Jinkx Monsoon

Two-timeRuPaul’s Drag Racewinner and Broadway breakout starJinkx Monsoon(she/her) is the“internationally tolerated” drag icon who’s taken over the entertainment industry as an award-winningstage actress, acclaimed vocalist, stand-up comic, and theatre sensation.Jinkx has garnered an international fan base following her win on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season5 (2013), and continued her winning streak on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7 (2022) whereshe was crowned “Queen of All Queens”, competing against previous winners. In 2023, Jinkxmade her highly-anticipated Broadway debut as Matron “Mama” Morton in Broadway’s longest-running show, Chicago.She has toured the world performing her original cabaret shows with music partnerMajor Scales,including highly-acclaimed shows likeThe Ginger Snapped,The Vaudevillians(which becamea hit off-broadway sensation)and their most recent production,Together Again, Again(2022).As a recordingartist, Jinkx has released three critically-hailed albums of original music written by Major Scales includingher most recentThe Virgo Odyssey (2022),The Inevitable AlbumandThe Ginger Snapped.In 2018, she partnered with best friend and fellow RuPaul’s Drag Race star,BenDeLaCremefortheir first major holiday tourTo Jesus, Thanks for Everything!-Jinkx and DeLa.Jinkx and DeLa’s co-writtenholiday productions have grown into a worldwide phenomenon, spawning the 2019 tour,All IWant for Christmas is Attention, aHuluholiday hit,The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Special(2020), andTheReturn of the Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show, LIVE!(2021) which performed for sold-out audiences acrossthe U.S., U.K. and Canada. In 2022, she and DeLahad their highest grossing international tour to datewith their 5th annualThe Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show.No stranger to film and TV, Jinkx has appeared on the CBS copdramaBlue Bloods,the NetflixoriginalAJ and the Queen, and has voiced characters for such animated shows asSteven Universe,Mighty Magiswords,Bravest Warriors, as well as a few surprises that are yet to come! Jinkx has beenthe subject of two documentaries:Drag Becomes Him, andThe Queens. She is an award-winning stageactress, having won theGregory Awardfor her portrayal ofHedwiginHedwig and the Angry Inch, andmost recently,The MAC Awardfor her showThe Ginger Snapped, co-written with MajorScales