In 2011, Hoffer appeared in the Wes Hurley film Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel. Career 2011-2012: Career beginnings and Drag Becomes Him Īfter moving to Seattle from Portland, Hoffer and creative partner Nick Sahoyah wrote and starred in multiple Funny or Die webisodes titled Monsoon Season in which they played Jinkx Monsoon as an overbearing, substance addled, near-psychotic mother to Sahoyah's character, Kamikaze Monsoon. By October 2018, they moved back to Portland and currently live in a house named Monsoon Manor. They have lived in Seattle, Washington since 2006. Hoffer worked as a custodian through college and graduated with a BFA in theater from Cornish College of the Arts in 2010. Their drag character, Jinkx, is characterized as Jewish as a way of reconnecting with this part of their heritage. Hoffer was raised Catholic, and discovered Russian-Jewish ancestry on their mother's side at the age of 18. They attended da Vinci Arts Middle School and Grant High School. Their original drag name was going to be "Heidi Destruction" before settling on Jinkx Monsoon. Jerick Roman Lamar Hoffer was born in Portland, Oregon, and first performed in drag at age 15 at the all-ages Escape Nightclub. In television, Monsoon appears in the WOW Presents Plus original Sketchy Queens, a series they created alongside Liam Krug. In film, Monsoon appeared with their collaborative partner BenDeLaCreme in the holiday film The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Special (2021) which was later released on Hulu. They have also pursued a career in music, releasing two studio albums titled The Inevitable Album (2014) and The Ginger Snapped (2018). In 2022, with an all-winners cast, they later won the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, becoming the first person to win two seasons of the show across its iterations. In 2013, they won the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Named the "Queen of All Queens", they have been noted for their celebrity impersonations and quick wit. Jerick Roman Lamar Hoffer (born September 18, 1987), best known under the stage name Jinkx Monsoon, is an American drag queen, actor, singer and comedian.
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