Scarlet Envy

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Scarlet Envy
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Scarlet Envy at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022
Born
Jacob James Grady [1]

(1992-02-26) February 26, 1992 (age 32)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S
Education Fashion Institute of Technology (BFA)
Occupation
Known for RuPaul's Drag Race (season 11)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 6)
RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World (series 2)
Website scarletenvyshop.com

Scarlet Envy (born February 26, 1992), is the stage name of Jacob James Grady, an American drag queen, reality television personality, singer, and performer who is best known for competing on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2019), the sixth season of its spin-off, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2021), and the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World (2024). [2]

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Early life

Grady was raised in Louisville, Kentucky, by two mothers, both named Sherri. [3] During childhood, he ran cross country for twelve years. [4] In 2014, he graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a degree in advertising design. [3]

Career

Scarlet Envy first started drag in college, choosing her name from the lead character of the film Gone with the Wind , Scarlett O'Hara. [5] She entered a drag pageant, where she learned that she didn't have the typical drag skills of dancing and pageantry. This experience, and having drag queen friends, ignited her drag career. She has credited her successful career to persistence, energy, and acceptance. [6] Scarlet Envy is the "drag daughter" of Drag Race season 7 finalist Pearl. [7]

After auditioning four times, [3] Scarlet Envy was cast on the eleventh season of Drag Race in 2018. [8] She won the second episode's challenge along with Yvie Oddly. [9] She participated in a six-way lip sync on the third episode, [10] won the mini-challenge in the fourth episode, [11] and was eliminated on the sixth episode, after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync to Ra'Jah O'Hara. [12] Scarlet Envy returned for the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars , which aired in 2021. [7] She placed safe in the first four episodes and was eliminated in the fifth by Ginger Minj, placing ninth overall. [13]

Scarlet Envy played the title role of Yma Sumac in a production of The Legend of Yma Sumac at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, New York City. [14] [15] She was also featured on a season finale of Saturday Night Live as a dancer during Katy Perry's performance of "Swish Swish", alongside fellow Drag Race contestants Brita Filter, Vivacious, and Yuhua Hamasaki. [16]

Personal life

After college, Grady lived in New York City from 2019 to 2022, [17] [18] before moving to Los Angeles in November 2022.

Discography

Singles
TitleYear
"Feeling Is Mutual" [19]
2019
"Press On" [20] 2020
"Is It Me?" [21] 2021
"Dragon" [22] 2024

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2022Only Worn OnceHerselfShort film [23]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017 Saturday Night Live HerselfSeason finale on May 20, 2017 [16]
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 11) Season 11 (10th Place) [8]
2020 Hey Qween! [24]
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 6) Contestant (9th Place) [25]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked
2022 ICarly Lana Del SlayEpisode: "iDragged Him" [26]
2023 The Weakest Link HerselfContestant [27]
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Guest [28]
2024 RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World (series 2) Contestant (5th Place) [29]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2019 Untucked HerselfCompanion web series to RuPaul's Drag Race [30]
2019, 2022Fashion Photo RuviewProduced by World of Wonder [31]
2020Envy of My BoogieProduced by World of Wonder [32]
Out of the ClosetProduced by World of Wonder [33]
2021 Whatcha Packin' Companion web series to RuPaul's Drag Race [34]
Ruvealing the Look [35]
Drag Us WeeklyProduced by Us Weekly [36]
2022Binge QueensGuest, Produced by World of Wonder [37]
2023The Pit StopGuest [38]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreRef.
2017The Legend of Yma Sumac Yma Sumac Laurie Beechman Theatre [14]

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