Actor
Lio
June 17, 1962 · 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 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.
Often works with
Richard Anconina
3 titles together
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child, Stars 80, Stars 80, la suite
Patrick Timsit
2 titles together
Stars 80, Stars 80, la suite
Bruno Lochet
2 titles together
Stars 80, Stars 80, la suite
Jean-Luc Lahaye
2 titles together
Stars 80, Stars 80, la suite
Jeanne Mas
2 titles together
Stars 80, Stars 80, la suite
Gilbert Montagné
2 titles together
Stars 80, Stars 80, la suite
Full filmography · 37
The Law of Karma
as Baletti
2026
Elle m'a sauvée
as Maître Nathalie Tomasin
2022
The Demons of Dorothy
as Motherator
20225.2
Stars 80, la suite
as Lio
20174.5
Belgian Disaster
as Marie-Claire
2015
Henri
as Rita
2013
Stars 80
as Lio
20125.7
À dix minutes de nulle part
as Marie
2011
Le Temps du silence
as La chanteuse
2011
Love Like Poison
as Jeanne Falguères
20105.6
The Evening Dress
as Hélène Solenska
20095.8
Rien dans les poches
as Nicole Manikowski
2008