Sasha Velour

Known for ActingBorn 1987-06-25 (age 39)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.Read more

Movies & web series

King of Drag

The Bold Type

RuPaul's Drag Race

Broad City

The Pit Stop

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

We're Here

Drag Race Germany

Drag Queen Christmas 2020

Whatcha Packin'

A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint

NightGowns: The Musical

NightGowns FOREVER

NightGowns

BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends

Out Of The Closet

Portrait Of A Queen