Maxi Shield is the stage name of Kristopher Elliot,[1] an Australian drag performer who competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.
Maxi Shield | |
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.jpg) Maxi Shield at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023 | |
| Born | Kristopher Elliot |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1) |
| Website | maxidragqueen |
Career
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Maxi Shield performed at the 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony and opened the Gay Games in 2002. She competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.[2][3][4] She impersonated Magda Szubanski during the Snatch Game challenge.[5] Maxi Shield was eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two of the make-over challenge, then losing a lip-sync battle against Scarlet Adams.[6][7] She has since appeared at RuPaul's DragCon UK.[8]
In 2020, Maxi Shield and fellow Drag Race contestant Hannah Conda attempted to set a new world record for the largest Drag Queen Story Time event at Oxtravaganza.[9][10]
Maxi Shield plays Maxine Fowler in the film The Winner Takes It All.[11][12][13]
Personal life
editElliot is based in Sydney.[14][15]
Maxi Shield participated in the "We're Better Than That" campaign to prevent domestic violence, having experienced it as a child.[16][17]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Going Down Under | Transvestite |
| 2023 | The Winner Takes It All | Maxine Fowler |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | All Saints | Drag Queen | Episode: "Outside Looking In" |
| 2018 | You Can't Ask That | Herself | Episode: "Drag" |
| 2021 | RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1) | Herself (contestant) | 6th place |
| 2022 | Bring Back My Girls | Herself | Episode: "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 1" |
| 2023 | Tongue Thai'd | Herself | Episode: "Maxi Shield at Crispy Pork Gang" |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "MEET RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE DOWN UNDER QUEEN- MAXI SHIELD". Star Observer. 2021-04-19. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "Exclusive: Drag Race Down Under star Maxi Shield spills the T on her Madonna collab and that iconic stunt". GAY TIMES. 2021-06-08. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ Dunn, Billie Schwab (2021-06-08). "Drag Race Down Under's Maxi Shield on importance of uplifting Indigenous voices". Metro. Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "Maxi Shield On Being A Plus-Sized Older Queen & Listening To Indigenous Voices". Star Observer. 2021-06-07. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "Here's who the Drag Race Down Under queens will impersonate on Snatch Game". GAY TIMES. 2021-05-07. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ Murray, Tim (2021-06-06). "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Recap: Making Over Rugby Players". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ James, Michael (2021-06-07). "Drag Race Video Rucap: Maxi Shield 'I was my toughest competition'". QNews. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ Garrison, Mark (2023-02-28). "Drag Race Down Under Star Maxi Shield Reveals Her Favourite Things About Queer Sydney". Star Observer. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "Drag Queen Story Time - A World Record in the offing". Star Observer. 2020-02-20. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "Sequins and lessons as drag queen storytime taken to Sydney streets". SBS News. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ Hirst, Jordan (2023-01-25). "Drag star Maxi Shield's new movie is a campy, raunchy comedy". QNews. Archived from the original on 2023-01-26. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "Drag Cinema with Maxi Shield and "The Winner Takes It All" Director James Demitri". Out Takes. 2023-02-05. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ Hirst, Jordan (2023-02-14). "Maxi Shield serves big John Waters energy in raunchy comedy". QNews. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ Taylor, Andrew (2016-04-23). "Drag queen Maxi Shield upholds Anzac Day tradition of two-up". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ Maher, Alannah (2023-04-12). "Superstar drag queen Maxi Shield is making her stand-up debut at Sydney Comedy Festival". Time Out Sydney. Archived from the original on 2023-04-13. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ Power, Julie (2022-03-03). "Maxi Shield: A voice with cut through on domestic violence". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ Hirst, Jordan (2022-03-03). "Drag star Maxi Shield reveals she's a domestic violence survivor". QNews. Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
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