Hedda Lettuce

Hedda Lettuce
Hedda Lettuce in Provincetown in August 2006
Born	Steven Polito
Nationality	American
Years active	1991 – present
Website	www.heddalettuce.com

Hedda Lettuce is an American drag queen comedian and singer who lives and works in New York City. The New York actor Steven Polito debuted his character Hedda Lettuce in 1991 on the Manhattan Cable TV show The Brenda and Glennda Show. She is one of the few drag queens who actually sings live using her voice instead of lip syncing. Lettuce's appearances include MTV, Comedy Central, The People's Court and a cameo on Sex and the City as Samantha's ex-beau turned Bingo Drag impersonator. Film appearances include To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar; Cruise Control; The Look; Red Lipstick, and Musical Chairs.

Hedda Lettuce was born Steven Polito in New York City, but was raised on Long Island. Polito earned a bachelor's degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology. His first performance in drag was with a friend at Sheridan Square to raise money for Queer Nation. Polito later became an assistant to Lypsinka.

Lettuce also was a model and client of Suede during a challenge in the fifth season of Project Runway. While on the show, she had several disagreements with Suede, especially over his not designing gloves for her, which caused her to call him "lazy". This led to designer Jerell Scott dubbing the name "Hedda Lettuce" as a term for a model that is hard to work with.