Veronica Green

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Veronica Green
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Veronica Green at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Kevin Max Grogan

Rochdale, United Kingdom [1] [2]
NationalityBritish
Occupation Drag queen
Years active2015–present
Television RuPaul's Drag Race UK

Kevin Max Grogan, better known by the stage name Veronica Green, is a British drag performer most known for competing on the second and third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK . [3]

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==Career== to appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race, Green appeared on BBC One music reality television show All Together Now and performed in front of fellow RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestant Divina de Campo. [4] In December 2020, Green was announced as one of twelve contestants competing on the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK and came ninth overall on the season after departing due to contracting COVID-19. [5] She received an open invitation to appear on the third series of the show, she lasted till week 3 of the competition where she was eliminated after losing a lip sync to Vanity Milan, placing ninth for a second time. [6]

In May 2021, Green performed alongside series 1 winner The Vivienne, and fellow series 2 contestant Tia Kofi at the Vaudeville Theatre in Drag Queens of Pop, which ran for three dates and was one of the first performances on the West End after the third national COVID-19 lockdown in England. [7]

In October 2021, she released a new single, "Nothing To Lose", in collaboration with Myleene Klass. [8] She also appeared in a TV and online ad campaign by Bailey's promote its Irish Cream, featuring three witches, played by Green, Tia Kofi and Asia Thorne. [9] It was released in Australia, America as well as the UK. [8]

In February 2022, Green embarked on RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official Tour alongside the entire cast of series 2, in association with World of Wonder and promoter Voss Events. [10]

Personal life

In October 2024, Grogan revealed that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis three months prior. [11]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 All Together Now HerselfContestant Series 2
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race UK HerselfContestant Series 2 (9th Place) and Series 3 (9th Place)
Celebrity Ghost Trip HerselfContestant (paired with Joe Black)
Children in Need 2021 HerselfGuest appearance
2022 The Apprentice HerselfGuest appearance (Series 16)
Question Team HerselfGuest appearance

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRef
2021"My House" Jodie Harsh [12]

Discography

YearTitleArtistAlbumNotes
2021"Stars"Veronica GreenNon-album Single [13]
2021"Nothing to Lose"Veronica Green and Myleene KlassNon-album Single [8]

Stage

YearTitlePromoterLocationsRef
2021Drag Queens of Pop Nimax Theatres Vaudeville Theatre [7]
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, London, Derby, Bristol, Bradford, Aberdeen, Southampton, Stockton, Brighton and Newport [10]

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  12. ↑ Jodie Harsh (5 March 2021), Jodie Harsh - My House (Official Video), archived from the original on 12 March 2021, retrieved 21 March 2021
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