Sasha Velour
Born: 1987-06-25 in Berkeley, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- King of Drag as Self - Judge
- A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint as Self
2023
- Drag Race Germany as Self - Guest Judge
2021
- NightGowns: The Musical as Miss Xandra
2020
- We're Here as Self
- Drag Queen Christmas 2020
- NightGowns
- NightGowns FOREVER as Self
2018
2017
- The Bold Type as Sasha Velour
- Portrait Of A Queen as Self
2016
- The Pit Stop as Self
2014
- Broad City as Sasha Velour
- Whatcha Packin' as Self - Guest
2010
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked as Self - Contestant
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Contestant