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My Take
What floors me about Jinkx Monsoon is the sheer rarity of winning RuPaul's Drag Race twice, season five and the All-Winners All-Stars, the only queen ever to pull it off. That isn't luck, it's craft. I read this Portland native as a genuine triple threat, someone who treats comedy, song, and acting with equal seriousness rather than coasting on spectacle. The drag is dazzling, but underneath I sense a disciplined performer with deep theatrical training. Jinkx earns my respect precisely because the artistry is real and never lazy, and that, to me, is what separates a star from a sensation.
Overview
Hera Lilith Hoffer (born September 18, 1987), best known by the stage name Jinkx Monsoon, is an American drag queen, actress, singer and comedian, best-known for winning the fifth season (2013) of RuPaul's Drag Race, as well as the All-Winners seventh season of All-Stars, becoming the first and only queen to win two crowns on the show.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jinkx Monsoon
- Name (Japanese)
- ジンクス・モンスーン
- Reading
- じんくす・もんすーん
- Born
- September 18, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Portland, Oregon, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / drag queen / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Grant High School
- University
- Cornish College of the Arts
Awards & achievements
- 2022 Out100
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.jinkxmonsoon.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thejinkx/
- Xhttps://x.com/JinkxMonsoon
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinkx%20Monsoon
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.