Robbie Turner (drag queen)

Robbie Turner is the stage name of Jeremy Baird,[1] an American drag queen and writer most known for competing on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Robbie Turner
Born
Jeremy Baird

Seattle, Washington
NationalityAmerican
OccupationDrag queen

Early life

Baird was raised by Pentecostal ministers in Centralia, Washington.[1]

Career

Early in her career, Turner performed at Tacoma, Washington's pride festival. In Seattle, she performed at the bar R Place, as and hosted the Robbie Turner Revue at the Hard Rock Café.[2]

Turner auditioned for RuPaul's Drag Race multiple times before being cast for the eighth season. Fellow Seattle performer Jinkx Monsoon endorsed Turner in the submitted audition tape.[1] During the "Snatch Game" competition, Turner portrayed Diana Vreeland.[3] Turner was eliminated from Drag Race after losing a lip sync battle to Derrick Barry.[4][5][6] Vulture ranked Turner number 53 on their list of "Every Snatch Game Impersonation on RuPaul's Drag Race, Ranked".[3] The Independent's Lily Pearson included Turner's lip sync against Cynthia Lee Fontaine in her list of "the most unmissable moments" in Drag Race history.[7] In 2018, Instinct ranked Turner number 80 in the article, "The Definitive List: Ranking All the RuPaul's Drag Race Queens from 1 to 126", and Stephen Daw of Billboard ranked Les Chicken Wings (a group composed of Turner, Kim Chi, and Naomi Smalls) number 18 on his list of the "50 Best Musical Moments" on the show.[8]

Turner has appeared on the web series "Capitol Hill" with BenDeLaCreme.[9] She appeared on Hey Qween in 2017. Turner wrote the book, I'll Tell You for Free.[10]

In addition to performing at Seattle's Queer/Bar, Turner has served as the bar's entertainment producer. Turner took a "personal leave" in 2018.[11][12]

Personal life

Turner lived in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, as of 2016.[1]

In April 2018, Turner claimed to be involved in a fatal Uber accident.[13] She later admitted the incident did not happen, after media outlets noted inconsistencies with her story.[14][15][16]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2016 RuPaul's Drag Race Herself Contestant (7th place)
2016 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Herself

Web series
Year Title
2017 Capitol Hill
2017 Hey Qween

See also

References
  1. "'Yaas, Queen!' It's Robbie Turner's turn on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". The Seattle Times. March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. "Seattle's Robbie Turner picked for Season 8 of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". The Seattle Times. February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  3. https://www.vulture.com/article/rupauls-drag-race-snatch-game-impressions-ranked.html
  4. "Robbie Turner sashays away on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". The Seattle Times. April 11, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  5. Nichols, James Michael (April 12, 2016). "Last Words: Robbie Turner Reflects On Her Time On 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". HuffPost. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  6. "Sashay Away: Robbie Turner on Roller Skates, Contouring, and the Maya Angelou of Drag". Out. April 13, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  7. "The most unmissable moments in RuPaul's Drag Race history". The Independent. June 27, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  8. "Decade of 'Drag Race': The Show's 50 Best Musical Moments". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  9. Hurley, Wes (25 July 2016). "Robbie Turner, BenDeLaCrem and Colby Keller Are Back on "Capitol Hill"". Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  10. "'Drag Race' Star Robbie Turner Is an Open Book". May 2, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  11. jseattle (April 19, 2018). "Drag drama around Hill with Seattle University censorship, Queer/Bar's Turner on 'personal leave' — UPDATE". CHS Capitol Hill Seattle. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  12. McBain, Liam (April 20, 2018). "Robbie Turner to Take a Break from Her Job Amid Car Crash Controversy". Out. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  13. "Exclusive: 'Drag Race's Robbie Turner admits car crash didn't happen: I 'was slipped something'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  14. Chase Burns. "Wait, Did Robbie Turner Actually Have a Brush with Death in an Uber?". The Stranger. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  15. Christopher Frizzelle. "Robbie Turner Admits There Was No Dead Uber Driver". The Stranger. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  16. "Did RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Robbie Turner Fake Surviving a Car Wreck on Social Media?Did RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Robbie Turner Really Survive a Car Wreck?". People. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
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