Sasha Velour
June 25, 1987 (37 years old) in Berkeley, California, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Drag Race Germany as Self - Special Guest Judge
- 2020 · Drag Queen Christmas 2020 as
- 2020 · NightGowns FOREVER as Self
- 2020 · We're Here as Self
- 2020 · NightGowns as
- 2018 · BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends as
- 2018 · Out Of The Closet as Self
- 2017 · The Bold Type as Sasha Velour
- 2017 · Portrait Of A Queen as Self
- 2016 · The Pit Stop as Self
- 2014 · Whatcha Packin' as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Broad City as Sasha Velour
- 2010 · RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked as Self - Contestant
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Contestant
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Queen Contributor
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest