Sasha Velour
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.
Known For
TV
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Contestant
2009
TV
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
2009
TV
Broad City
Sasha Velour
2014
TV
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Contestant
2010
TV
The Bold Type
Sasha Velour
2017
TV
Whatcha Packin'
Self - Guest
2014
TV
The Pit Stop
Self
2016
TV
Drag Race Germany
Self - Guest Judge
2023
TV
We're Here
Self
2020
TV
Portrait Of A Queen
Self
2017
TV
Out Of The Closet
Self
2018
TV
King of Drag
Self - Judge
2025
TV
NightGowns
2020
Film
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Self
2025
Film
BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
2018
Film
Drag Queen Christmas 2020
2020
Film
NightGowns FOREVER
Self
2020
Film
NightGowns: The Musical
Miss Xandra
2021
Filmography
2025FilmA Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermintas Self2025TVKing of Dragas Self - Judge2023TVDrag Race Germanyas Self - Guest Judge2021FilmNightGowns: The Musicalas Miss Xandra2020FilmDrag Queen Christmas 20202020FilmNightGowns FOREVERas Self2020TVWe're Hereas Self2020TVNightGowns2018FilmBEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends2018TVOut Of The Closetas Self2017TVThe Bold Typeas Sasha Velour2017TVPortrait Of A Queenas Self2016TVThe Pit Stopas Self2014TVWhatcha Packin'as Self - Guest2014TVBroad Cityas Sasha Velour2010TVRuPaul's Drag Race: Untuckedas Self - Contestant2009TVRuPaul's Drag Raceas Self - Contestant