Miz Cracker

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Miz Cracker
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Miz Cracker at RuPaul's DragCon LA 2018
Born
Maxwell Elias Heller [1]

(1984-04-19) April 19, 1984 (age 40)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Education Evergreen State College (BA)
Occupation Drag queen
Years active2010–present
Known for
Website mizcracker.com

Miz Cracker (born April 19, 1984) [2] [3] is the stage name of Maxwell Elias Heller, [4] an American drag queen and television personality. [5] He is best known for placing fifth on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race [6] and for being a runner-up on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars . [7]

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Early life

Maxwell Heller was born in Seattle. [8] His parents were former members of the Lubavitch community. He also has a sister, Sylvia. [9] Heller left Seattle at eighteen years old. [10] He attended The Evergreen State College, designing his own major. [11]

Career

Heller started his career as Brianna Cracker, but, when another performer took the name, he donned the name “Miss Cracker”. However, when trying to make a Facebook account with that name, it denied “Miss” as an appropriate first name, so Heller changed it to “Miz”. [9]

Miz Cracker was announced as one of fourteen contestants competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 22, 2018. [12] She won the episode ten main challenge after doing a makeover on Chester See. [13] [14] [15] She was eliminated an episode later after losing a lip sync to "Nasty Girl" by Vanity 6 to eventual runner-up Kameron Michaels. [16]

She has a homemade web series, Review with a Jew, where she recaps episodes of Drag Race, starting from All Stars season three. The series debuted on January 31, 2018. [17] Alexandra Pucciarelli from Alma wrote the series is "always hilarious." [18]

Miz Cracker was in the Billboard web series "Spillin' the Tea" on June 13, 2018. [19] She was introduced as the host of her own WoWpresents web series, "JewTorials" on June 26, 2018. [20]

Miz Cracker has written regularly for Slate since 2014, and in 2016, she received the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association's Excellence in Column Writing award. [21] Miz Cracker was nominated with Aquaria for the "Competition Contestant of 2018" for the 2018 People's Choice Awards. [22]

In early 2019, she finished her one-woman show called "It's Time", which she performed across the UK. Billboard stated, "The show touched on her struggle with addiction during her early 20s, with a little bit of "Cracker-brand" comedy sprinkled in." [23] Miz Cracker was added to the Drag Race "Haters Roast: The Shady Tour" comedy tour with other alumnae in 2019. [24] [25]

On May 8, 2020, Miz Cracker was announced as one of ten drag queens who would compete in the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars . [26] She won three main challenges, on episodes 4, 6 and 7, and was in the bottom for the snatch game on episode 5. She placed as a runner-up, together with Jujubee. [7]

In 2020, Miz Cracker launched a podcast titled She's a Woman with Studio71. [27]

Music

Miz Cracker worked with Alexis Michelle, Lady Sinagaga, and Sherry Vine to create "Jappy", a cover of Pharrell Williams ' "Happy". [28]

Personal life

Heller is Jewish [29] and lives in Harlem, Manhattan. [30]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbum
"She's a Woman! (On Top of the World)"2020Non-album singles
"Eight Days of You"
(featuring Jujubee)
TitleYearAlbum
"Cher: The Unauthorized Rusical"
(RuPaul featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 10)		2018Non-album single
"Alter (Sh)Ego"
(Chem Users featuring Miz Cracker)		Pride in Ourselves
"I'm in Love" [31]
(with the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 5)		2020Non-album single
"Clap Back"
(RuPaul featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 5)

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) HerselfContestant (fifth place)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (season 10)
2020 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 5) Contestant (runner-up)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (season 2)
2022Miz Cracker: Here I Stand

