejandra Bogue: To consider myself a pioneer would be petulant, but I can't deny it either". Time Out Mexico. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  8. Aramburo, Alejandro. "The Day When DJ Chrysler opens for David Bowie". Vice. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  9. "The 10 Most Lovely LGBT+ Characters in the Mexican Television". Forbes Mexico. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  10. Pescador, Bianca. "Alejandra Bogue and the feast of being a woman". Kena Magazine. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  11. Esquivel, Beatriz. "La Bogue: 7 photographies of the before and after of a trans woman". Cultura Colectiva. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  12. Campos, Raul. "The Witkins joined in a book". Milenio. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  13. Romero, Luis Miguel. "Viva la Bogue! Alejandra returns!". Ulisex Magazine. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  14. Mojito, Manu. "AlejandraBogue.com was released". Alejandra Bogue. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  15. Montero, Dayron. "Jesse & Joy: A Song for Love". Alejandra Bogue. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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