Trixie Mattel
Brian Michael Firkus (born August 23, 1989), better known by the stage name Trixie Mattel, is an American drag queen, television personality, and singer-songwriter originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She}} is known for her exaggerated, high-camp, 1960s-influenced style, distinctive eye makeup, and her blend of comedy, acoustic pop and folk-country music; Mattel sings and plays guitar and the autoharp. In 2015, she competed on the seventh season of the drag reality television competition ''RuPaul's Drag Race,'' placing sixth. In 2018, she went on to win the third season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''.Together with fellow drag queen and frequent collaborator Katya Zamolodchikova, Mattel has formed one-half of the World of Wonder web series ''UNHhhh'' (2016–present) and its Viceland spin-off, ''The Trixie & Katya Show'' (2017–2018). The pair have also made appearances on the Netflix review web series ''I Like to Watch'' (2019–present), both together and with other queens. Together, they form the popular comedy duo known as Trixie and Katya. Mattel's music style is primarily folk and country, with her first and second studio albums, ''Two Birds'' (2017) and ''One Stone'' (2018), both charting on the ''Billboard'' Folk Albums chart at No. 16, respectively. Her third studio album, ''Barbara'' (2020), featured an "electro-folk" sound; her EP, ''Full Coverage, Vol. 1'' (2021), consists of Mattel's covers of various songs. Her comedy special, ''Trixie Mattel: One Night Only'' (2020), was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award. She went on to appear as a judge on the competition series ''Queen of the Universe'' (2021–2023). Mattel's fourth studio album, ''The Blonde & Pink Albums'' (2022), served as a double album. Additionally, she produced and starred in the renovation docuseries ''Trixie Motel'' (2022), which also chronicled the planning, construction and opening of her own Palm Springs resort, the Trixie Motel.
Along with Zamolodchikova, Mattel published her first book, ''Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood'' (2020), which became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. She appeared on ''New York Magazine''
