Roberta Close Net Worth
Publish date: 2024-06-17
Roberta Close net worth is
$700,000
Roberta Close Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Roberta Close (born in Rio de Janeiro on 7 December 1964) is a Brazilian model. The first pre-operative transsexual model to have posed for the Brazilian edition of Playboy, Close is probably Brazil's most famous transsexual woman.Close was born under the name of Luiz Roberto Gambine Moreira, and as an adolescent, began to adopt feminine attire and secretly began taking female hormone injections. By the age of seventeen, Close's career as a model and actress was beginning to take off.Close won the "Miss Gay Brazil" beauty pageant at the age of twenty. That same year, she made headlines and was dubbed "The world's most beautiful model". She has played a cabaret singer on a popular soap opera, starred in the 1986 movie Si tu vas a Rio... tu meurs, hosted a late night talk show, and was the inspiration for a hit song by Roberto and Erasmo Carlos.In 1989, Close underwent sex reassignment surgery at Charing Cross Clinic in London, England. Afterwards, she appeared in an extensive photo spread in the Brazilian men's magazine Sexy, and was subsequently voted the "Most Beautiful Woman in Brazil."In 1993, Close married Roland Granacher. The wedding to her Swiss husband took place in Europe, as it would not have been legal in Brazil. Close lived with Granacher in Zurich and Paris until the pair separated in 2000.Roberta's Portuguese-language autobiography, Muito Prazer, Roberta Close ("Much Pleasure, Roberta Close" or "Pleased to meet you, I'm Roberta Close") was published in 1998. In it, she claims to have been involved with numerous American celebrities including Eddie Murphy, George Clooney, and Robert De Niro. It has not been published in the United States.Close was involved in a lengthy legal judicial battle to challenge the Brazilian laws which prevented her from declaring her sex as female on official documents. In 1997, the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled against her. Flávio Giron, the federal vice-prosecutor, argued that "the expert exams carried out have confirmed the male sexuality of the petitioner." On March 4, 2005, Roberta Close acquired legal status as a female in Brazil after Judge Leise Rodrigues de Lima Espiritu Santo of the 9th Family Court of Rio de Janeiro legally recognized Close as a woman. Close's lawyer, Leandro Paiva de Medeiros, said, "In the decision, the judge affirms that Roberta has been a woman from the time she was born; it was only that medical science in 1964 was not capable of identifying this, due to a physical problem that she had." She was issued a new birth certificate by the Office of Public Records of the 4th district of Rio de Janeiro, which states that on December 7, 1964, a child of the female sex was born and was given the name of Roberta Gambine Moreira. | Net Worth | $700,000 |
| Date Of Birth | December 12, 1964 |
| Place Of Birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Profession | Actress |
| Nicknames | Roberta Close, Close, Roberta |
| Star Sign | Sagittarius |
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| 1 | She and Swiss businessman husband Roland Granacher separated after seven years of marriage, reportedly as a result of Close's highly publicized romantic exploits with other celebrities. |
| 2 | Lives in Switzerland (1997) |
| 3 | In 1985, she had her first major film role in the comedy "Si tu vas a Rio . . . tu muers," which launched her to celebrity status in Brazil. |
| 4 | Challenged the Brazilian legal statutes that prevented her from using her preferred name, Luíza Bambine Moreira, or declaring her sex as female on official documents. She took her case to the Brazilian Supreme Court, which, in 1997, ruled against her. In 1999, she was arrested for using a passport with her proscribed identity. |
| 5 | Became the first pre-operative transsexual model to pose nude for the Brazilian edition of Playboy. |
| 6 | At eighteen, Moreira reported for military conscription wearing a dress. She was exempted, but her father, an officer in the army, disowned her as a result. |
| 7 | Although content being transgendered, she was pressured by her agency and others to become a transsexual, and her reassignment surgery was performed in London at Charing Cross Clinic in 1989. After her recovery, she appeared in an extensive photo spread in the Brazilian men's magazine "Sexy", and was subsequently voted by readers "Most Beautiful Woman in Brazil." |
| 8 | Acquired the pseudonym Roberta Close after having gained talent agency representation. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Você Decide | 1999 | TV Series | |
| Mandacaru | 1997 | TV Series | Maitê Flores |
| O Escorpião Escarlate | 1990 | | Brigite |
| Si tu vas | 1987 | | Julia |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Gugu | 2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| Mundo VIP | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
Known for movies
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