Sasha Velour
- Acting
- June 25, 1987 · Berkeley, California, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint · Self
- King of Drag · Self
- Drag Race Germany · Self
- NightGowns: The Musical · Miss Xandra, Lead Editor
- Drag Queen Christmas 2020
- NightGowns FOREVER · Self, Director
- We're Here · Self
- NightGowns · Executive producer
- BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends · Self
- Out Of The Closet · Self
- The Bold Type · Sasha Velour
- Portrait Of A Queen · Self
- The Pit Stop · Self
- Whatcha Packin' · Self
- Broad City · Sasha Velour
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race · Self