Sasha Velour
Known for: Acting
Born: June 25, 1987
Place of birth: Berkeley, California, USA
Sasha Velour is the stage name of Alexander Hedges Steinberg, a drag queen, performer, visual artist, and hostess of Brooklyn "Nightgowns" show, as well as the Season 9 winner of RuPaul's Drag Race. Sasha's parents named her after Alexandra Kollontai, a Russian feminist leader, but for most of her life, she’s went by "Sasha", a common Russian nickname for either Alexander or Alexandra. Because she was told her whole life that she had a girl's name, she kept it. "Velour" comes from a fabric often used as a cheaper substitute for velvet, which Sasha thinks is the perfect metaphor for drag.
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Filmography
5 movies · 12 TV shows, newest first
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A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
2025
9.0
King of Drag
2025
4.8
Drag Race Germany
2023
NR
NightGowns: The Musical
2021
2.0
Drag Queen Christmas 2020
2020
NR
NightGowns FOREVER
2020
5.5
We're Here
2020
NR
NightGowns
2020
NR
BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
2018
NR
Out Of The Closet
2018
7.7
The Bold Type
2017
NR
Portrait Of A Queen
2017
7.0
The Pit Stop
2016
1.7
Whatcha Packin'
2014
7.1
Broad City
2014
6.0
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009