Peppermint (entertainer)

Peppermint
Peppermint in 2017
Peppermint in 2017
Background information
Also known as
  • Miss Peppermint
  • Peppermint Gummybear[1]
Born (1980-01-31) January 31, 1980 (age 44)
Hershey, Pennsylvania, US
Genres
Occupation(s)Actress, drag queen, singer, songwriter, activist
InstrumentVocals
Years active2001–present
Labels
WebsiteOfficial website

Peppermint, or Miss Peppermint[2] (born January 31, 1980),[3][4] is an American actress, singer, songwriter, television personality, drag queen, and activist. She is best known from the nightlife scene and, in 2017, as the runner-up on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In 2018, Peppermint made her debut in The Go-Go's-inspired musical Head Over Heels as Pythio, becoming Broadway's first out trans woman to originate a lead role.[5]

As a recording artist, she has released two studio albums, Hardcore Glamour, released in 2009, and Black Pepper, released in 2017, as well as five EPs, including A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers, which was released in 2020. In December 2023, she was announced as a part of the cast of the second season of The Traitors.[6]

  1. ^ "On Point With: Peppermint". Thotyssey. Tumblr. May 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Quinn, Dave (March 31, 2017). "How a Violent Attack Unexpectedly Helped Transgender RuPaul's Drag Race Queen Peppermint Realize 'I Was Loved'". People. Archived from the original on April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  3. ^ Nolfi, Joey (April 28, 2017). "RuPaul's Drag Race trans queen Peppermint: I feel 'loved and accepted' after coming out". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 1, 2021. [...] established queens on the city's robust drag circuit, one of whom the 37-year-old says told her she'd never make it on her chosen career path
  4. ^ Nolfi, Joey (April 28, 2017). "RuPaul's Drag Race trans queen Peppermint: I feel 'loved and accepted' after coming out". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 1, 2021. [...] I was born in the 70s
  5. ^ McPhee, Ryan (January 29, 2018). "RuPaul's Drag Race Peppermint Will Make Her Broadway Debut in Go-Go's Musical Head Over Heels". Playbill. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Frank, Jason P. (December 14, 2023). "The Traitors Season-Two Cast is Reality Royalty". Vulture. Archived from the original on December 14, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2023.