Sasha Velour
Acting
1987-06-25 · Berkeley, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Priyanka! What's My Name?
2026 · Movie
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
2025 · Movie
King of Drag
2025 · Series
Drag Race Germany
2023 · Series
NightGowns: The Musical
2021 · Movie
Drag Queen Christmas 2020
2020 · Movie
NightGowns FOREVER
2020 · Movie
We're Here
2020 · Series
NightGowns
2020 · Series
BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
2018 · Movie
Out Of The Closet
2018 · Series
The Bold Type
2017 · Series
Portrait Of A Queen
2017 · Series
The Pit Stop
2016 · Series
Whatcha Packin'
2014 · Series
Broad City
2014 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series