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Russella (also known as The Fabulous Russella^[1]) is a British actor, dancer, model, choreographer, singer and comedian often performing in character drag.

Career

Russella is considered one of 200 cultural icons by i-D magazine^[2] and was considered one of the UK's top 30 talents by The London Paper^[3]

Russella studied dance at Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds where he met singer and actress Paloma Faith.^[4] Russella later moved to London to live with Faith.^[5] Russella appeared in the music video for Faith's debut single Stone Cold Sober.^[6] Faith cites Russella as one of the inspirations for her style,^[7] a style which is thought of as Dynasty Glam^[1] and Alexis Carrington 1980s.^[8]

After moving to London, Russella worked in fashion PR for vintage clothes retailer Beyond Retro.^[9] before meeting performance artist Jonny Woo whom he performed with regularly after winning a competition hosted by Woo^[8]^[10]

After a chance meeting at London nightclub Madame Jojo's, a then unknown French singer Héloïse Letissier befriended Russella and two lesser known drag queens who encouraged her to sing. After a period of suffering from depression, Letissier was inspired by the drag queens—to the extent that she named her pop persona Christine and the Queens in appreciation.^[11]

In an interview with the New Statesman, Letissier explains that whist Russella taught her 'how to be a woman', the two have not remained in contact.^[12] Lettessier claims that Russella is one of the drag queens who 'saved [her] life'^[13]

Modelling career

Even though Russella claims not to care about beauty "everyone is so obsessed with beauty and glamour right now; everyone wants to be perfect. I know I am perfect – I'm fabulous – but I don't particularly care. I just want to be looked at"^[14] – he has modelled for award-winning photographers including Nick Knight,^[2] Alice Hawkins^[15] Jodi Bieber^[16] and Gregoire A Meyer^[17] as well as modelling for brands including Joseph Corré's A Child of the Jago,^[18] and milliner Piers Atkinson.^[19]^[20]

Russella has also appeared in photo shoots for magazines including i-D magazine^[2]Attitude Magazine,^[21] The Independent Magazine,^[15]The British Journal of Photography,^[22] and Time Out^[23]

Acting career

Russella appeared as 'Terry Crystal' in Trevor Miller's film Riot on Redchurch Street which was released in 2012^[24] He also featured on MTV's My Super Sweet 16 in January 2012 as guest choreographer.

Comedy

In 2008 Russella launched 'London's Next Top Tranny' a successful competition to discover up and coming talent in East London ^[25]

Russella was a finalist in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year awards, 2012^[26] hosted by Jo Brand

In 2015 Russella entered Britain's Got Talent performing 'The Pancake Show', and expressed his desire to 'do' a cookery book, much to the dismay of Simon Cowell but with the full support of David Walliams who exclaimed 'I would buy it!' ^[27]

Writing

Russella has contributed to online magazines including Societe Perrier^[28] and the Sabotage Times^[29]

Singing

Russella released his first comedic single on to iTunes in 2009 – titled – 'Too Fabulous'^[30] with an accompanying video on YouTube which featured Sue Tilley Benefits Supervisor Sleeping.

Russella also appeared on episode 6 of Britain's Got Talent 2012 singing Wild Horses