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018Review with a Jew [17] HerselfHostess
Spillin' the Tea
Bon Appétit
JewTorialsHostess
2019Cosmo Queens [32]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "MIZ CRACKER LLC". OpenCorporates. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ Miz Cracker [@miz_cracker] (April 19, 2018). "Today is my birthday!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on July 19, 2020 – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ Quinn, Dave (March 29, 2018). "Drag Race Contestant Denies Copying Competitor: 'I Would Never Steal from Someone Else'". People . Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2020. 'Girl, I don't know about no yellow dress,' the 33-year-old queen, whose real name is Maxwell Heller, says in the clip.
  4. ↑ "How 'Gay' Should a Gay Bar Be?". The New York Times. 2017-06-24. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  5. ↑ "The Miz Cracker & Aquaria Comparisons On 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Don't Matter, Because Miz Cracker Will Win With Her Comedy". Bustle . April 25, 2018. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: Is Miz Cracker Problematic?". Vice . March 23, 2018. Archived from the original on May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Nolfi, Joey (July 24, 2020). "RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars 5 crowns a winner: See who won here". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  8. ↑ Teas, Harney & Sons Fine. "Harney Tea Party: Miz Cracker". Harney & Sons Fine Teas. Archived from the original on 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  9. 1 2 "On Point With: Miz Cracker". Thotyssey. Tumblr. June 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  10. ↑ Barnett, Sue (2019-12-11). "Q&A: Jewish drag queen Miz Cracker coming to Castro". J. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  11. ↑ "The Hilarious World of Depression – Miz Cracker Looks in the Mirror". Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  12. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 10: Meet the 14 fierce drag queens". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  13. ↑ Sava, Oliver. "Drag Race recruits social media influencers for a middling makeover challenge". TV Club. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  14. ↑ Blanton, Kayla (29 May 2018). "These Social Media Stars Got 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Makeovers & They Are SO GOOD". Bustle. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  15. ↑ "RuPaul's Drag Race season 10 episode ten recap: Shortchanged". Metro Weekly. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  16. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' 10 episode 11 recap: Which queen was cut on 'Evil Twins'? [UPDATING LIVE] – GoldDerby". www.goldderby.com. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  17. 1 2 Miz Cracker (2018-01-31), Miz Cracker's Review with a Jew - All Stars S3 E01, archived from the original on 2018-03-01, retrieved 2018-07-12
  18. ↑ Pucciarelli, Alexandra (2018). "Jewish Drag Queen Miz Cracker Shined on RuPaul's Drag Race This Season". Alma. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Spillin' The Tea: 'Drag Race' Queens Talk Dating & Tammie Brown's Night In Jail". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  20. ↑ "Drag Queen Miz Cracker Gets Her Own Show, 'JewTorials'". The Forward. Archived from the original on 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  21. ↑ "Miz Cracker". Slate Magazine.
  22. ↑ "30 Viacom Shows and Movies Up for People's Choice Awards: Vote Through October 19". Viacom Corporate. 2018-09-26. Archived from the original on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  23. ↑ Piedra, Xavier (February 27, 2019). "Miz Cracker Talks Feminist One-Woman Show & Offers Advice to 'Drag Race' Season 11 Queens". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  24. ↑ Graham, Byron (2019-02-05). "The Ten Best Comedy Shows in Denver: February 2019". Westword. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  25. ↑ Johnson, Kevin C. (22 December 2018). "'Haters Roast' with 'RuPaul's Drag Race' stars coming to the Pageant". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  26. ↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2019-05-08). "'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Ru-veals Queens For Season 5, Will Continue To Sashay On VH1". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  27. ↑ "'Studio71 launches new comedy interview podcast with Miz Cracker'". 7 December 2020.
  28. ↑ "5 Jewish drag queens slaying the competition". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  29. ↑ Forward, The (2018-06-14). "Comic and Contemplative, Miz Cracker Is the Fabulous Jewish Drag Queen We Need". Haaretz. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  30. ↑ "Meet The Queens Of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10". PAPER. 2018-02-23. Archived from the original on 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  31. ↑ "I'm In Love - Single". iTunes. 13 June 2020.
  32. ↑ "Miz Cracker Serves Major Face with Her Newest Makeup Look". Cosmopolitan. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
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