Demanding: Jessica Marais in her new role as transgender Les Girls performer Carlotta for new ABC 1 telemovie, the actress has recently spoken out about suffering from bipolar episodes since age 12.

World's first transgender actress Carlotta slams 'ridiculous' bill that allows people to change their sex on birth certificates - and says children should NOT be allowed to transition.

* Carlotta Monti, 86, an actress whose stormy relationship with W.C. Fields was chronicled in an autobiography and movie, died Wednesday of undisclosed causes in Los Angeles. Miss Monti, the vivaci… ...

At 69, Carlotta is still working. She played Cairns last week and when she finishes in Sydney she is booked for two shows in Brisbane before Christmas: ''You stop working, you get old.