Lio

Biography

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 fight in the Portuguese Army, the family moved to Mozambique. Her parents divorced and, in 1968, Vanda moved with her mother and new stepfather to Brussels, Belgium, where her sister, actress Helena Noguerra, was born. In her teens she was determined to become a singer, and she was encouraged by singer-songwriter Jacques Duvall (né Eric Verwilghem), a family friend. She took her stage name, Lio, from a character in the Barbarella comic books by Jean-Claude Forest. In 1979, together with songwriter Jay Alanski, she and Duvall began working with Marc Moulin and Dan Lacksman from the electro-trio Telex. Her first two singles were "Le Banana Split", which sold over 1 million copies, and "Amoureux solitaires", a song originally by punk rock band Stinky Toys. Both songs rose to the top of many pop …

Movies & TV Shows

1. Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988) — Yvette, Sam's first wife
2. Stars 80 (2012) — Lio
3. Stars 80, la suite (2017) — Lio
4. Mariages! (2004) — Micky
5. The Last Mistress (2007) — La chanteuse
6. From Rock Star to Killer (2025) — Self
7. The Evening Dress (2009) — Hélène Solenska
8. Dirty Like an Angel (1991) — Barbara
9. Golden Eighties (1986) — Mado
10. Love Like Poison (2010) — Jeanne Falguères
11. The Dead Mother (1993) — Maite
12. The Demons of Dorothy (2022) — Motherator
13. Star Academy (2001) — Self
14. Quotidien (2016) — Self - Guest
15. The Traveller (2019) — Anna Farou
16. Henri (2013) — Rita
17. Carnage (2002) — Betty
18. Invisible (2005) — Carole Stevens
19. À dix minutes de nulle part (2011) — Marie
20. Danse avec les stars (2011) — Self - Candidate
21. Love After Love (1992) — Marianne
22. Separate Bedrooms (1989) — Marie
23. Drag Race Belgium (2023) — Self - Guest Judge
24. Elle m'a sauvée (2022) — Maître Nathalie Tomasin
25. Nobody Loves Me (1994) — Marie
26. A Parting Shot (2007) — Eugenia
27. Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
28. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
29. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
30. The Music According to Tom Jobim (2012) — Self (archive footage)
31. Mask Singer (2019) — Self
32. L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023) — Self (archive footage)
33. Les Nuls, l'émission (1990) — Self - Guest
34. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
35. Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022) — Self
36. C à vous (2009) — Self - Guest
37. La Méthode Cauet (2003) — Self - Guest
38. God, My Mother's Lover and the Butcher's Son (1995) — Gabrielle
39. Jealousy (1991) — Camille
40. La Génération des Enfants du rock (2024) — Self (voice)