UVaginal Davis ungumculi odlala eMelika, umdwebi, umlondolozi ozimele, umqambi, umqambi wamafilimu nombhali.Wazalwa e- intersex futhi wakhulela eSouth Central, eLos Angeles, uDavis wazakhela udumo eNew York phakathi nawo-1980,lapho agqugquzela khona indawo yaseBushwick yendawo edonsayo yaseBrooklyn njengomculi wobulili.Njengamanje uhlala eBerlin, eJalimane. Ekhulela, uDavis wayehlala nonina, odabuka eLouisiana, nodadewabo abane abadala.Unina kwaba Black Creole, ubaba wakhe ka -Mexican kanye Jewish sokwehla, futhi umkhulu wakhe kwaba ka -German sokwehla, nge-Davis esishoyo ukuthi wazalwa Wannsee futhi 'izimvu black "we von Hohenzollern lwamakhosi.Umama kaDavis wayeyisishoshovu sokulwela amalungelo abesifazane kanye nomphakathi endaweni eseNingizimu Central, futhi watshala izingadi zokudla ezindaweni ezingenamuntu ukusiza ukondla abantu abangenamakhaya, abampofu nabacindezelwe.Njengengane encane ohlelweni lokufundisa umphakathi eLos Angeles, uDavis wamukelwa ohlelweni lwabafundi abanesiphiwo, lapho aqala khona ukuvezwa futhi wakhulisa uthando lweshashalazi ne-opera. Lapho eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala, uDavis wabona i- The Magic Flute kaMozart ohambweni lwesikole oluya e-opera, futhi wabonisa lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho njengesikhuthazo sokukhula kwakhe njengendlovukazi yokudonsa.