![]() ![]() In that interview Willam claimed that the genuine reason for his removal was due to increasing hostilities and issues between the contestants and the crew. īelli's most recent reassertion is in an interview with YouTuber Joseph Shepherd in February 2019, where Belli claims that the 'so-called' official reason was just a fabrication by the show's creators for the purpose of portraying a more palatable scenario of Belli's departure from the show. By Belli's own account however, in the years since airing season 4, Willam has refuted the "official story" in multiple interviews. In the episode "Reunited", Belli stated that his disqualification was due to conjugal visits made by his husband in his hotel room. Belli won the main challenges in the episodes "Float Your Boat" and "Frenemies", but was disqualified in the latter. Fellow castmate Chad Michaels had competed with Belli in the California Entertainer of the Year Pageant in 2010. In November 2011, Logo TV announced that Belli was among 13 contestants competing on the fourth season. World of Wonder contacted Willam's management asking for him to audition for the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. 2011–2012: RuPaul's Drag Race and further success In January 2011, he was featured in Rihanna's music video " S&M" along with Detox and Morgan McMichaels as back-up dancers. The band was started by Charlie Paulson and Xander Smith and features drag queens Detox, Kelly Mantle, Rhea Litré, and Vicky Vox. 2009–2010: Drag careerīelli is a member of the band Tranzkuntinental, which made its debut at The Roxy in 2009. He has also modeled as part of the Tranimal Master Class Workshop at the Machine Project, which was photographed by Austin Young. In 2008, Belli was featured on the single artwork for the song " Breakin' Up" by Rilo Kiley. He also had a small role in the film American Wedding. Throughout the 2000s he would go on to play small roles in many television shows. He later appeared in the TV series The District, Boston Public, Cold Case, The Shield, My Name Is Earl and most notably Nip/Tuck as the transgender character Cherry Peck. Career 2000–2008: Beginningsīelli's first acting credit was as the role of a street hustler named Bart Jaker on two episodes of The District (2002) and his first TV appearance was on an episode of the game show Street Smarts. Belli met his husband Bruce, at nineteen. His aunt is television director Mary Lou Belli.īelli was overweight when he was young but lost the extra pounds by becoming vegetarian before being emancipated at 16. Belli's father worked at the Kennedy Space Center. He lived in Florida for middle school and high school. Belli states he is of Yugoslav and Italian heritage. 2.6 2018–present: A Star Is Born and other ventures.2.5 2014–2017: American Apparel, Shartistry in Motion, first book, perfume, and talk show.2.4 2012–2013: YouTube Career, "Boy Is a Bottom", and DWV success.2.3 2011–2012: RuPaul's Drag Race and further success.Following the breakup of DWV, Willam formed another drag supergroup, the AAA Girls, with Courtney Act and Alaska Thunderfuck. ![]() Between 20, she recorded several songs as part of the group DWV (alongside drag queens Vicky Vox and Detox), including the parodies " Chow Down" and " Boy Is a Bottom", whose music videos were viral successes. Her second album, Shartistry in Motion, debuted at number one on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart. Since 2012, Willam has recorded three albums of comedy music, mostly consisting of parodies of popular songs. For her performance on the dark comedy web series EastSiders, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series. In 2018, she appeared in the critically acclaimed film A Star Is Born. She has continued to perform in a variety of films, television series and web series, often in drag. Willam came to prominence as a contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2012, but was disqualified in the "Frenemies" challenge.īefore appearing on Drag Race, Willam worked as an actor, most notably playing the recurring role of transgender woman Cherry Peck in Ryan Murphy's medical drama Nip/Tuck. ![]() ![]() Willam Belli ( / ˈ b ɛ l aɪ/, born June 30, 1982), mononymously known as Willam, is an American drag queen, actor, singer-songwriter, reality television personality, author, and YouTuber. ![]()
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