Jackie Beat

Jackie Beat
Jackie Beat, October 2021
Born
Kent Fuher

(1963-07-24) July 24, 1963 (age 61)
West Covina, California
OccupationDrag performer
WebsiteMissJackieBeat

Jackie Beat (born July 24, 1963) is the drag persona of actor, singer, songwriter and screenwriter Kent Fuher. Beat has appeared in a number of independent feature films both in and out of drag, including Wigstock: The Movie, Flawless, and Adam & Steve (for which he also wrote and performed the song "Dance Off"). In television, Beat has appeared on Sex and the City and was a writer for the short-lived sketch comedy series Hype on The WB Television Network.

Beat was a fixture on the New York City cabaret scene[1] and performs sold-out Gay Pride and Christmas runs every year. She has performed at clubs such as Martinis Above Fourth in San Diego, CA; Executive Suite in Long Beach, CA; Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood;[2] Cavern Club in Silver Lake;[2] Badlands in Sacramento, CA; Re-bar and Julia's Restaurant in Seattle, WA; and the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City. She has also appeared at Bob's Comedy Funhouse in Cardiff, Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester, and London; 170 Russell in Melbourne, Australia; FAMILY in Brisbane, Australia, and numerous other venues.

In 2015, Beat was the host of Seattle Pride’s Pride Parade.[3]

In March of 2019, Beat appeared as Bea Arthur at an event called The MisMatch Game, hosted by Dennis Hensley, for the Los Angeles LGBT Center's 15th Anniversary celebration.[4][5][6] Beat frequently performs as both Arthur and her Golden Girls character Dorothy Zbornak, notably in the parody theater show The Golden Gurlz.

Beat has been profiled by major news outlets such as The Los Angeles Times,[7][8] The Huffington Post,[9] LA Weekly,[2] and The New York Times.[10]

  1. ^ Jacobs, Leonard (16 May 2010). "5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Jackie Beat". Clyde Fitch Report. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Scream Queen Superstar: Jackie Beat Gets Gruesome at the Cavern Club". 27 October 2008.
  3. ^ Strangeways, Michael (25 June 2015). "Breaking: Chi Chi Larue out as Pride parade host replaced by Jackie Beat". Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. ^ "The Best Things to do in L.A. This Weekend". Lamag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles. 28 March 2019.
  5. ^ "The MisMatch Game". 28 August 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  6. ^ "The Mismatch Game (To Benefit Homeless LGBTQ Youth)". 13 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Jackie Beat marches to her own drummer". Los Angeles Times. 30 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Drag chic: At home with Jackie Beat, vintage queen". 30 October 2010.
  9. ^ "Comedic Drag Icon Jackie Beat Encourages Young People: 'Please Get Mad About U.S. Politics'". 11 August 2017.
  10. ^ Decaro, Frank (13 March 2018). "The 'Weird al Yankovic of Drag' Gets an Extreme Home Makeover". The New York Times.