RuPaul Charles
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RuPaul Andre Charles November 17, 1960 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Years active | 1979–present |
| Notable work | "Supermodel (You Better Work)" |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race |
| Website | rupaul |
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| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia |
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RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960), known professionally by his mononym RuPaul, is an American actor, drag queen, model, author, television personality, and recording artist. Since 2009, he has hosted and produced the drag queen reality show RuPaul's Drag Race, for which he won an Emmy in 2016.
RuPaul was born and raised in San Diego and later moved to Atlanta 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 hit song "Supermodel (You Better Work)" from his album Supermodel of the World (1993) and later dueted with Elton John on the song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". In 1996, he became a spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics, raising money for the Mac AIDS Fund and becoming the first drag queen supermodel. The same year, he landed his own talk show The RuPaul Show which ran for two years on VH1 before co-hosting the morning radio show on WKTU with Michelle Visage. He has since released the albums Foxy Lady (1996), Ho, Ho, Ho (1997), Red Hot (2004), Champion (2009), Glamazon (2011), Born Naked (2014), Realness (2015), Slay Belles (2015), Butch Queen (2016) and Remember Me: Essential, Vol.1 (2017), and 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) and Hurricane Bianca (2016). RuPaul has also published two books: Lettin' It All Hang Out (1995) and Workin' It (2010). His reality television series RuPaul's Drag Race, which follows RuPaul in his search for the next drag superstar, has produced eight seasons and inspired the spin-off shows RuPaul's Drag U & RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race on LGBTQ network Logo TV. He is also a host on television shows Skin Wars, Good Work and Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul.
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