Laura Frenchkiss

Laura García Soroa (December 23, 1955 – October 24, 2021), better known as Laura Frenchkiss, was a Spanish actress, vedette, sex worker, and LGBT rights activist, known for her role as Rocío in the Atresmedia web series Veneno.

Early life and career She was abandoned in an orphanage shortly after her birth. At the age of 4, she was adopted by a couple from Valencia, who sent her to study at La Salle boarding school. Later, after the death of her adoptive father, she was abandoned again, as her mother could not take care of her due to depression and epileptic seizures. After expressing her gender identity and desire to be a woman, Laura was admitted to a psychiatric center until she was 18 years old.

As an adult, she obtained a hairdressing qualification and found a partner, although both were beaten while hitchhiking in an attempt to move to Barcelona. based on the memoirs of sex worker and vedette Cristina La Veneno, with whom Frenchkiss had worked in prostitution in Parque del Oeste years earlier.

In October 2021, she died at the age of 66 from a heart attack on the street in Torremolinos while returning home after working at the Parthenon nightclub, as she regularly did.

Tributes After her death, Laura received a tribute in the city of Torremolinos in the square dedicated to the trans community, near the town hall square. The event was attended by Laura's family and friends, as well as the Councilor for Equality Carmen García, and council members Nicolás de Miguel and Lucía Cuín.

Among the celebrities who publicly mourned her death were directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, as well as actress and co-star Daniela Santiago.

Filmography Television series