Jedet
{{Short description|Spanish actress}}
{{family name hatnote|Izquierdo|Sánchez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jedet
| image = Jedet.jpg
| birth_name = Carmen Jedet Izquierdo Sánchez
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|7|7}}{{Cite web|title=Jedet |url=https://www.formulatv.com/personas/king-jedet/|website=FórmulaTV|language=es}}
| birth_place = Girona, Spain
| occupation = Singer, actress, writer and LGBTI activist
}}
Carmen Jedet Izquierdo Sánchez, known simply as Jedet (born July 7, 1992), is a Spanish actress, singer, internet celebrity and transgender LGBT activist.
Artistic career
In 2016, Jedet started to be known as King Jedet,{{Cite web |date=12 February 2019 |title=King Jedet admite que ha tenido problemas mentales: "Toqué fondo" |url=https://www.elmundo.es/f5/descubre/2019/02/12/5c62c0acfc6c83f54f8b45f7.html |website=ElMundo |language=es}} mostly on social media through her activism and her YouTube channel. At the same time she published her first book, Mi último Regalo.{{Cite web |date=2 July 2019 |title='Creadorxs': King Jedet sobre la identidad, el compromiso social y la ambición creativa |url=https://www.revistagq.com/noticias/articulo/creadorxs-documental-neurads-king-jedet |website=GQ España |language=es}} In an interview that same year, with WAG1 Magazine, Jedet confessed her intention to transition as a transgender woman.{{Cite web |date=3 December 2019 |title=Jedet desvela que ha comenzado su tratamiento para cambiarse de sexo: "Ya me siento mujer" |url=https://www.elespanol.com/corazon/famosos/20191203/jedet-desvela-comenzado-tratamiento-cambiarse-siento-mujer/449205581_0.html |website=El Español |language=es}}
In 2017, Jedet began her music career by releasing a collaboration with Ms Nina on the song "Reinas".{{Cite web |date=19 July 2017 |title=Así es el videoclip de 'Reinas', de King Jedet y Ms Nina |url=https://shangay.com/2017/07/19/asi-es-el-videoclip-de-reinas-de-king-jedet-y-ms-nina/ |website=Shangay |language=es}}
She began her television career in supporting roles in Looser and Paquita Salas.{{Cite web |date=21 December 2019 |title=Jedet, ante el reto de encarnar a La Veneno para Los Javis: "Sentía que el papel era para mí, lo necesitaba" |url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/noticias/Entrevista-Jedet-Veneno-Atresmedia-Los-Javis_2_2187401243.html |website=VerTele |language=es}} In 2020, Jedet got the leading role in the Antena 3 Veneno playing Cristina Ortiz.{{Cite news |date=1 December 2019 |title=King Jedet, la 'influencer trans' que será la Veneno de Los Javis |language=es |website=El País |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/29/gente/1575028088_345155.html}}{{Cite web |date=23 November 2019 |title=El meteórico ascenso de Jedet, una de las actrices detrás de 'La Veneno' |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/series-tv/2019-11-23/meteorico-ascenso-jedet-actriz-la-veneno_2346660/ |website=ElConfidencial.com |language=es}} She recorded a version of "Veneno pa tu piel" as the main theme of the series.{{Cite web |date=27 March 2020 |title=Entrevistamos a Jedet, protagonista de "Veneno", biopic sobre La Veneno |url=https://www.mondosonoro.com/blog-musica/entrevista-jedet-serie-veneno/ |website=MondoSonoro |language=es}} For this television role she received the 2020 Ondas Award in the category of Best Female Performer in National Fiction.{{Cite web |date=28 October 2020 |title='MasterChef', las actrices de 'Veneno' y 'Patria', entre los premios Ondas 2020 |url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/masterchef-actrices-veneno-patria-ondas-2020-104419/ |publisher=FormulaTV |language=es}}
Private life
Although her parents are Andalusian and she grew up in Polícar,{{Citation |title=Entrevista a Jedet |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrYlBxIByY4 |language=es |website=YouTube| date=24 March 2021 }} she was born in Girona and lived there for several years during her youth, so she speaks fluent Catalan. {{Citation |website=TV3 |title=Jedet Sánchez, de l'èxit de Veneno al retorn a la música en solitari |date=28 December 2020 |url=https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/telenoticies/jedet-sanchez-de-lexit-de-veneno-al-retorn-a-la-musica-en-solitari/video/6076452/ |language=ca}} In particular, she was raised in l’Escala and attended primary and secondary school in Torroella de Montgrí. {{Citation |website=YouTube |title=Entrevista a Jedet - Adolescents.cat|date=24 October 2022 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTPtcb80Ljk|language=ca}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Títle !Channel !Character !Episodes |
| 2018
|Looser |Xadette |3 episodes |
| 2019
|Paris |2 episodes |
| 2020
| rowspan="3" |Atresplayer Premium |3 episodes |
| 2021
|Dolores |1 episode |
| 2022
|Drag Race España{{Citation |title='Drag Race España' y Sharonne brindan un impecable homenaje a Verónica Forqué|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/television/20220425/8220925/drag-race-espana-sharonne-brindan-impecable-homenaje-veronica-forque-mmn.html|language=es |website=www.lavanguardia.com|date=25 April 2022 }} |Herself |1 episode |
| 2022
|ViX+ | Paula |1 episode |
Awards
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Award !Category !Work !Result !{{Abbr|Ref.|Referencias}} |
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2020
| align="center" |Ondas Awards | align="center" |Best female performer in national fiction | align="center" |Veneno |{{won}} |
| align="center" |Hoy Magazine Awards
| align="center" |2020 Pledge | align="center" |Veneno |{{nom}} |
| 2021
|Hoy Magazine Awards |Best look of the year |Makeup: Miss Diamondz Hairdresser: Rafael Bueno |{{won}} |
Discography
- La leona (mixtape, 2018){{Cite web |date=29 June 2018 |title='Mi música es política': King Jedet presenta su primera mixtape |url=https://www.vice.com/es/article/king-jedet-la-leona-entrevista-musica/ |website=Vice |language=es}}
- LOS HOMBRES A LOS QUE HE TENIDO QUE OLVIDAR (2022)
Publications
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/962816965 |title=Mi último regalo : diario de un corazón abierto en canal |publisher= Ediciones Hidroavión|year=2016 |isbn=978-84-945306-8-5 |editor-last= |location= |page= |language= |chapter= |oclc=962816965 |author-link=|last1=Sánchez |first1=Jedet }}
- {{Cite book |first= |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/962816965 |title=Efecto Mariposa |publisher=PLAN B |year=2020 |isbn=9788417809232 |editor-last= |location= |page= |language= |chapter= |oclc=962816965 |author-link=}}
References
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Category:Spanish LGBTQ rights activists
Category:Spanish women singers
Category:Spanish television actresses
Category:Spanish LGBTQ singers
Category:Spanish transgender actresses
Category:Spanish transgender musicians
Category:LGBTQ people from Catalonia