Sasha Velour
Birthday
1987/06/25 (37 years old)
Gender
Unknown
Place of Birth
Berkeley, California, USA
Also know as
Alexander Hedges Steinberg, Alexander "Sasha" Hedges Steinberg, Александр Хеджес Штайнберг, Саша Велюр
Biography
Sasha Velour is the stage name of Alexander Hedges Steinberg, a drag queen, performer, visual artist, and hostess of Brooklyn "Nightgowns" show, as well as the Season 9 winner of RuPaul's Drag Race. Sasha's parents named her after Alexandra Kollontai, a Russian feminist leader, but for most of her life, she’s went by "Sasha", a common Russian nickname for either Alexander or Alexandra. Because she was told her whole life that she had a girl's name, she kept it. "Velour" comes from a fabric often used as a cheaper substitute for velvet, which Sasha thinks is the perfect metaphor for drag.
Acting
(2018) BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
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(2020) Drag Queen Christmas 2020
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(2020) NightGowns FOREVER
as Self
(2014) Broad City
as Sasha Velour
(2016) The Pit Stop
as Self
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Contestant
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Queen Contributor
(2023) Drag Race Germany
as Self - Special Guest Judge
(2017) Portrait Of A Queen
as Self
(2010) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Contestant
(2020) We're Here
as Self
(2017) The Bold Type
as Sasha Velour
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest
(2014) Whatcha Packin'
as Self - Guest
(2020) NightGowns
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(2018) Out Of The Closet
as Self