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RuPaul Andre Charles Is An American Drag Queen Television Personality Actor Musician And Model. Best Known For Producing Hosting And Judging The Reality Competition Series RuPaul's Drag Race He Has Received Several Accolades Including 12 Primetime Emmy Awards Three GLAAD Media Awards A Critics' Choice Television Award Two Billboard Music Awards And A Tony Award. Born And Raised In San Diego California RuPaul Later Studied Performing Arts In Atlanta Georgia. He Settled In New York City Where He Became A Popular Fixture On The LGBTQ Nightclub Scene. He Achieved International Fame As A Drag Queen With The Release Of His Debut Single "Supermodel You Better Work " Which Was Included On His Debut Studio Album Supermodel Of The World 1993 . He Became A Spokesperson For MAC Cosmetics In 1994 Raising Money For The Mac AIDS Fund And Becoming The First Drag Queen To Land A Major Cosmetics Campaign. He Later Received His Own Talk Show On VH1 Called The RuPaul Show Which He Hosted For Over 100 Episodes While Co-Hosting The Morning Radio Show On WKTU With Michelle Visage. RuPaul's Drag Race Was Created In 2009 And Has Gone On To Produce Fourteen Seasons In The United States. The Show Has Also Seen Success Internationally With Several International Variants Of The Show Being Made Such As RuPaul's Drag Race UK And Canada's Drag Race. This Has Also Inspired Several Spin-Offs Of The Main Show Including RuPaul's Drag U RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars And RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. He Is Also Featured As A Host On Other Reality Television Series Such As Skin Wars Good Work And Gay For Play Game Show Starring RuPaul. RuPaul Has Made Appearances In Films Such As Crooklyn 1994 The Brady Bunch Movie 1995 To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar 1995 But I'm A Cheerleader 1999 Television Shows Such As Girlboss 2017 Broad City 2017 And Grace And Frankie 2019 . He Later Created And Starred In His Own Netflix Original Television Series AJ And The Queen 2020 . In Addition He Has Also Published Three Books Lettin' It All Hang Out 1995 Workin' It! RuPaul's Guide To Life Liberty And The Pursuit Of Style 2010 And GuRu 2018 . RuPaul Is Considered The Most Commercially Successful Drag Queen In The United States. For His Work On RuPaul's Drag Race He Has Received 12 Primetime Emmy Awards Becoming The Most-Awarded Person Of Color In The History Of The Primetime Emmys. Outside Of Film And Television He Also Continues To Write And Record Music He Has Released Fourteen Studio Albums As Of 2022 And Received A Tony Award For Best Musical As A Producer For The Musical A Strange Loop. read less