Copper Topp | |
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Born | Simon Wegrzyn [1] 1983or1984(age 40–41) [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom |
Occupation | Drag performer |
Television | RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4) |
Copper Topp is the stage name of Simon Wegrzyn, a British drag performer who competed on series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK .
Simon Wegrzyn was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. She attended school in Charlton Kings and then at Cheltenham Bournside School, where she played rugby and attended the Everyman Youth Theatre at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham. Prior to pursuing drag, she worked as an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. [3]
Copper Topp competed on series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK . She was the third contestant eliminated. [4] [5] She placed in the bottom two of the design challenge, and lost a lip sync against Black Peppa. [6] Following Drag Race, she released the song "Weirdo" [7] and played Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz at the Lighthouse Theatre in Kettering. [8] In 2023, she announced plans to take a break from drag. [9] [10]
Copper Topp is from Cheltenham, and uses the pronouns they/them in drag and he/him out of drag. [11]