Miz Cracker

Miz Cracker
Miz Cracker at RuPaul's DragCon LA 2018
Born Maxwell Heller
April 19, 1984 (age 34)[1]
Residence Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Nationality American
Occupation Drag queen
Years active 2011–present
Known for RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10)
Website mizcracker.com

Miz Cracker (born April 19, 1984) is the stage name of Maxwell Heller,[2] an American drag queen and television personality.[3] He is best known for competing on the tenth season of the reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race.[4]

Early life

Maxwell Heller was born in Seattle, Washington.[5] He began doing drag in 2011 and participated in marches for equality in Times Square with his drag mother Bob the Drag Queen, winner of the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[6][7][8]

Career

Cracker was announced as one of fourteen contestants competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 22, 2018.[9] She won the episode ten main challenge after doing a makeover on Chester See.[10] She was eliminated an episode later after losing a lip sync to "Nasty Girl" by Vanity 6 to eventual runner-up Kameron Michaels.[11]

She has a homemade web series, Review with a Jew, where she recaps episodes of Drag Race, starting from All Stars three. She series started on January 31, 2018.[12] She was featured with alumni Tammie Brown, Ginger Minj, Jasmine Masters, Shea Couleé and Eureka O'Hara for the Billboard web series "Spillin' the Tea" on June 13, 2018.[13] She was announced to host her own WoWpresents web series, "JewTorials" on June 26, 2018.[14]

Miz Cracker, who is Jewish, worked with Alexis Michelle, Lady Sinagaga, and Sherry Vine to create "Jappy", a cover of Pharrell Williams' "Happy".[15]

Miz Cracker has written for Slate, and in 2016, she received the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association's Excellence in Column Writing award.[16]

Cracker was nominated with Aquaria for the "Competition Contestant of 2018" for the 2018 People's Choice Awards.[17]

Personal life

Heller resides in Harlem,[18] Manhattan, and has a black belt in karate.[19] Before Drag Race, he worked as a school teacher in Senegal and speaks Wolof.[20] He held a fundraiser for LGBT rights in Uganda in 2016.[21]

Cracker was robbed of her money and ID card while on tour in Dublin, Ireland on August 10, 2018.[22]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) Herself Contestant (5th place)
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (season 10) Herself

Internet series

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Review with a Jew[12] Herself Hostess

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Miz Cracker on Twitter". Twitter.
  2. ↑ "How 'Gay' Should a Gay Bar Be?". The New York Times. 2017-06-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  3. ↑ "The Miz Cracker & Aquaria Comparisons On 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Don't Matter, Because Miz Cracker Will Win With Her Comedy". Bustle (magazine). April 25, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  4. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: Is Miz Cracker Problematic?". Vice (magazine). March 23, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ Teas, Harney & Sons Fine. "Harney Tea Party: Miz Cracker". Harney & Sons Fine Teas. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  6. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 10: what to know before streaming". Newsweek. 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  7. ↑ "Miz Cracker - Feb 17, 2015 (Bowdoin - Theater and Dance)". www.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  8. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 10: Meet the New Queens". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  9. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 10: Meet the 14 fierce drag queens". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  10. ↑ Sava, Oliver. "Drag Race recruits social media influencers for a middling makeover challenge". TV Club. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  11. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' 10 episode 11 recap: Which queen was cut on 'Evil Twins'? [UPDATING LIVE] – GoldDerby". www.goldderby.com. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  12. 1 2 Miz Cracker (2018-01-31), Miz Cracker's Review with a Jew - All Stars S3 E01, retrieved 2018-07-12
  13. ↑ "Spillin' The Tea: 'Drag Race' Queens Talk Dating & Tammie Brown's Night In Jail | Billboard Pride". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  14. ↑ "Drag Queen Miz Cracker Gets Her Own Show, 'JewTorials'". The Forward. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  15. ↑ "5 Jewish drag queens slaying the competition". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  16. ↑ "Miz Cracker". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  17. ↑ "30 Viacom Shows and Movies Up for People's Choice Awards: Vote Through October 19". Viacom Corporate. 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  18. ↑ "Meet The Queens Of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10". PAPER. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  19. ↑ "The "Drag Race" Season 10 Queens Reveal Their Secret Talents". LOGO News. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  20. ↑ "Miz Cracker on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  21. ↑ "Help Miz Cracker Help the LGBT Community of Uganda! | Uganda". 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  22. ↑ Kelly, Fiona. "Our favourite RuPaul's Drag Race contestant was mugged in Dublin last night | Buzz.ie". Buzz.ie. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
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