Calpernia

See Calpernia as one of the new Faces of Facebook in “Airplane”, the national commercial for Facebook Home!

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Calpernia Addams is an actress, musician, author and activist. She is currently one of the new faces of Facebook’s national ad campaign for “Facebook Home” also creating and performing an original musical arrangement for the commerical.

Calpernia starred in MTV/Logo’s “Transamerican Love Story“, a show examining dating and romance for trans people. The show won a GLAAD Media Award and was hailed as the first dating show to feature an out transsexual star.

Calpernia has toured the US and Europe playing and singing acoustic music featuring violin, autoharp and accordion with cult indie superstar Patrick Wolf. She can be heard playing fiddle as part of NCIS star Pauley Perrette’s band on Pauley’s upcoming album that also features Adam Lambert’s bassist Tommy Joe Ratliff, guitarist Xander Smith, drummer Veronica Bellino and pianist Michael Weatherly. Calpernia also entertained the troops with her violin in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War.

She performed alongside Jane Fonda in the 10th anniversary production of “The Vagina Monologues” at the New Orleans Super Dome to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina. At Jane Fonda’s behest and under the direct mentorship of Eve Ensler, Calpernia directed the first all-transsexual cast performance of “The Vagina Monologues”, produced by business partner Andrea James. Both women hosted, performed lead roles and read a new monologue written by Ensler based on their lives and the lives of other trans women in the show.

Her memoir, Mark 947, details her Southern childhood and service as a field medical combat specialist with the Navy and Marines in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War.

Calpernia is also known for her work in and for the transsexual community through Deep Stealth Productions. Deep Stealth produces entertainment and educational material promoting understanding and growth centering on the trans community.

Entertainer Bio:

Calpernia Addams has been entertaining for over 20 years, on stage and screen, for straight and gay audiences in venues such as the New Orleans Superdome, the Hollywood Palladium, the Hollywood Forever Masonic Temple, Bimbo’s 365 classic Jazz venue in San Francisco, Hollywood’s Henry Fonda Theatre, Nashville’s The Parthenon, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and countless others.

She has headlined or Grand Marshalled at major Pride celebrations around the country, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas. Her underground dance singles have played in clubs around the world and are top sellers in their genres on iTunes and Amazon.

Her weekly Pop, Jazz and Standards cabaret show, “Calpernia Presents: Goddess“, is consistently sold out and standing room only. On MTV’s LOGO network, she reigned as the first out transsexual in the world to star in her own dating reality show, and Calpernia’s exhaustive IMDB credits include film and television work with Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman and more.

A confident and hilarious event hostess, she takes effortless command of a room and leaves the audience laughing for standup comedy shows, charity auctions, awards ceremonies, fundraiser bingo, drag, burlesque and live music shows.

Her activism work has included fundraising for all major GLBT causes, with specific focus in the past on work with GLAAD, SLDN, The Task Force (NGLTF) and women’s charities such as VDay and Peace Over Violence (LACAAW).

Calpernia is also an accomplished violinist and has experience moving in the highest circles of Hollywood’s business and corporate elite as an upscale hostess and entertainer.

 
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