in fashion design, and later took jobs as a designer and promoter. She also worked at the popular Buenos Aires club "Tabaris", replacing Cris Miró, a well known transvestite, in the show. It was while working there that she became a vedette, catching the eyes of television and theater producer Gerardo Sofovich. She made her acting debut in the TV show Polémica en el Bar ("Controversy at the Bar"). De La V subsequently played small roles in many telenovelas and variety shows for Argentina's Telefe, but the show that made her an internationally known star has arguably been Los Roldán (2004), a sitcom that became a hit across South America and among digital television viewers in the United States. In Los Roldán, she played as "Raul Roldán", a transvestite who goes under the name "Laisa Roldán" when dressed as a woman. In 2012 she became the hostess of the semi-acted comedy and gossip show "La Pelu", with actress and comedian Gladys Florimonte. Florencia de La V expressed that she felt a little uncomfortable at first with being given a job as a transvestite in the soap opera. Later on, however, she accepted the fact that her character shares some life characteristics with her, which made her more comfortable about playing "Laisa Roldán". She has said, however, that for her next roles, she would prefer to play a woman. After Los Roldán ended, Florencia De La V worked in Mar Del Plata. In 1998 she met her partner, dentist Pablo Goycochea, whom she married on 2011 in Buenos Aires. She has two children, twins, a boy and girl. Gender controversy During August 2014, well-known Argentine reporter Jorge Lanata declared that De La V was not a woman but a transsexual. Actor Dario Grandinetti made a public comment on a Buenos Aires radio station supporting De La V and Lanata threatened Grandinetti with a perjury lawsuit. Filmography Bailando por un sueño (Participant) Súper Bailando 2019 (Participant) La Noche de la V (Host) Intrusos en el espectáculo (Host) Notes References External links FlorenciaDeLaV.com (Spanish) Personal webpage (Spanish) 1975 births 20th-century Argentine actresses 21st-century Argentine actresses Argentine musical theatre actresses Argentine musical theatre directors Argentine musical theatre producers Argentine people of Paraguayan descent Argentine vedettes Argentine LGBT actors Living people People from Buenos Aires Province Argentine transgender people Transgender actresses Travestis Participants in Argentine reality television series Bailando por un Sueño (Argentine TV series)