
Sasha Velour
Acting
18
Acting Credits
2
Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography

A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
2025
as Self

King of Drag
2025
as Self - Judge

Drag Race Germany
2023
as Self - Guest Judge

NightGowns: The Musical
2021
as Miss Xandra

Drag Queen Christmas 2020
2020

NightGowns FOREVER
2020
as Self

We're Here
2020
as Self

NightGowns
2020

BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
2018
as Self

Out Of The Closet
2018
as Self

Portrait Of A Queen
2017
as Self

The Bold Type
2017
as Sasha Velour

The Pit Stop
2016
as Self

Broad City
2014
as Sasha Velour

Whatcha Packin'
2014
as Self

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
as Self - Contestant

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Contestant

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest