RuPaul Andre Charles ( born November 17, 1960 ), best known as simply RuPaul, is an American actor, drag queen, model, author, and recording artist, who first became widely known in the 1990s when he appeared in a wide variety of television programs, films, and musical albums.

RuPaul is noted among famous drag queens for his indifference towards the gender-specific pronouns used to address him — both " he " and " she " have been deemed acceptable.

RuPaul caused a controversy at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards when he presented an award with actor Milton Berle, who performed an altogether different type of drag early in his career.

RuPaul ( left ) seen out of drag in March 2009.

RuPaul was signed to a modeling contract for MAC Cosmetics, making him the first drag queen supermodel.

The premise of the program has several drag queens compete to be selected by RuPaul and a panel of judges as " America's next drag superstar ".

* " Snapshot " ( song ), a single by American drag performer RuPaul

RuPaul, a famous drag queen.

* RuPaul Andre Charles, American actor, drag queen, model, author, and singer-songwriter.

With the theatrical drag queen presented not as a " female impersonator " but as a drag queen ( for example, Danny La Rue or RuPaul ), drag changed conventions, meaning and audience.

) However, possibly the most famous drag artist in music in the 90s was RuPaul.

Ho, Ho, Ho ( officially titled VH1 Presents RuPaul Ho Ho Ho ) is an album of Christmas music by American drag queen and singer RuPaul, released on October 28, 1997 by Rhino Records.

Supermodel of the World is the debut studio album by American drag queen RuPaul, released on June 8, 1993 by Tommy Boy Records.

Before the release of the album RuPaul was known primarily for being the only drag queen supermodel ( hence the album title ).

The club became a hangout for “ a new breed of politicized drag performers ” like Lypsinka, Lady Bunny, and RuPaul, whose first New York City show was at the Pyramid Club in 1982.

Famous drag queen, RuPaul has also sampled a few of the quotes from the documentary in her movie " Starrbooty ", as well as on her TV show " RuPaul's Drag Race "

The name of the hurricane that Peter gets caught in is named RuPaul which " made his or her way up the coast " as Tom Tucker claimed on the news in reference to the famous drag queen.

Drag performer RuPaul co-hosted mornings with Michelle Visage and Freddie Colon around this period, further helping their ratings.

* 1984 – Manila Luzon, American drag queen performer

* 1967 – Silvetty Montilla, Brazilian drag queen performer

* 1979 – Alexis Mateo, Puerto Rican drag queen performer

* 1972 – Pandora Boxx, American drag performer

* 1984 – Yara Sofia, Puerto Rican drag queen performer

* 1941 – Reg Bundy, English drag queen performer, dancer, and actor ( d. 2003 )

* Sister Roma, American drag performer

The addition of a female performer to the Footlights was a departure, having been until that point all-male, with female characters portrayed in drag.

* Manila Luzon, a drag performer best known for being a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race

Recently, gay white performer Chuck Knipp has used drag, blackface, and broad racial caricature while portraying a character named " Shirley Q.

* Coco Peru, American actor and drag performer

* Divine ( performer ), the drag persona of Harris Glenn Milstead

* Lady Catiria, ( 1959-1999 ), drag performer

Divine has gained major popularity as a drag performer both in Puerto Rico and eastern United States cities such as New York and Miami.

She also became close friends with a transgender person / drag performer known as Beverly LaSalle ( Lori Shannon ) who came into their lives when Archie saved his life when he required CPR, remaining friends with him, despite Archie's discomfort.

Ethyl Eichelberger ( born James Roy Eichelberger, July 17, 1945 – August 12, 1990 ) was an American drag performer, playwright, and actor.

* James Ross ( drag performer ) ( born 1988 ), American drag illusionist

A typical drag performer is a person who “ impersonates ” a member of the opposite sex / gender than their day to day identified gender / sex.

Faux drag performer is a person who performs as the gender they identify as in day to day life.

Balshofer then hired her again to costar with early drag performer Julian Eltinge and newcomer Rudolph Valentino in Over the Rhine, for which she was awarded the title of " Best Dressed Girl in Pictures ".

Unsure of how to find work, he took the advice of a drag performer named Michelle and entered a drag contest at an Oakland bar called Pearl's.

* Shangela Laquifa Wadley actor, comedian, and drag queen, best known for participation on RuPaul's Drag Race seasons 2 and 3.

Divine ( October 19, 1945 March 7, 1988 ), also known as Harris Glenn Milstead, was an American actor, singer and drag queen.

A character actor who often performed female roles in both cinema and theater, Divine also adopted a female drag persona in his musical performances, leading People magazine to describe him as the " Drag Queen of the Century ".

In May 2012, he dressed actor Tilda Swinton for his appearance in drag for the cover of Candy magazine, described as " the first fashion magazine completely dedicated to celebrating transvestism, transexuality, crossdressing and androgyny in all their glory.

She was recently portrayed in the Pedro Almodóvar film Bad Education by a male actor in drag ( Gael García Bernal ) as the transsexual character Zahara, and a film clip from one of her movies was used as well.

During filming one of the obstacle courses scenes, Reitman told the actors to grab Oates and drag him into the mud without telling the veteran actor about it to see what would happen and get a genuine reaction.

Dame Edna, the drag persona of Australian actor Barry Humphries, is the host of several specials, including the Dame Edna Experience.

* Ethyl Eichelberger DNG — Born James Roy Eichelberger, a famous drag queen, playwright and actor, for whom a prize was founded by the downtown Manhattan theatre institution P. S.

Tommy Ivo ( born April 18, 1936, in Denver, Colorado ), also known as " TV Tommy ", is an actor and drag racer, who was active in the 1960s racing community.

The actor had to be believable in drag and as a judge.

* Shequida ( born Gary Hall ), American drag queen, opera singer and actor

He dated the actor and drag queen Divine while the two were each at the height of their popularity.

* Paul O ' Grady-( born 1955 ) British comedian and actor best known for presenting the daytime chat television series, The Paul O ' Grady Show and his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage.

Bunny May was not in fact an actress but an actor who occasionally appeared in drag.

* Spencer Brown as " Trampolina " ( October 2008 – present ) – the Kinsey Sicks were joined in October 2008 by Spencer Brown, a Kansas City-based actor and singer, already known for his drag character Daisy Bucket ( pronounced " bouquet ").

* Brainerd Duffield – First Murderer and as one of the Three Witches ( Duffield is the only actor in the film to play a role in drag.

The video was directed by Lindy Heymann, and features actor John Hurt performing the song in drag.

Performance artist Ragan Fox of the Fox & the City, Minneapolis-based drag queen Wanda Wisdom of Lucky Bitch Radio, Los Angeles-based voice actor Auntie Vera Charles of Vera Speaks, strong proud black woman and aspiring rapper Lady Raptastic of the Lady Raptastic show, quirky post-op transsexual woman Rebecca Nay of the Tranny Wreck podcast and dominatrix Pizza Babe of the PizzaBabe Goes Global podcast have been main fixtures throughout the show's history and have appeared regularly.