Jaremi Carey

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Jaremi Carey
Born
Jeremy Lee Carey [1]

(1985-10-10) October 10, 1985 (age 38)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Drag performer
  • musician
  • actor
  • cosplayer
Years active2004–present
Known for

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 2)

Spouse
Mikhael Ortega
​
(m. 2017)​
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels Producer Entertainment Group

Jaremi Lee Carey (born Jeremy Lee Carey; October 10, 1985) is an American actor, streamer, singer, cosplay artist, and former drag performer who performed under the name Phi Phi O'Hara. [2] [3] In the O'Hara persona, Carey came to international attention as the second runner-up on the 4th season of RuPaul's Drag Race and placing 7th on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars .

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Early life

Carey was born to Rickey Lee Carey and Rhonda Lynn Malott on October 10, 1985, in San Antonio, Texas. [3] [1] His parents divorced when he was 17 years old. [4] He is of Filipino and Portuguese descent. [5]

Carey went to school for graphic and web design.[ citation needed ] He is a certified optician. [6]

Career

Carey as Phi Phi O'Hara was announced as one of the thirteen contestants for RuPaul's Drag Race season 4 on November 13, 2011. [7] He achieved a second runner-up position. In 2012, Carey was invited back as a contestant on All Stars 1 , but declined to participate in the competition for personal reasons. He came back for All Stars 2 in 2016 and initially made it to the top five, but after the return of two previously eliminated contestants, Alyssa Edwards and Tatianna in the fifth episode, he placed seventh overall after being eliminated by them.

He has been featured in the music videos for "Stranger" by Chris Malinchak, [8] "Battle Axe" by Sharon Needles, [9] "Ratchet Christmas" by Jiggly Caliente, [10] and "I Call Shade" by RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars (season 4) winner Trinity the Tuck. [11]

Carey made news headlines across the web with a project called "365 Days of Drag". His original goal was to post one photo in drag every day of 2016 (except for February 29, since it was a leap year). Carey successfully completed all 365 looks, posting the final look on January 1, 2017. The final outfit was a gown made of hundreds of printed photographs that featured all of the looks from the series. [12]

In 2017, Carey organized a drag benefit show to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, which featured other Drag Race alumni. [13] The event took place on November 6, 2017, in Minneapolis and raised over $80,000. [14]

In October 2019, Carey successfully completed another photo series called "31 Days of Wizardry". Each day he transformed himself into a different character from the Harry Potter universe. [15]

As of December 2020, Carey is currently a co-chair of national organization Drag Out the Vote, which works with drag performers to promote voting among the LGBT community. [16]

Music

Carey has been releasing music as Phi Phi O'Hara since 2014, but he started performing under his real name as well in 2015. His debut album Fever Heart was released on October 14, 2016. [17] He is featured in the first three volumes of the Christmas Queens albums with "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (2017), [18] "Fireside" (2016), [19] and "Naughty or Nice" (2015). [20] In 2018, Carey recorded a duet with Jiggly Caliente for her album T.H.O.T. Process called "Beat of My City". [21]

Streamer

In 2020, Jaremi joined the Twitch Community as an LGBT+ Gameplayer. There he plays games like Dead by Daylight, Animal Crossing, Pokémon, Sims, Overwatch, or Just Chats with his fans. His previous username was ThePocketGay, but in August 2020 he changed his Twitter and Twitch usernames to JustJaremi and tweeted that "There is no more Phi Phi <3". [3] [22]

Personal life

In 2017, Carey married his longtime boyfriend Mikhael Ortega. [23]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019The QueensHimselfDocumentary

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race ContestantRunner-up (Season 4)
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Contestant
2016 Skin Wars GuestSeason 3, Episode 4
2016 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Contestant7th place (Season 2)
2018 Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side Guest
2019 The Boulet Brothers' Dragula Guest JudgeSeason 3, Episode 1
2015, 2019 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Guest

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatre
2016 The Rocky Horror Show ColumbiaJosephine Theatre
2019FemlinsGreta StripeCastro Theatre

Web series

YearTitleRef.
2013Transformations
2014Couple$ for Ca$h [24]
2015The After Show (with Alaska)
2016Hey Qween [25]
2019Bootleg Opinions (with Yuhua Hamasaki) [26]
2020A Sip with Vodka

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRef.
2012"Glamazon" RuPaul
2013"Knew You Seemed Shady" Pandora Boxx
2014"Stranger" Chris Malinchak
2014"Bitchy"Jaremi Carey [27]
2015"Ratchet Christmas" Jiggly Caliente
2016"Play"Jaremi Carey [28]
2016"All Mine"Jaremi Carey [29]
2017"Battle Axe" Sharon Needles
2019"I Call Shade" Trinity the Tuck [30]

Discography

Albums

YearTitle
2016Fever Heart [31]

Singles

As lead artist

YearTitle
2014"Bitchy" [32]
2015"Queen of Clubs" [33]
2015"Take Control" [34]
2016"Play" [35]
2016"All Mine" [36]
YearTitleAlbum
2015"GAG"
(Jonathan Hernandez feat. Jaremi Carey & Cory Wade)		non-album single
2018"Beat of My City"
(Jiggly Caliente feat. Jaremi Carey)		T.H.O.T. Process

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