"Spanish actress Jedet has always been a fan of Cristina Ortiz. Also known as 'La Veneno,' or 'poison' in Spanish, Ortiz was a transgender woman who shot to fame in 1996 after a journalist interviewed her in Parque del Oeste in Madrid, where she was based as a sex worker. She later became an actress, singer and model, and the most visible trans person in Spanish pop culture at a time when life was incredibly difficult for the country's LGBTQ community.
'There were no women who looked like her at that time. I was so starstruck when I saw her,' says Jedet, who is one of three transgender actresses who play Ortiz at different stages of her life in Veneno, a television series based on her life, out on HBO Max on Nov. 19 [2020]."
— Suyin Haynes, "How the New TV Series Veneno Is Reviving the Legacy of a Spanish Trans Icon," Time, November 19, 2020
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