Thorgy Thor | |
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 Thorgy Thor at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022 | |
| Born | Shane Thor Galligan May 25, 1984 Ronkonkoma, New York, U.S. |
| Education | University of Hartford State University of New York, Purchase (BM) |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Known for | |
| Website | thorgy |
Thorgy Thor is the stage name of Shane Thor Galligan, [1] an American drag queen and musician who came to international attention on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and on the third season of All Stars .
Galligan studied music at the University of Hartford Hartt School in Connecticut before graduating from the State University of New York, Purchase with a Bachelor of Music in both viola and violin performance in 2006. He also knows how to play the cello. [2]
His mother, Elaine Frantzen Galligan (born March 22, 1953), [3] [4] died from cancer on March 20, 2005. [5]
Thorgy Thor moved to Brooklyn in 2006 and considers herself a Brooklyn queen. She has said Brooklyn's drag style has contributed to her aesthetic. [6] [7] [8]
Galligan's first drag performance was as Frank N. Furter from The Rocky Horror Show . He was also Marvel Ann in the theater version of Psycho Beach Party . [6] His original drag name was Shananigans; as Thorgy Thor she won the LEGEND award at the 2014 Brooklyn Nightlife Awards. [6]
Having auditioned for Drag Race since season one, [9] Galligan, as Thorgy Thor, was announced to be competing on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 1, 2016. [10] She placed sixth out of twelve overall, losing to Chi Chi Devayne in the seventh episode. [8] Thorgy was brought back for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars , revealed on October 20, 2017. [7] [11] Thorgy got eliminated in ninth place by season 2 and 3 queen Shangela. Thorgy's response to being eliminated, "Oh Jesus, gross", was turned into a three-second video clip and became a viral meme. [12] During the show's finale, Thorgy Thor was the only queen to vote for Shangela, despite a previously rocky relationship. [12]
Thorgy Thor appears with BeBe Zahara Benet, Jujubee and Alexis Michelle in the TLC special Drag Me Down the Aisle , which aired on March 9, 2019. [13] [14] [15] The special was expanded into a full series titled Dragnificent! which premiered on April 19, 2020. [16]
Thorgy Thor contributed to the albums Christmas Queens 2 (2016) and Christmas Queens 3 (2017). [17] [18] She was out of drag in the music video for Trinity The Tuck's "I Call Shade" in February 2019. [19]
She has performed as an instrumentalist at Le Poisson Rouge, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. In 2018, Thorgy Thor and conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser created the symphony show "Thorgy and the Thorchestra", which was staged for the first time by Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in conjunction with Halifax Pride. [20] The show blends orchestral performances of traditional and modern classical repertoire and contemporary pop songs. [21] The show was subsequently performed with other orchestras in Canada and the United States, including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Vancouver, British Columbia, [22] the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in Charlotte, North Carolina, [23] and the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra in Kamloops, British Columbia.
The creation and debut of Thorgy and the Thorchestra are profiled as part of Disruptor Conductor , Sharon Lewis's 2019 documentary film about Bartholomew-Poyser. [24]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Getting Go: The Go Doc Project | Herself | Uncredited |
| 2014 | Mozart in the Jungle | Season 3, Episode 9 [25] [26] | |
| 2016 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8) | Contestant (6th place) | |
| 2016 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | ||
| 2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 3) | Contestant (10th place) | |
| 2019 | Drag Me Down the Aisle | ||
| 2019 | The Queens | ||
| 2019–20 | Dragnificent! | Also known as Drag Me Down the Aisle | |
| 2019 | Disruptor Conductor | ||
| 2023 | Drag Me to Dinner | Hulu original [27] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bus Buddies | Herself | Guest, with Bob the Drag Queen | [28] |
| 2016 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Season 8 | [29] | |
| 2018 | Watcha Packin' | Guest | [30] | |
| 2020 | Love Hotline | Co-Host | [31] | |
| 2020-22 | The Pit Stop | Guest, 2 episodes | [32] | |
| 2021 | Out of the Closet | Guest | [33] | |
| 2021 | Purse First Impressions | Guest (season 2); co-host (season 3) with Bob the Drag Queen | [34] | |
| 2023 | Glam Slam | Contestant | [35] |
| Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | "Let It Snow" | Christmas Queens | [36] |
| 2018 | "Where My Man At" | Velo ft Manila Luzon and Eureka O'Hara | [37] |
| 2019 | "I Call Shade" | Trinity The Tuck | |
| 2019 | "Yellow Cloud" | Trixie Mattel | [38] |
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Sitting on a Secret" (RuPaul featuring Aja, Chi Chi DeVayne, Milk, Morgan McMichaels, & Thorgy Thor) | 2018 | Non-album single |
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