Jade Jolie
Jolie in 2017
Born (1986-11-02) November 2, 1986 (age 37)
Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
Other namesJules Green
Tristan Everhard
Occupation(s)Drag queen, performer, impersonator, actor
Known for

Jade Jolie is the stage name of Jules Green,[1][2] an American drag queen and impersonator of Taylor Swift, known for competing in the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the fourth season of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula.

She featured in Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" music video and joined her at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards in the opening act, as well as receiving two awards with Swift, including Video of the Year.

Early life

Jolie was born on November 2, 1986, and raised in Fort Myers, Florida[3] and Alachua, Florida.[4] She started doing drag at the University Club in Gainesville, Florida. Her drag mom is Dana Douglas and her drag father is Bob Taylor. The name Jade Jolie is a combination of the Mortal Kombat character Jade and Angelina Jolie. She originally auditioned for season five of Drag Race, where she reached the top eight.[5][6]

Career

Before Drag Race, Jolie worked as an adult performer under the name Tristan Everhard. She was in Volume 213 of the porn website "Showguys" in 2007.[7][8]

Jolie was announced as one of fourteen contestants for the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2013. She was placed in the bottom three in the first episode, but was spared over Serena ChaCha and Penny Tration.[9] She played as Taylor Swift for the annual Snatch Game.[10][11][12] She was later eliminated in the sixth episode after losing a lip sync to The Pointer Sisters "I'm So Excited" against Coco Montrese.[13] A fight between Jolie and Alyssa Edwards in an episode of "Untucked" included Jolie commenting on Edwards's "Back rolls", which became an internet meme.[14][15][16][17][18][19] She appeared as a guest in the shows season eight grand finale.[20]

Jade Jolie performing in 2017

After Drag Race, Jolie was in the music video for Pandora Boxx's "Knew You Seemed Shady!" on July 23, 2013.[21] In 2017, Jolie was part of Phi Phi O'Hara's drag benefit show to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, with other Drag Race alumni.[22][23] She was also in the music video for Alaska's "Snaked" on December 24, 2018, playing Taylor Swift.[24] She portrayed Swift again in the music video for Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" on June 17, 2019.[25]

On August 26, 2019, Jolie performed alongside Taylor Swift during her 2019 MTV Video Music Awards performance.[26] After Swift won the Video of the Year Award, presenter John Travolta confused Jolie for Swift herself and attempted to hand her the award.[27][28][29]

In September 2021, Jolie was announced as part of the cast of the fourth season of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula, becoming the first Drag Race alum to compete on the show, and placed sixth.[30]

In October 2021, Jolie performed at Dragathon: Halloween Night Spooktacular.[31]

Personal life

In 2013, Jolie was involved in a Twitter fight with Mimi Imfurst, presumably from the way Imfurst introduced Jolie at Logo's NYC Pride event, which Jolie took offense to. The fight included Imfurst stating Jolie was in prostitution, and Jolie calling Imfurst a "loser." Judge Michelle Visage stepped in to break up the fight.[32] In September 2021, Jolie issued a public apology for portraying a Nazi soldier in a pornographic film years prior.[33] Jade came out as a trans woman on October 8, 2023.[34]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2020 Miss Americana Herself Cameo [35]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2013 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 5) Contestant 8th place (7 episodes)
2013 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Contestant Season 4 (6 episodes)
2020 AJ and the Queen Guest 1 episode [36]
2021 The Boulet Brothers' Dragula (season 4) Contestant 6th Place (7 episodes) [30]

Music videos

Year Title Artist
2013 "Knew You Seemed Shady!" Pandora Boxx
2018 "Snaked" Alaska
2019 "You Need to Calm Down" Taylor Swift

Web series

Year Title Role Ref.
2014 Ring My Bell Herself [37]
2014 WOW Shopping Network [38]
2023 Give It To Me Straight
(with Maddy Morphosis) 		[39]

See also

References

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  2. ^ @QueenJadeJolie (November 12, 2023). "Making my name change official soon to Jules 🥹🤍🏳️‍⚧️🫶🏻 So excited to continue on this journey. #Trans" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Jade Jolie on Instagram: "#Birthday fun with my daughta @AubreyJolie"". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  4. ^ "JADE JOLIE - "Give It to Me Straight" Ep13 - Hosted by Maddy Morphosis". YouTube.
  5. ^ Beninate, Renee. "Gainesville's Jade Jolie a finalist on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 2019-06-15.[permanent dead link]
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  7. ^ Avery, Dan (2013-01-22). "Does A "RuPaul's Drag Race" Contestant Have A Gay-Porn Past?". www.queerty.com. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
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  9. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 5 premiere". EW.com. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  10. ^ Guerra, Joey (2017-01-30). "Taylor Swift lookalike comes to town for Super Bowl weekend". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
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  17. ^ "'Drag Race' Star Alyssa Edwards Is Releasing An Eye Palette & It'll Make Your Tongue Pop". Bustle. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
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  19. ^ "10 of the Best Reads in 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Herstory". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  20. ^ Queen Runway: Audience Warmup - RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 Grand Finale, 2016-05-16, retrieved 2019-06-15
  21. ^ Pandora Boxx & Adam Barta - "Knew You Seemed Shady!" (Official Music Video) (HD), 2013-07-23, retrieved 2019-06-15
  22. ^ "A Record 28 "RuPaul's Drag Race" Stars United Last Night To Help Puerto Rico". www.newnownext.com. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  23. ^ "Phi Phi O'Hara Sets Superstar Drag Benefit Show For Puerto Rico". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  24. ^ Alaska Thunderfuck - Snaked (Ellis Miah Mix) [Official], 2018-12-24, retrieved 2019-06-15
  25. ^ "Every celebrity cameo in Taylor Swift's 'You Need To Calm Down' music video". PopBuzz. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  26. ^ "John Travolta Mistakes Drag Race's Jade Jolie for Taylor Swift When Presenting Video of the Year at the 2019 MTV VMAs". Ew. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  27. ^ "John Travolta Mistook RuPaul's Drag Race's Jade Jolie for Taylor Swift at VMAs". Screenrant. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  28. ^ "John Travolta Mistakes Drag Queen for Taylor Swift at VMAs". nbcconnecticut.com. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  29. ^ "John Travolta Mistakenly Hands Taylor Swift's Award to Drag Queen Double Jade Jolie". OneCountry.com. 27 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  30. ^ a b Joey Nolfi (September 8, 2021). "The Boulet Brothers' Dragula season 4 cast revealed: Meet the killer contestants". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  31. ^ Vanni, Olivia (October 13, 2021). "The best things to do for Halloween in Boston". Time Out. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  32. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race: 20 Times The Real Cast Drama Happened Off-Screen". ScreenRant. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  33. ^ "Jade Jolie's Nazi-Themed Adult Film Resurfaces". Instinct Magazine. September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  34. ^ https://x.com/queenjadejolie/status/1710985900971438374?s=46&t=ULTufHK2x6jnlaDXA1cadQ[bare URL]
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  36. ^ Nolfi, Joey (2019-12-03). "RuPaul brings 22 Drag Race queens to costar on AJ and the Queen". EW.com. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  37. ^ Jade Jolie on Ring My Bell, 2014-03-30, retrieved 2019-06-15
  38. ^ Jade Jolie on WOW Shopping Network, 2014-03-28, retrieved 2019-06-15
  39. ^ "JADE JOLIE - "Give It To Me Straight" - Hosted by Maddy Morphosis". YouTube. July 14, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.

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