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Shea Couleé

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  • Producer
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Shea Couleé in RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Born in Chicago, Shea Couleé (she/they) is an internationally-renowned drag superstar, performer, recording artist, podcast host, model, and actor known for their fashion-forward editorial looks. Couleé's legendary tenure on the Emmy-nominated show RuPaul's Drag Race includes winning All Stars 5 and finishing a finalist on the special all-winners edition of All Stars 7 and their original season, Drag Race 9. Couleé has performed in theater since nine years old.
BornFebruary 8, 1989
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Jaida Essence Hall, Sutan Amrull, Jinkx Monsoon, Shea Couleé, Monét X Change, James Lee Williams, Trinity The Tuck, and Jovan Bridges in Lip Sync LaLaPaRuza Smackdown (2022)
Shea Couleé, Monét X Change, and Trinity The Tuck in Draguation Speeches (2022)
Jaida Essence Hall, Jinkx Monsoon, Shea Couleé, and Monét X Change in The Realness of Fortune Ball (2022)
Jaida Essence Hall, Sutan Amrull, Jinkx Monsoon, Shea Couleé, Monét X Change, James Lee Williams, Trinity The Tuck, and Jovan Bridges in Snatch Game (2022)
Jaida Essence Hall, Sutan Amrull, David Petruschin, Jinkx Monsoon, Shea Couleé, Monét X Change, James Lee Williams, Trinity The Tuck, and Jovan Bridges in Legends (2022)
Jaida Essence Hall, Sutan Amrull, Jinkx Monsoon, Shea Couleé, Monét X Change, James Lee Williams, Trinity The Tuck, and Jovan Bridges in Meet the Queens of All Stars 7! (2022)
Peppermint, Farrah Moan, Jaymes Mansfield, Shea Couleé, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Sasha Velour, and Trinity The Tuck in RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Alex Michaels, Farrah Moan, Jaymes Mansfield, Shea Couleé, Pierre Leverne Dease, Jay Rivera, Charlie Hides, James Leyva, and Trinity The Tuck in RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Alex Michaels, Peppermint, Farrah Moan, Shea Couleé, Pierre Leverne Dease, Jay Rivera, Sasha Velour, James Leyva, and Trinity The Tuck in RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Alex Michaels, Shea Couleé, David Huggard, Sasha Velour, and Trinity The Tuck in RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Ryan Ong Palao, Derrick Barry, Jujubee, Shane Richardson, Alexis Mateo, Elijah Kelly, Dequan Johnson, Shea Couleé, Blair St. Clair, and Maxwell Heller in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012)
Shea Couleé

Known for

Lipstick City (2016)
Lipstick City
Short
  • Mrs. Couleé
  • Shea
  • 2016
Ironheart (2023)
Ironheart
TV Series
  • Actor(as Jaren Merrell)
You're So Talented (2015)
You're So Talented
8.4
TV Series
  • Shea(as Jaren Merrell)
Jeez Loueez, Shea Couleé, and Vincent Martell in Finesse (2022)
Finesse
TV Series
  • Kizer(as Jaren Merrell)
  • 2022

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Actor

  • Ironheart
    • (as Jaren Merrell)
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Jeez Loueez, Shea Couleé, and Vincent Martell in Finesse (2022)
    Finesse
    • Kizer (as Jaren Merrell)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Peppermint, Nea Marshall Kudi, Caldwell Tidicue, Shea Couleé, and Mo Heart in Nubia Amplified: The Series (2022)
    Nubia Amplified: The Series
    • Shea Couleé (as Jaren Merrell)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Lipstick City (2016)
    Lipstick City
    • Mrs. Couleé
    • Shea
    • Short
    • 2016
  • You're So Talented (2015)
    You're So Talented
    • Shea (as Jaren Merrell)
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016

Producer

  • Peppermint, Nea Marshall Kudi, Caldwell Tidicue, Shea Couleé, and Mo Heart in Nubia Amplified: The Series (2022)
    Nubia Amplified: The Series
    • executive producer (as Jaren Merrell)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Nubia Amplified (2020)
    Nubia Amplified
    • executive producer (as Jaren Merrell)
    • 2020
  • Lipstick City (2016)
    Lipstick City
    • executive producer (as Jaren Merrell)
    • Short
    • 2016

Director

  • Lipstick City (2016)
    Lipstick City
    • Director (as Jaren Merrell)
    • Short
    • 2016

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Jaren Merrell
  • Born
    • February 8, 1989
    • Warsaw, Indiana, USA

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Merrell, along with fellow drag queen Farrah Moan, was attacked outside a kebab shop by a woman in Newcastle.
  • Quotes
    Mama, you look so good it's damn near sinful.
  • Nickname
    • Shea

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