Willam Belli

Willam Belli
Willam at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2019
Born (1982-06-30) June 30, 1982 (age 42)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • drag queen
  • singer-songwriter
  • reality television personality
  • author
  • YouTuber
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
LabelsSelf-released
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2002–present
Subscribers931 thousand[1]
Total views263.2 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: August 11, 2024
Websitewww.willambelli.com

Willam Belli (/ˈbɛlaɪ/, born June 30, 1982),[2] mononymously known as Willam, is an American drag queen, actor, singer-songwriter, reality television personality, author, and YouTuber. Willam came to prominence as a contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2012, but was disqualified in the "Frenemies" challenge.

Before appearing on Drag Race, Willam worked as an actor, most notably playing the recurring role of transgender woman Cherry Peck in Ryan Murphy's medical drama Nip/Tuck. She has continued to perform in a variety of films, television series and web series, often in drag. In 2018, she appeared in the critically acclaimed film A Star Is Born. For her performance on the dark comedy web series EastSiders, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series.[3]

Since 2012, Willam has recorded three albums of comedy music, mostly consisting of parodies of popular songs. Her second album, Shartistry in Motion, debuted at number one on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart. Between 2012 and 2014, she recorded several songs as part of the group DWV (alongside drag queens Vicky Vox and Detox), including the parodies "Chow Down" and "Boy Is a Bottom", whose music videos were viral successes. Following the breakup of DWV, Willam formed another drag supergroup, the AAA Girls, with Courtney Act and Alaska Thunderfuck.

  1. ^ a b "About willam belli". YouTube.
  2. ^ Gay Times (June 29, 2016). "Happy birthday, Willam!". Gay Times. Archived from the original on October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 47TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY® AWARDS" (PDF). theemmys.tv. National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 23, 2020.