RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960) is an American drag
queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality.
Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series
RuPaul's Drag Race, for which he has received eight Primetime Emmy
Awards. RuPaul is considered to be the most commercially successful
drag queen in the United States. In 2017, he was included in the
annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In
2019, Fortune noted RuPaul as "easily the world's most famous" drag
queen.RuPaul was born and raised in San Diego, California and later
moved to Atlanta, Georgia to study performing arts. He settled in New
York City, where he became a popular fixture on the nightclub scene.
RuPaul achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of
his debut single, "Supermodel (You Better Work)", which was included
on his debut studio album Supermodel of the World (1993). In 1994, he
became a spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics, raising money for the Mac
AIDS Fund and becoming the first drag queen to land a major cosmetics
campaign. That year, he received his own talk show on VH1, The RuPaul
Show, which he hosted for over 100 episodes, while co-hosting the
morning radio show on WKTU with Michelle Visage. He has had continued
success as a recording artist, releasing 14 studio albums to date (as
of 2017), including Foxy Lady (1996), Champion (2009), Glamazon
(2011), Born Naked (2014), and American (2017).As an actor, RuPaul has
made appearances in films including Crooklyn (1994), The Brady Bunch
Movie (1995), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995),
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Hurricane Bianca (2016), the Comedy
Central series Broad City (2017), and the Netflix original programming
Girlboss (2017) and Grace and Frankie (2019). He has also published
three books: Lettin' It All Hang Out (1995), Workin' It! RuPaul's
Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style (2010), and GuRu
(2018). Additionally, RuPaul's Drag Race has produced twelve seasons
to date (as of 2020) and has inspired several spin-off series,
including RuPaul's Drag U, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, and RuPaul's
Secret Celebrity Drag Race. He is also featured as a host on series
such as Skin Wars, Good Work, and Gay for Play Game Show Starring
RuPaul. In June 2019, his daytime talk show RuPaul premiered, which
was cancelled after a three-week test run.
queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality.
Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series
RuPaul's Drag Race, for which he has received eight Primetime Emmy
Awards. RuPaul is considered to be the most commercially successful
drag queen in the United States. In 2017, he was included in the
annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In
2019, Fortune noted RuPaul as "easily the world's most famous" drag
queen.RuPaul was born and raised in San Diego, California and later
moved to Atlanta, Georgia to study performing arts. He settled in New
York City, where he became a popular fixture on the nightclub scene.
RuPaul achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of
his debut single, "Supermodel (You Better Work)", which was included
on his debut studio album Supermodel of the World (1993). In 1994, he
became a spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics, raising money for the Mac
AIDS Fund and becoming the first drag queen to land a major cosmetics
campaign. That year, he received his own talk show on VH1, The RuPaul
Show, which he hosted for over 100 episodes, while co-hosting the
morning radio show on WKTU with Michelle Visage. He has had continued
success as a recording artist, releasing 14 studio albums to date (as
of 2017), including Foxy Lady (1996), Champion (2009), Glamazon
(2011), Born Naked (2014), and American (2017).As an actor, RuPaul has
made appearances in films including Crooklyn (1994), The Brady Bunch
Movie (1995), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995),
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Hurricane Bianca (2016), the Comedy
Central series Broad City (2017), and the Netflix original programming
Girlboss (2017) and Grace and Frankie (2019). He has also published
three books: Lettin' It All Hang Out (1995), Workin' It! RuPaul's
Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style (2010), and GuRu
(2018). Additionally, RuPaul's Drag Race has produced twelve seasons
to date (as of 2020) and has inspired several spin-off series,
including RuPaul's Drag U, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, and RuPaul's
Secret Celebrity Drag Race. He is also featured as a host on series
such as Skin Wars, Good Work, and Gay for Play Game Show Starring
RuPaul. In June 2019, his daytime talk show RuPaul premiered, which
was cancelled after a three-week test run.
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