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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 54
Top works
- I May Be Retired but I'm Always a Writer
- I'm a Writer and a Dad Nothing Scares Me
- I Got My Attitude from a Crazy Writer I Am Related to... I Call Her Mom
- I'm a Writer What's Your Super Power?
- Writer Caution, Flying Tools and Offensive Language Likely
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Film & TV
Mangualde, Portugal
Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furtado Tavares de Vasconcelos (born 17 June 1962), known professionally as Lio, is a Portuguese-Belgian singer and actress who was a pop icon in France and Belgium during the 1980s. In 2024 she began serving as a judge on Drag Race Belgium. Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furtado Tavares de Vasconcelos was born on 17 June 1962 in Mangualde, Portugal. When her father was called up to…
Known for
- The Law of Karma — Baletti2026
- Lio — Self2025
- Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2025 — Self2025
- From Rock Star to Killer — Self2025
- "Couch" by Lena Situations — Self - Guest2025
- La Génération des Enfants du rock — Self (voice)2024
- Années 80, les brunes comptent plus pour des prunes ! — Self (voice / archive footage)2024
- Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2024 — Self2024
- Les Scandaleuses — Self2024
- L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)2023
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Belgium
- Active from
- 1962-06-17
Discography
- Le Banana Split1979
- Lio1980
- Amoureux solitaires1980
- Sage comme une image1980
- Amicalement vôtre1981
- Mona Lisa1982
- Amour toujours1983
- Suite Sixtine1983
- Pop Model1986
- Can Can1988
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- Listeners
- 101,239
- Total plays
- 904,095
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There are multiple artists named Lio: 1) Lio is a Belgian singer and actress, born as Wanda Ribeiro de Vasconcelos in 1962 in Mangualde, Portugal. In 1968, she and her family moved to Belgium. She was an pop icon in francophone Europe during the 1980's. In 1982 the American music duo Sparks worked with her on the album Suite Sixteen, on which some of her previous songs were translated into English. She has an extensive discography and has collaborated with several important French music artist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Mangualde
- Sibling
- Helena Noguerra
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Genre
- chanson
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Polydor
- Image
- Lio 2009.jpg
- Height
- 1.65
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- Commons category
- Lio
- date of birth
- 1962-06-17
- name in native language
- Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furtado Tavares de Vasconcelos
- different from
- Lio
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- birth name
- Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furtado Tavares de Vasconcelos
- pseudonym
- Lio
- social media followers
- 6110
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