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Gladys Portugues (born September 30, 1957) is an American former professional female bodybuilder and actress. As a bodybuilder, she twice placed in the top 10 in the Ms. Olympia contest. She is married to Belgian actor and martial artist Jean-Claude van Damme.

Gladys Portugues
Born	Gladys Portugues (1957-09-30) September 30, 1957 (age 64) Manhattan, New York, U.S
Occupation	American bodybuilder fitness model actress author
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	Jean-Claude Van Damme ​ ​ (m. 1987; div. 1992)​ ​ ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	2

Personal life

Portugues has said that she was inspired to start her own bodybuilding and weight training regimen while attending Marymount Manhattan College, when she saw Rachel McLish on television winning the Ms. Olympia title.

In 1987, at the age of thirty, Portugues married Belgian martial artist and actor Jean-Claude van Varenberg.[1] The couple divorced in 1992, but remarried in 1999. They have two children: Kristopher van Varenberg (born 1987) and Bianca Brigitte (born 1990).[2] Her husband is professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme. [3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Pumping Iron II: The Women	Herself	Cinecom International Films
1986	The Morning After	Bodybuilder	20th Century Fox
1987	It's Alive III: Island of the Alive	Waitress	Larco Productions Inc.

TV

Year	Title	Episodes	Role
2011	Behind Closed Doors	1 season (8 episodes)	Herself

Books

• Hard Bodies Express, Portugues, Dell; Reissue 1988, ISBN 0-440-53426-7
• Hard Bodies, Portugues and Vedral, Dell; Reissue edition 1986, ISBN 0-440-53424-0

References

External links

• Gladys Portugues at IMDb

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