Sasha Velour

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Birthday 1987-06-25 (37 years old)

Place of Birth Berkeley, California, USA

Also Known As Alexander Hedges Steinberg, Alexander "Sasha" Hedges Steinberg, Александр Хеджес Штайнберг, Саша Велюр

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

Actor

2023
Drag Race Germany

as Self - Special Guest Judge

2020
2020
We're Here

as Self

2018
2017
The Bold Type

as Sasha Velour

2016
The Pit Stop

as Self

2014
Whatcha Packin'

as Self - Guest

2014
Broad City

as Sasha Velour

2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

as Self - Contestant

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Contestant

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Queen Contributor

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

Director

2020
NightGowns FOREVER

as Director