Alejandra Bogue

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

She was born on May 16, 1965 in Mexico City, Mexico. Bogue spent her childhood and adolescence searching for her feminine 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 Bogue was able to play a female character for the first time.

In 1984, Bogue begins to lead a feminine life. It was in a beauty contest organized by the famous Mexican drag queen known as La Xóchitl, where Bogue meets Naná, a transgender dancer. From Naná's hand, Bogue joins the world of Mexican sexual diversity in the famous nightclub known as El Nueve, located in the Zona Rosa of Mexico City, joining the Kitsch Company, a theater company that presented shows of cabaret in said venue. She also participated in a transvestite show in the gay bar L'Barón, in thesouth of Mexico City. Eventually, 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 1989, Bogue posed for photographer Joel-Peter Witkin's camera. Her image was part of the exhibition The Soul has no Gender. Bogue has posed for Witkin on various occasions throughout his life.

In the early 1990s, Bogue made her theater debut with the UNAM company with the play Baal by Bertolt Brecht, directed by José Luis Cruz. Bogue went deep into the theater for the rest of the 1990s. She participated in plays such as 15,000 Voltas, pantyhose version (1991) by Luis Carlos Gómez; The ruins of Bernarda Alba (1992) and Mishima (1993) by Abraham Oceransky.

Between 1994 and 1997, she was part of the theater group La Fábrica, by Rosario Armenta. Under the direction of Armenta she participated in productions such as Angels of Today, A Journey for Nítida, Acts of Faith for the Voyeurs, Occurrences Today, Divertidus Generation 2000, Under the Sigil of the Moon, Nocturnal Cry, Elegy for Absent Souls, Project Cancun and Ephemeral Dances.

In 1997 she performed in the play When the Fig Tree Greens 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, along with the actresses Patricia Reyes Spíndola and Pilar Pellicer. Thanks to her participation in this production, Bogue received the prize for Female Revelation from the AMCT (Mexican Association of Theater Critics). In 1999 she starred in the play Dos Gardenias, by Fernanda Villeli, where she was directed by Patricia Reyes Spíndola.

Between 2000 and 2002, Bogue participated in a cabaret show called El show de las Hermanas Vampiro, headed by Oswaldo Calderón "Superperra" and Daniel Vives "Ego". In 2001, Bogue met Mexican television host and journalist Horacio Villalobos. Starting in 2001, Bogue began to collaborate with Villalobos on his television show Válvula de escape on the TeleHit music channel. In 2002, Bogue joined Desde Gayola, a comic TV show created by Villalobos. In this television show, Bogue gained great popularity by playing the characters of La Tesorito, Tearruina Fernández and Sonia Infame, among others. In parallel, Bogue serves as the Costume Coordinator for Telehit. Desde Gayola also toured the country with theatrical shows. Bogue participated in Desde Gayola: El Show, between 2003 and 2004, and Erase una vez Desde Gayola, between 2005 and 2006. 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. Parallel to her work on television, in 2003 Bogue joined the world of cinema, acting in the comic film Sin ton ni Sonia, directed by Carlos Sama.

At the end of 2006, Bogue joined the TV show Guau!, a show produced and broadcast by Telehit and focused on issues of the LGTB community.

In 2008, Bogue returns to the theater with the cabaret show No soy Madonna, pero soy La Bogue. In that same year, Bogue obtained the opportunity to present her first television show: Que show con Alejandro Bogue, through Telehit. Bogue served as producer and creator of the show. In this program, Bogue sang, danced, made imitations and presented skits. Among the characters that Bogue created for his sketches are Betty BO5, Wendy Citlally and Matalina Vil. The show ended in 2011.

In 2010, Bogue was selected to be part of the Mexican theatrical version of the film Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar, in the role 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 (Grouping of Theater Journalists).

In 2011, Bogue presented the theatrical show En vivo, en puntas con La Bogue In 2012, he participated in the Telehit TV series Hoy soy nada.

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

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 acclaimedfilm Instructions Not Included, directed and starring Eugenio Derbez. In 2014, Bogue joins various theatrical productions in Mexico City, including Por un shampoo (2014) and Zuleyka Montes (2017). In 2015, the actress participated in the Mexican telenovela Amor de barrio, produced by Televisa. In 2017, Bogue becomes the host of the online LGBT show Diva divergente. 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 her official YouTube account.

Bogue is a transgender woman.