Calpernia Addams

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.

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