Jessica Alves

Jessica Alves (formerly Rodrigo Alves; born 30 July 1983)

Early life and education Alves was born Rodrigo Alves on 30 July 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil, to a Brazilian mother and a British father. Her father, Roserval Alves, hailed from a Portuguese family who arrived in Brazil in the 1940s. She believes people should not be defined by gender. She was shy, and bullied throughout childhood. As a teen, Alves had a hormone difference, with atypical estrogen amounts for her assigned sex, causing breast tissue to grow; her other features were also picked on by the bullies.

Alves moved to London at age 18, where she studied public relations at London College of Communication.

Biography Alves has had several episodes of surgery, including nose jobs which resulted in the loss of her sense of smell.

As of 2018, Alves had homes in London and Marbella, Spain, and was a regular presenter on television. Alves has undergone liposuction, had gel filler injected into shoulders, biceps, and triceps, applies minoxidil topically, has had hair implants and a number of facelifts, wears tinted contact lenses, and has had twelve rhinoplasties.

In August 2018, Alves appeared on the UK television show Celebrity Big Brother as a celebrity housemate. After using the n-word in a conversation about the type of sexual partner she preferred, Alves was given a final warning by producers that if she repeated the offensive language she would be evicted from the house. The incident garnered over 1,000 complaints to regulator Ofcom. After an unspecified "incident", Alves was expelled from the show in the early hours of the morning on the tenth day.

In March 2019, Alves released a song with Italian plastic surgeon Giacomo Urtis called "Plastic World".

In January 2020, Alves came out as transgender after three months of living in privacy. She shared that she had always been depressed and felt that, as risky as more surgeries were, she needed to transition or she would die. She underwent breast augmentation, vaginoplasty , and feminization laryngoplasty . During the early COVID-19 pandemic, she was separated from her family but reunited with them in June. In August 2020, her father died. He had long been worried about Jessica dying from a surgery; they remained close nevertheless.

Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2022 Dating Different Self S2.E37 Jessica Alves: This is my first Blind Date as a Woman 2022 Tonight LIVE with Mark Dolan Self S2.E113, S2.E136 2018 Live - Non è la D'Urso Self S1.E8, S2.E15 Alex e Delia (2020) 2018 Domenica Live Self 13 May 2018, 7 October 2018 2018 Arman ja viimeinen ristiretki Self S3.E1 Ihmis-Ken - oma keho 2018 Celebrity Big Brother Participant Season 22 2018 The Noite com Danilo Gentili Self S5.E53 Rodrigo Alvez 2017 Loose Women Self S22.E14 2017 Botched (TV series) Self S4.E4 To Implant or Not to Implant 2017 Hooked on the Look Self S2.E8 Pixee Fox and Rodrigo Alves' Plastic Surgery Camp, S2.E23 Human Ken Doll's spiritual mission to Delhi, S3.E6 Rodrigo Alves has four Ribs Removed (2018), S3.E27 Bottoms Up! (2018), S5.E1 Meet the Human Dolls Obsessed with Surgery (2020), S5.E9 Rodrigo Alves: Why I'm Becoming a Woman (2023), S6.E6 Ken Doll to Barbie: How will my Friend React? (2021), S6.E24 My £200k Transition is Complete - But will I get the All-Clear? (2021), S6.E32 $1M human Ken Doll reunites with Jessica Alves after Transition (2021), S6.E49 Jessica Alves reveals her new Bikini Body (2021), S6.E81 Jessica Alves finds new 'Life-Changing' Treatment (2021), S8.E11 I'm Ready for a Baby (2023) 2017 Sálvame Deluxe Self El nuevo Sábado Deluxe 2016 This Morning (TV programme) Self 16 May 2016, 3 February 2017, S31.E26, 13 July 2020, S32.E4 (2020) 2015 Reggie Yates' Extreme UK Self S1.E3 Dying for a Six Pack