Lawrence Chaney

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Lawrence Chaney
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Lawrence at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Lawrence Maidment

(1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 (age 28)
CitizenshipScottish
Occupation Drag queen
Years active2014–present
Television RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 2)
Website lawrencechaney.com

Lawrence Chaney (born Lawrence Maidment; 16 October 1996) is a Scottish Glasgow-based drag queen. They are best known for winning the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK , becoming the first Scottish drag queen and the second Plus Size contestant to win across the franchise. Their role on the series later earned them the 2021 BAFTA Scotland Audience Award. [1] [2] As part of their Drag Race victory, Chaney was awarded their own online television series, later titled Tartan Around, which premiered in 2022. [3]

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Career

Chaney has professionally fulfilled their career as a drag performer since 2014 in Glasgow. In an interview with Metro, Chaney said their drag surname "Chaney" was inspired by 1920s prolific silent movie star Lon Chaney and explained that, "He was known as the man of a thousand faces and I'm known as the queen of a thousand faces, because I'm good at impersonation, stupid voices and general buffoonery." [4]

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Lawrence Chaney in 2021

In December 2020, Chaney was announced as one of twelve contestants competing on the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK . [1] [5] On 18 March 2021, Chaney was announced as the winner of the series, becoming the first Scottish and first plus-size winner of a Drag Race season hosted by RuPaul (the first ever being Drag Race Thailand season 1 winner Natalia Pliacam). [6] As part of their Drag Race victory, Chaney was awarded their own online television series, later titled Tartan Around, which premiered in 2022. [3]

In March 2021, Chaney, alongside their fellow RuPaul's Drag Race UK finalists Tayce, Bimini Bon Boulash and Ellie Diamond, was photographed and interviewed for The Guardian [7] and later British Vogue . [8] Lawrence also embarked on a UK Tour alongside A'Whora, Bimini Bon-Boulash, and Tayce for the United Kingdolls Tour with promoter Klub Kids in July 2021, [9] and in February 2022, Chaney embarked on RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official Tour alongside the entire cast of the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, in association with World of Wonder and promoter Voss Events. [10]

In April 2021, Chaney was interviewed for and featured on the cover of Attitude's "Tea Time Digital Special", in association with Taimi. [11] Chaney was also a featured guest and panelist at the digital National Student Pride 2021 event. [12]

In May 2021, Transworld announced they had acquired the rights to Chaney's forthcoming memoir, Lawrence (Drag) Queen of Scots: The Dos and Don'ts of a Drag Superstar. [13]

Preceding RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Chaney has been a frequent collaborator with the BBC (especially BBC Sounds). On 21 August 2021, they presented the Saturday mid-morning slot on BBC Radio 1 from 10:30am, alongside Arielle Free and other drag queens, as part of "Drag Day". [14]

Personal life

Chaney grew up in both Helensburgh in Scotland and Newbury in England. [15] Chaney currently resides within the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Scotland. [16] They have expressed their support for Scottish independence. [17]

Regarding their gender identity, Chaney stated in an article for the i : "I still don't know if I am male, female, or somewhere in between. I think the best way to describe my gender is fluid, but this isn't finite. I see myself as ever evolving and always discovering more about myself." [18]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2019Mother TuckersThemselfTelevision documentary [19]
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race UK ContestantWinner; Series 2 [1]
Lorraine ThemselfGuest [20]
Celebrity Juice ThemselfGuest [21]
The Hit List ThemselfGuest [22]
The Great British Sewing Bee ThemselfGuest [23]
2022 Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud ThemselfBBC Documentary [24]
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway ThemselfPerformed as part of the End of the Show Show [25]
Celebrity Gogglebox ThemselfGuest [26]
Blankety Blank ThemselfGuest [27]
Martin Compston's Scottish FlingThemself BBC Scotland miniseries; Episode: "The West Coast" [28]
Celebrity LingoThemselfGuest [29]
The Wheel ThemselfGuest [30]
RuPaul's Drag Race UK ThemselfGuest; Series 4
Lawrence Chaney's Homecoming QueensThemself
TBA Slaycation Themself [31]

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2021Radio 1 Drag Day with Lawrence Chaney & Arielle Free Themself BBC Radio 1 [32]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2021National Student Pride 2021ThemselfNational Student Pride [12]
2021Cosmo Queens UKThemself Cosmopolitan UK [33]
2021 I Like to Watch UK Themself Netflix UK [34]
2022Tartan AroundThemselfWOWPresents+ Original [35]
2022 God Shave the Queens ThemselfFeatured queen [36]
2022 Bring Back My Girls ThemselfGuest [37]
2023Give It to Me StraightThemselfGuest [38]
2023Binge QueensThemselfGuest [39]
2024The Pit StopThemselfGuest [40]
RuPaul's Drag Race Live Untucked ThemselfWOWPresents Plus original [41]
House of LaughsThemselfWOWPresents Plus original
Touch-Ups with Raven Themself

Discography

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbum
"We Werk Together"
(with Ant & Dec, The Vivienne and Krystal Versace)
2022Non-album single
List of singles as a featured artist
TitleYearPeaksAlbum
UK
[42]
UK
Big Top 40

[43]
"UK Hun?" [44]
(among The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Season 2 )
2021273Non-album singles
"A Little Bit of Love" [45]
(among The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Season 2 )
"UK Hun?" [46]
(Frock Destroyers featuring Lawrence Chaney)

Stage

YearTitlePromoterLocationRef
2021Squirrel FriendsKlub Kids London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and Newcastle [47]
2021United Kingdolls The TourKlub Kids Torquay, Southampton, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Leeds, Cardiff, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London [9]
2021The Lawrence Chaney ShowKlub Kids Reading, Southampton, Torquay, Bath, Exeter, Plymouth, Nottingham, Hull, London, Sheffield, Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Brighton [48]
2022RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official TourVoss Events / World of Wonder Ipswich, Oxford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Nottingham, Bournemouth, Southend, Manchester, Sheffield, Blackpool, Llandudno, Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Plymouth and London [10]
2022United Kingdolls TourITD Events / Klub Kids Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland and Wellington [49]

Awards and nominations

YearAward ceremonyCategoryWorkResultsRef.
2021 31st British Academy Scotland Awards Audience AwardThemselfWon [50]
2022 The WOWIE Awards Best Book Award (The Reading is Fundamental Award) (Drag) Queen of Scots: The Dos and Don’ts of a Drag SuperstarWon [51]

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Preceded by Winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK
UK season 2
Succeeded by