“…Acting in theatre, film and television, she became a reference for audiences across different generations -from those who saw her in the revue theatre in Les Girls, back in 1964, to those who watched Divinas Divas (2016), a film by Leandra Leal (Figure 7), as well as her remarkable television roles, such as Ninete, in the soap opera Tieta (1989). Although she wasn't the first travesti to appear on TV, a position that belongs to Claudia Celeste (Silva Junior, 2017), Rogéria was certainly the most popular and had the longest career, spanning from the 1980s to 2017. Her popularity ended up earning her the nickname that would accompany Accepted into mainstream culture, the Brazilian family's travesti was able to offer, through her charismatic public figure and her constant presence in soap operas and television programmes, references to the general public, consumers of mass culture, on issues related to gender identity -in other words, she promoted socio-cultural mediation.…”