Vinegar Strokes

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Vinegar Strokes
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Vinegar Strokes at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
Born
Daniel Jacob

(1984-08-21) 21 August 1984 (age 39)
London, United Kingdom
Education Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (BA)
Occupation Drag queen
Television RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 1)

Vinegar Strokes (born 21 August 1984) [1] is the stage name of Daniel Jacob, a drag queen from London.

Contents

She has released some songs: "Clamp!" (2019) and "Surrender" (2020).

Early life

Jacob is of Jamaican descent. [2] Before performing in drag, he studied at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in order to become an actor. However, he did not get any acting jobs until adopting the Vinegar Strokes persona. [3]

Career

She is known for her appearance on the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK , as well as performing with Drag Race judge Michelle Visage and US Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio in the West End Musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie . [3]

After Drag Race, Strokes played Lady Von Fistenberg [4] in the "camp drag murder mystery" play Death Drop . [5] [6]

She has also her music singles to YouTube, as well as an online cooking series. [7]

She voices the character Lucretious in Baldur's Gate 3 (2023). [8]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK HerselfContestant; Series 1
2021Celebrity Karaoke Club Drag Edition [9] HerselfContestant
Call Me Mother HerselfGuest; 1 episode

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 Baldur's Gate 3 Lucretious [8]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2020Cosmo QueensHerselfGuest appearance [10]
God Shave the Queens HerselfWorld of Wonder docu-series [11]
2022 Bring Back My Girls Herself

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