Lady Camden
Lady Camden at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023
Born
Rex Wheeler

(1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 33)[1]
Camden Town, London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationDrag queen
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race (season 14)
Websiteladycamden.com

Rex Wheeler (born 9 August 1990),[1] known by the stage name Lady Camden is an English drag queen based in the United States who competed on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race, placing as the runner-up.[2]

Early life

Wheeler was born in Camden Town, London, England to Brian Wheeler and Jeanne Pacella, who met at Brian's job at the Electric Ballroom.[3] His mother has been described as supportive of Wheeler's drag career, as she has attended many of his performances and even partied alongside the cast of the fourteenth season of Drag Race after the airing of the finale.[4] Wheeler attended the Acland Burghley School and the Royal Ballet School.[3][5]

Career

Lady Camden at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022

After dancing with the Slovak National Ballet, Wheeler danced with Sacramento Ballet from 2010 to 2015. He then danced and choreographed for Smuin Ballet, based in San Francisco, from 2015 to 2018.[6][5] In 2019, he premiered Take Five, a piece he choreographed for Smuin Ballet set to the music of Dave Brubeck.[7]

In 2022, Wheeler competed on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race as Lady Camden. She won episodes 7,[8] 12,[9] and 14,[10] as well as three cash prizes of $5,000. She landed in the bottom 7 on the Snatch Game episode,[11] and had to participate in a lip-sync tournament, winning the second round against Bosco.[12]

In the finale, she reached the final two with Willow Pill and the two queens participated in a lip-sync battle to Cher's cover version of ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)".[2] She lost the lip-sync and finished as the runner-up, winning a cash prize of $50,000.[2]

Personal life

Wheeler lives in California and is openly gay.[13] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he moved to Sacramento, before returning to San Francisco.[6]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Season 14; Runner-up
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Contestant Season 14
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Herself Series 5; Special guest

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2022 Whatcha Packin' Herself Guest [14]
Drag Us Weekly [15]
2023 Give It to Me Straight [16]

Awards and nominations

Year Award-giving body Category Work Results Ref.
2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Fight
(Shared with Bosco) 		RuPaul's Drag Race Won [17][18]
2022 Critics' Choice Real TV Awards Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series
(Shared with the Season 14 cast) 		RuPaul's Drag Race Won [19]

References

  1. ^ a b "🎂Thank you for the birthday love!🎂 I don't know what I did to deserve so much love from so many beautiful people in my life... ❤️ Thank you. Here's to an incredible year ahead!! #party". 9 August 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Rosario, Alexandra Del (23 April 2022). "'RuPaul's Drag Race': [SPOILER] Crowned Season 14 Winner In Milestone Finale For Franchise". Deadline. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b Taylor, Harry (4 February 2022). "LGBT+ CAMDEN: Star of RuPaul's Drag Race 'wanted to do everybody who has ever loved Camden proud'". Camden New Journal. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  4. ^ "LADY CAMDEN - Give It To Me Straight Ep1 - Hosted by Maddy Morphosis". YouTube. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b Katz, Leslie (6 December 2016). "Rex Wheeler's 'We Three Kings' new to Smuin 'Christmas Ballet'". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b Womack, Graham (29 September 2022). "Drag to Riches". Comstock's Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  7. ^ Berman, Janice (20 September 2022). "Smuin Ballet Shines in a Premiere — and a Return to Live Performance". www.sfcv.org. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  8. ^ McCallion, Paul (19 February 2022). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: One Hand, One Fart". Vulture. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  9. ^ McCallion, Paul (25 March 2022). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Villain Eras". Vulture. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  10. ^ McCallion, Paul (8 April 2022). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: The Final Five". Vulture. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  11. ^ Ehrman-Dupre, Joe; Ehrman-Dupre, Joe (15 April 2015). "RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 7, Episode 7: 'Snatch Game!'". Indiewire. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  12. ^ "It's March Madness on RuPaul's Drag Race with a LaLaPaRuZa lip sync tournament". The A.V. Club. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  13. ^ "camdennewjorunal.co.uk". Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  14. ^ Lady Camden's Whatcha Packin' | S14 TOP 5 | RuPaul's Drag Race, 25 April 2022, archived from the original on 5 June 2022, retrieved 6 June 2022
  15. ^ RuPaul's Drag Race S14 Lady Camden On Finale, Favorite Moment, Upbringing, Other Contestants & More, 25 April 2022, archived from the original on 2 June 2022, retrieved 6 June 2022
  16. ^ Give It To Me Straight w/ Lady Camden - Hosted by Maddy Morphosis, 18 January 2023
  17. ^ MTV News (11 May 2022). "HERE ARE YOUR 2022 MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS NOMINATIONS: SEE THE FULL LIST". Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  18. ^ Chudy, Emily (6 June 2022). "MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022: RuPaul's Drag Race, Heartstopper and Euphoria win big". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  19. ^ Erik Pedersen (12 June 2022). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' & 'Top Chef' Lead Critics Choice Real TV Awards". Deadline.com. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

External links

RuPaul's Drag Race
MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Fight
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