Sasha Velour

Acting

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.

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Movies (5)

A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
2025
Self
NightGowns: The Musical
2021
Miss Xandra
Drag Queen Christmas 2020
2020
NightGowns FOREVER
2020
Self
BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
2018
Self

Shows (12)

King of Drag
2025
Self - Judge
Drag Race Germany
2023
Self - Guest Judge
We're Here
2020
Self
NightGowns
2020
Out Of The Closet
2018
Self
The Bold Type
2017
Sasha Velour
Portrait Of A Queen
2017
Self
The Pit Stop
2016
Self
Whatcha Packin'
2014
Self
Broad City
2014
Sasha Velour
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
Self - Contestant
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Self - Contestant