Laganja Estranja
- Acting
- December 28, 1988 · Carrollton, Texas, USA
Biography
Laganja Estranja is the stage name of Jay Jackson, an American choreographer, drag queen, and cannabis rights activist based in Los Angeles, California. He rose to fame as a contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, finishing in eighth place. Laganja performed moderately well on the show, winning a challenge while partnered with eventual runner-up Adore Delano. During the show, Laganja became infamous for her over-the-top dramatics, catchphrases, and emotional breakdowns. Jay is a choreographer at Beyond Belief Dance Studio in Mesquite, Texas, a studio owned by his drag mother, Alyssa Edwards. In 2016, Jay and friends developed Laganja's Dance School, a hip hop-oriented jazz-funk choreography class and confidence workshop. The workshop is held in North Hollywood, California, and also tours abroad. In 2014, Jay contributed vocals to a cover of RuPaul's "Jealous of My Boogie", for the album RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz. On June 4, 2018 he debuted on So You Think You Can Dance (United States) on Fox.
Known for
Filmography
- In Hell with Ivo · Self
- The Kelly Mantle Show
- Trixie & Katya Live - The Last Show · Choreographer
- Tongue Thai'd with Pangina Heals · Self
- God Save the Queens · Rita
- PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation · Self
- Open to It
- The Bitch Who Stole Christmas · Self
- Binge Queens · Self
- House of Pride · Self, Director
- The Browns · Fighting Queen #2
- Game Changer · Self
- Laganja's Dance School · Self
- Exposed with Joseph Shepherd · Self
- Out Of The Closet · Self
- Wait, What? · Self
- Portrait Of A Queen · Self
- Straight Outta OZ
- The Pit Stop · Self
- Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz: The Milky Milky Milk Tour 2015 · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Green Screen Christmas · Self
- Whatcha Packin' · Self
- Alyssa's Secret · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race · Self
- Germany's Next Topmodel · Self