Trixie Mattel Biography
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, Trixie Mattel is an American drag queen, television personality, singer-songwriter, comedian, and entrepreneur.
Trixie Mattel Age
Mattel is 32 years old as of 2021. She was born on 23 August 1989 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Trixie Mattel Height
Mattel stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches(1.80m)tall and weighs around 65 kg(143 pounds).
Trixie Mattel Education
After graduating from high school, Mattel attended the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she acquired a BFA in Music Theatre as well as was familiarized to drag while acting in a show of The Rocky Horror Show at the Oriental Theatre.
Trixie Mattel Family
Mattel was born and brought up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is half Ojibwe and comes from a Native American family in Crivitz, Wisconsin. Mattel had an offensive stepfather who would call her a “Trixie” when she acted feminine, which later motivated her drag name. Mattel thought of the name Cupcake before choosing Trixie Mattel. She is openly gay and currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Trixie Mattel Husband
Mattel is openly gay. Since 2016, Mattel has been in a relationship with filmmaker David Silver, who also produced his documentary Moving Parts. Also, she is a vegetarian.
Trixie Mattel Net Worth
Mattel has an estimated net worth of $10 million dollars as of 2022.
Trixie Mattel Career
Mattel first acted in drag at LaCage NiteClub in Milwaukee. She became a brand of the Milwaukee drag scene while also acting in Chicago alongside drag queen friends of hers such as Kim Chi and Shea Couleé, who would afterward contest on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
In 2014, Mattel attended The Institute of Beauty and Wellness before withdrawing after that same year to partake in RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Trixie and Zamolodchikova published Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood in the year 2020, which became a New York Times bestseller. She is also the CEO and founder of Trixie Cosmetics, a cosmetics brand.
Mattel manages a YouTube channel where she showcases the brand’s products, reviews products from other makeup brands, posts new music as well as music videos, and video collaborations with other drag queens and various celebrities.
However, she also has a Twitch channel where she streams games such as The Sims 4 and Dead by Daylight. In June 2019, Mattel appeared on New York magazine’s list of “the most powerful drag queens in America”, ranking fourth. Mattel appears as a judge on the drag queen singing competition series Queen of the Universe.