Jackie Cox (drag queen)

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Jackie Cox
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Jackie Cox at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
Born
Darius Rose

(1985-04-10) 10 April 1985 (age 39)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Education University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Occupation(s) Drag queen, entertainer
Years active2009–present
Known for RuPaul's Drag Race (season 12) (5th place)

Jackie Cox is the stage name of Darius Rose (born April 10, 1985), a Canadian drag queen based in New York City, known for being a competitor on the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and ultimately placing 5th in the competition.

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Early life

Rose was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to a Canadian father and an Iranian mother. [1] He attended UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television to study theatre and upon graduating with his Bachelor of Arts degree, he moved to New York with the goal of doing theatre professionally. [2]

Career

In 2002, Rose transferred to University High School in Irvine where he starred in productions of Dark of the Moon, Les Misérables and Bat Boy the musical. In 2003 he was crowned Prom King as an openly gay student. In 2009, Rose discovered drag. He played the title role in a production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Theatre Out at the Empire Theater, in Santa Ana, CA [3] which was his first foray into drag. [2] His first performance as Jackie Cox was at a competition called So You Think You Can Drag at New World Stages in New York. [2] His drag name originated from a nickname that he and a friend, in high school, assigned to a girl that they disliked but wanted to be able to talk about her in public. As her initials were "J.C.", they came up with "Jackie Cox" as a codename. [4]

Jackie was announced as a cast member on season 12 of RuPaul's Drag Race on January 23, 2020. [5] [6] She is the second Canadian contestant on the US version of the show, and the oldest performer on Season 12. [7] Jackie became the first contestant in Drag Race history to dress in a Muslim-inspired outfit on episode 9 of the show, which had a "stars and stripes" patriotic theme. She wore a red-striped kaftan with a blue hijab outlined with 50 silver stars. [8] Guest judge Jeff Goldblum subsequently came under fire for his comments over Jackies's hijab outfit, when asking, "Is there something in this religion that is anti-homosexuality and anti-woman? Does that complicate the issue?" for which he has been widely criticized. [9] [8] [10] On the same episode, even though Jackie was praised for her choices, she found herself in the bottom two for the first time in the season and had to lip sync against competitor Widow Von'Du to Katy Perry's "Firework". Jackie was successful and Von'Du was eliminated. [11] [10]

Jackie Cox appeared on the soap opera Days of Our Lives on April 20, 2022. Chad helped Jackie to crash the wedding of Leo Stark to Dr. Craig Wesley, and announced that Leo was already married to her. He also appeared out of drag, as himself, Darius Rose. Leo claimed that he and Darius were only married to help Darius get a green card. Darius then stunned the wedding party by telling them that Leo and Craig's relationship has been "one big flim-flam," based on the money and prestige Leo believed the marriage would bring by marrying a doctor.

Personal life

Jackie is gay and gender-expansive. [12] [ non-primary source needed ] [13]

Out of drag, her pronouns are he/she/they.[ non-primary source needed ]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2017 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen HimselfGuest [14]
2018 What Would You Do? (ABC)HimselfActor [15]
2020 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 12) HerselfContestant (4th place)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked HerselfContestant
2021 Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem HerselfLimited series
2022 Days of Our Lives HerselfGuest role

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2020Review with a JewHimselfGuest [16]
2020 Whatcha Packin' HerselfGuest [17]
2020RuPaul's Drag Race: Makeup TutorialHerselfGuest [18]
2020Da FuqHimselfGuest [19]
2020The X-Change RateHimselfGuest [20]
2020 Bring Back My Ghouls HerselfGuest [21]
2021Out of the ClosetHimselfGuest [22]
2022 Bring Back My Girls HerselfGuest [23]
2023Unpacked with Jan SportHerselfGuest; Podcast [24]
2023That Sounds RightHerselfGuest; Podcast [25]
2023Star Trek Day 2023HerselfStarring; Interviewer [26]

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRef
2022"GAGA" Grace Gaustad [27]
2023"Say Your Name" Mila Jam [28]

Discography

Singles

YearSongRef.
2020"You Wish!" [29]
TitleYearAlbum
"I'm That Bitch" [30]
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)		2020non-album single
"Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical" [31]
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)
"I Made It / Mirror Song/ Losing Is New Winning" (Las Vegas Live Medley) [32]
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)
"The Shady Bunch"
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)

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  11. ↑ McCallion, Paul (2020-04-24). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Patriot Games". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  12. ↑ "Jackie Cox on Instagram: "October 11th is #NationalComingOutDay I'm coming out as Gay and -for the first time publicly- as Gender Expansive. I use He/Him/His, She/Her/Hers, and They/Them/Theirs pronouns out of drag, and as Jackie prefer She/Her/Hers pronouns. Coming out is one of the most difficult things you will ever do- and is something that some of us continue to do. But, you don't have to do it alone! Finding a safe space that is full of love and support and free of judgement is vital! 💖🤍💙❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤 @itgetsbettercanada @nyxcosmetics_canada #ItGetsBetterProject #ad"". Instagram. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
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