Miz Cracker
American drag queen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miz Cracker (born April 19, 1984)[2][3] is the stage name of Maxwell Elias Heller,[4] an American drag queen and television personality.[5] He is best known for placing fifth on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race[6] and for being a runner-up on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.[7]
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_(cropped2).jpg) Miz Cracker at RuPaul's DragCon LA 2018 | |
| Born | Maxwell Elias Heller[1] April 19, 1984 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Education | Evergreen State College (BA) |
| Occupation | Drag queen |
| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Website | mizcracker |
Early life
Maxwell Heller was born in Seattle.[8] His parents were former members of the Lubavitch community. He also has a sister, Sylvia.[9] Heller left Seattle at eighteen years old.[10] He attended The Evergreen State College, designing his own major.[11]
Career
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Perspective
Heller started his career as Brianna Cracker, but, when another performer took the name, he donned the name “Miss Cracker”. However, when trying to make a Facebook account with that name, it denied “Miss” as an appropriate first name, so Heller changed it to “Miz”.[9]
Miz Cracker was announced as one of fourteen contestants competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 22, 2018.[12] She won the episode ten main challenge after doing a makeover on Chester See.[13][14][15] She was eliminated an episode later after losing a lip sync to "Nasty Girl" by Vanity 6 to eventual runner-up Kameron Michaels.[16]
She has a homemade web series, Review with a Jew, where she recaps episodes of Drag Race, starting from All Stars season three. The series debuted on January 31, 2018.[17] Alexandra Pucciarelli from Alma wrote the series is "always hilarious."[18]
Miz Cracker was in the Billboard web series "Spillin' the Tea" on June 13, 2018.[19] She was introduced as the host of her own WoWpresents web series, "JewTorials" on June 26, 2018.[20]
Miz Cracker has written regularly for Slate since 2014, and in 2016, she received the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association's Excellence in Column Writing award.[21] Miz Cracker was nominated with Aquaria for the "Competition Contestant of 2018" for the 2018 People's Choice Awards.[22]
In early 2019, she finished her one-woman show called "It's Time", which she performed across the UK. Billboard stated, "The show touched on her struggle with addiction during her early 20s, with a little bit of "Cracker-brand" comedy sprinkled in."[23] Miz Cracker was added to the Drag Race "Haters Roast: The Shady Tour" comedy tour with other alumnae in 2019.[24][25]
On May 8, 2020, Miz Cracker was announced as one of ten drag queens who would compete in the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.[26] She won three main challenges, on episodes 4, 6 and 7, and was in the bottom for the snatch game on episode 5. She placed as a runner-up, together with Jujubee.[7]
In 2020, Miz Cracker launched a podcast titled She's a Woman with Studio71.[27]
Music
Miz Cracker worked with Alexis Michelle, Lady Sinagaga, and Sherry Vine to create "Jappy", a cover of Pharrell Williams' "Happy".[28]
Personal life
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "She's a Woman! (On Top of the World)" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Eight Days of You" (featuring Jujubee) |
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Cher: The Unauthorized Rusical" (RuPaul featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 10) |
2018 | Non-album single |
| "Alter (Sh)Ego" (Chem Users featuring Miz Cracker) |
Pride in Ourselves | |
| "I'm in Love"[31] (with the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 5) |
2020 | Non-album single |
| "Clap Back" (RuPaul featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Season 5) |
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) | Herself | Contestant (fifth place) |
| RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (season 10) | |||
| 2020 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 5) | Contestant (runner-up) | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (season 2) | |||
| 2022 | Miz Cracker: Here I Stand |
Web series
See also
References
External links
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