Aurora Matrix

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Aurora Matrix
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Aurora Matrix at RuPaul's DragCon LA 2024
Born
Anton Ling [1]

(2000-04-14) April 14, 2000 (age 25)
Education York University (BFA)
Occupation Drag queen
Television
Website auroramatrix.com

Aurora Matrix is the stage name of Anton Ling (born April 14, 2000), [2] a Canadian drag performer who appeared on Crave's series 1 Queen 5 Queers , and competed in the fourth season of Canada's Drag Race .

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Education

Aurora Matrix earned a Bachelor's degree in fine arts from York University. [2]

Career

Aurora Matrix is a drag artist who performs in Toronto regularly. [3] In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she performed in a series of drive-in drag shows called Drive 'N Queens. [4] [5] She also performed in Sarnia's inaugural PrideFest in 2022. [6] Aurora Matrix appeared on Crave's series 1 Queen 5 Queers , and competed in the fourth season of Canada's Drag Race . [2] She won two challenges, including the Rusical challenge, and placed in the bottom for the Snatch Game challenge, defeating and sending home Luna DuBois in a lip sync for your life. She ultimately placed as the season's runner-up to Venus.

With fellow Canada's Drag Race alumni Perla and Van Goth, Perla is a co-host of The Powder Room, a podcast on Drag Race and other pop culture topics. The trio won the People's Choice Award at the 2025 Canadian Podcast Awards. [7]

Personal life

Aurora Matrix uses the pronouns she/they in drag and they/them out of drag. [2] She is non-binary and queer, and from an immigrant family with her parents emigrating from China to Canada. [8]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Ferrara, Araceli (20 November 2020). "York's Drag Queen Trio: The Hole-y Trinity". excal.on.ca. Excalibur . Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Meet 'Canada's Drag Race' season 4 cast of queens". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ↑ Eginliyan, Aram (2020-05-14). "In A City Full Of Drag, There's Only One Aurora Matrix". IN Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  4. ↑ "Stars of Canada's Drag race to perform at drive-in shows in Toronto this summer". www.blogto.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ↑ "Tynomi Banks to headline drive-in drag shows in Toronto this summer". NOW Toronto. 2021-05-07. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. ↑ Scadmin (2022-04-28). "First PrideFest coming to Centennial Park this summer". The Sarnia Journal. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  7. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "Canadian History Ehx, Toronto Mike among 2025 Canadian Podcast Awards winners". Broadcast Dialogue, December 19, 2025.
  8. ↑ Eginliyan, Aram (2020-05-14). "In A City Full Of Drag, There's Only One Aurora Matrix". IN Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
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