MISS COCO PERU - Storyteller/monologist Miss Coco Peru aka Clinton Leupp got his/her start as a downtown favorite in the cabaret world of NY after he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in his first show “Miss Coco Peru in My Goddamn Cabaret” 20 years ago. On screen, Miss Coco is best known for her roles in Jim Fall's Fineline feature film, TRICK (Sundance 1999) and Richard Day's IFC feature length comedy GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS.(Sundance 2002) For this film Coco shared the Best Actress Award with his two co-stars Jeffery Roberson and Jack Plotnick at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen as well as the Best Actor Award at Outfest Film Festival. Other film appearances include TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, JULIE NEWMAR, NICK AND JANE, and STRAIGHT-JACKET. Coco can be heard in the Disney animated feature, THE WILD as Mamma Hippo!  Coco has appeared in follow-up GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS short films, recreating her role from that now cult film on the small, small screen also known as the internet, and in the spring of 2011, Coco completed filming GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS 2, a sequel to the original Girls film which is planned to be released in 2013.

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