Filmography

References

1. ^¹{{Cite news | first = Sherwood | last = James | title = My Style | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/my-style-russella-792453.html | work = The Independent | date = 9 Mar 2008}}
2. ^¹²{{Cite news | title = i-D The 30th Birthday Issue | url = http://showstudio.com/project/200_portraits/portrait/the_fabulous_russella | work = i-D Magazine | publisher = Levelprint Ltd | date = 1 September 2010}}
3. ^{{Cite news | first = Jessica | last = Holland | title = 30 under 30 | work = The London Paper | publisher = NI free newspapers ltd | page = 10 | date = 4 January 2008}}
4. ^{{Cite news | first = Stuart | last = Brumfitt | title = You Gotta Have Faith | work = Boyz Magazine | publisher = Windmill Europe Limited}}
5. ^{{Cite web| url = http://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/11/19/russella-londons-top-tranny/| title = Russella: London's Top Tranny| author = The Gentle Author| date = 19 November 2010| work = Spitalfields City Life }}
6. ^{{Cite web |url = http://www.attitude.co.uk/news/viewnews.aspx?newsid=1334 |title = How Gay are you? Paloma Faith |date = 20 October 2010 |work = Attitude Magazine |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101020060146/http://attitude.co.uk/news/viewnews.aspx?newsid=1334 |archivedate = 20 October 2010 |df = dmy-all}}
7. ^{{Cite news | first = Carola | last = Long | title = Faith: A Cuban Twist on the Retro Look | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/paloma-faith-a-cuban-twist-on-the-retro-look-1983382.html | work = The Independent | date = 29 May 2010 }}
8. ^¹{{Cite news |first = Davis |last = Maggie |title = Drag Queen Shopping Spree |url = http://www.timeout.com/london/gay/features/2042/Drag_queen_shopping_spree |work = Time Out |date = October 2006}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
9. ^{{Cite news | first = Matt | last = Miles | title = Anatomy of a bedroom | work = AXM | publisher = millivres prowler | date = May 2006}}
10. ^{{Cite news | title = (Drag) Queen of our hearts | work = The Gay Times | publisher = Millivres Prowler | page = 21 | date = October 2007}}
11. ^{{Cite news | first = Par Gilles | last = Medioni | title = VIDEOS. La voix royale de Christine and the Queens| url = http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/musique/videos-la-voix-royale-de-christine-and-the-queens_1650188.html | work = L'Express | date = 13 Feb 2015 }}
12. ^{{Cite news | first = Mossman | last = Kate | title = my love life would've been way better | url = http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2016/07/my-love-life-would-have-been-way-better-christine-and-queens-gender | work = New Statesman | date = 8 Jul 2016 }}
13. ^{{Cite news | first = Marion | last = Van Renterghem | title = Les confessions de Christine and the Queens | url = http://www.vanityfair.fr/culture/musique/articles/aux-origines-de-christine-and-the-queens/48063 | work = Vanity Fair | date = 23 Nov 2016}}
14. ^{{Cite news | first = Isaac | last = Lock | title = She's so unusual | work = Tank Magazine | publisher = Tank Publications Ltd | year = 2009 | quote = I just want to be looked at}}
15. ^¹{{Cite news | title = Back to Black | work = The Independent Magazine | publisher = Vitality Publishing | page = 74}}
16. ^http://shoreditchunbound.com/interact/inside/evolve/
17. ^http://www.thespiderawards.com/gallery6/gallery.php?g=n&x=a&cid=94&fid=69731
18. ^http://www.achildofthejago.com/communique/default.asp
19. ^http://www.vogue.it/en/talents/vogue-video-lab/2011/09/hot-voodoo
20. ^http://www.theglassmagazine.com/forum/article.asp?tid=1831#title
21. ^{{Cite news | title = Dress You Up | work = Attitude Magazine | publisher = Vitality Publishing | page = 50}}
22. ^{{Cite news | title = Hip To Be Square | work = The British Journal of Photography | publisher = Incisive media | page = 21}}
23. ^{{Cite news | title = Shopping and Style | work = Time Out | page = 29}}
24. ^http://riotonredchurch.com/supporting_cast.html.
25. ^{{cite news| author = the gentle author | title = The Trannies of Bethnal Green| url = http://spitalfieldslife.com/2010/10/04/the-trannies-of-bethnal-green/| work = Spitalfields Life| date = 4 October 2010}}
26. ^{{Cite news | first = Emma | last = Bartholomew | title = Flip Side of Drag Star | url = http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=16&refresh=9n1PF2x0e18Z&EID=a142bbd3-ea57-4d9b-8fcb-0f0a26183697&skip=&p=16 | work = Hackney Gazette | date = 19 January 2012}}
27. ^{{Cite news | first = Ryan | last = Smith |title= David Walliams fed pancake by dancing drag queen | url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3084682/David-Walliams-fed-pancakes-dancing-drag-queen-Britain-s-Got-Talent-gives-golden-pass-woman-singing-apple-crumbles.html | work = Daily Mail | date = 16 May 2015}}
28. ^{{cite web |url = https://societeperrier.com/blog/the-fabulous-russellas-love-letter-to-london/ |title = Fabulous Russella'a Love Letter To London |last1 = Fabulous |first1 = Russella |date = 11 January 2013 |website = Societe Perrier |accessdate = |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140726151657/https://societeperrier.com/blog/the-fabulous-russellas-love-letter-to-london/ |archivedate = 26 July 2014 |df = dmy-all}}
29. ^{{cite web |url= http://sabotagetimes.com/life/why-i-love-the-word-tranny/ |title= Why I Love the Word Tranny |last1= Fabulous |first1= Russella |date= 14 February 2014 |website= Sabotage Times |accessdate=}}
30. ^{{Cite web |url = http://www.attitude.co.uk/viewblog.aspx?blogid=2208&viewuserid=1d17547e-17b6-4271-8b20-f3eb845a65d0 |title = Introducing...Fabulous Russella |date = 20 January 2010 |work = Attitude Magazine |publisher = Millivres prowler |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101213045053/http://attitude.co.uk/viewblog.aspx?blogid=2208&viewuserid=1d17547e-17b6-4271-8b20-f3eb845a65d0 |archivedate = 13 December 2010 |df = dmy-all}}
31. ^Hackney Gazette, 19 January 2012, Emma Bartholomew