Cheddar Gorgeous
Cheddar Gorgeous | |
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![]() Cheddar Gorgeous at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023 | |
Born | Michael Atkins Birmingham, England |
Education | University of Manchester (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Drag performer, academic |
Website | cheddar-gorgeous |
Cheddar Gorgeous is the stage name of Michael John Atkins, a British drag performer and academic who competed on series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Career
[edit]Atkins competed as Cheddar Gorgeous on the fourth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK,[1] where she finished as the runner-up. She had previously appeared on Drag SOS.[2][3] In 2023, Cheddar Gorgeous was a guest celebrity on series 5 of Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star airing on BBC Three.[4] She won Celebrity Mastermind in 2023.[5][6]
Personal life
[edit][7] Atkins was born in Birmingham and now live in Manchester.[8] His drag name comes from the landmark Cheddar Gorge.[9]
Atkins holds a PhD in anthropology from the University of Manchester.[10] In September 2023, Atkins began a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Manchester.[11]
Discography
[edit]Title | Year | Album |
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"Come Alive" (Queens of the Bone Age version) (with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, series 4) |
2022 | Non-album singles |
"Lairy Poppins: The Rusical" (with the cast RuPaul's Drag Race UK, series 4) | ||
"UK Grand Finale Megamix" (RuPaul featuring the cast RuPaul's Drag Race UK, series 4) |
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2019 | Drag SOS | Herself | Mentor | |
2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 4 | Contestant | ||
2023 | Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star series 5 | Guest Judge | ||
2023 | The After Shave with Danny Beard | Guest | ||
2023 | Celebrity Mastermind (series 22) | Contestant (Winner) |
- Bring Back My Girls (2024)
References
[edit]- ^ Baska, Maggie (1 June 2022). "'Disruptively gendered' drag icon Cheddar Gorgeous to lead Platinum Jubilee parade". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "21 questions with 'Drag SOS' star Cheddar Gorgeous". Attitude.co.uk. 12 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Cheddar Gorgeous delivers out of this world lip-sync to David Bowie's 'Starman'". Attitude.co.uk. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star Series 5: Episode 6". www.bbc.co.uk. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Noyce, Eleanor (5 December 2023). "Cheddar Gorgeous says Mastermind was 'the right throne' to win". PinkNews. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ James, Alastair (4 December 2023). "Drag Race UK's Cheddar Gorgeous wins Celebrity Mastermind". Attitude. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "StackPath". xtramagazine.com. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "Who is Cheddar Gorgeous, Manchester contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race 2022?". www.manchesterworld.uk. 21 September 2022. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ Burgos, Joey (21 September 2022). "Meet RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 4's Queens". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ Owen, Christopher J. (16 July 2019). ""Outside of What is Human": An Interview with SFF Drag Queen Cheddar Gorgeous". Anglia Ruskin Centre for Science Fiction & Fantasy. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ Wratten, Marcus (18 September 2023). "Drag Race UK's Cheddar Gorgeous begins 'radical' career change". Pink News. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
External links
[edit]Media related to Cheddar Gorgeous at Wikimedia Commons
- Living people
- 21st-century English LGBT people
- English drag queens
- English non-binary entertainers
- Non-binary drag performers
- People from Manchester
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants
- Alumni of the University of Manchester
- Academics of the University of Manchester
- British entertainer stubs
- Drag performers from Birmingham, West Midlands