Minnie Cooper

Minnie Cooper is the stage name of Aaron Farley,[1] an Australian drag performer.

Minnie Cooper
Born
Aaron Farley

Granville, Sydney, Australia
OccupationDrag performer

Career

Cooper was born and raised in Granville, Sydney. She started out as a chorus singer in musicals before performing in drag when she was thirty-one years old.[2]

She has been a semifinalist on the eighth season of Australia's Got Talent in 2016. In 2018 she was featured on All Together Now and Celebrity Name Game Australia. She also appeared in Season 4 of Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father.[3]

She has performed in front of Cher at the 2018 Mardi Gras parade, and in front of Kylie Minogue the following year.[4]

She has won numerous DIVA (Drag Industry Variety Awards), including Entertainer of the Year, Sydney’s Favourite Drag Queen, and Choreographer of the Year.[3]

In 2018, she starred in her own one-woman show, "From Chorus Boy to Leading Lady".[3]

In 2022, she competed on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.[5] She was eliminated in the fourth episode, after having failed to impersonate Ellen DeGeneres in the Snatch Game and having fought with several other contestants.[6]

References
  1. Galvin, Nick (2021-12-29). "Sydney Festival highlight scrapped as COVID hits cast". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  2. "The WERRRK.com Interview: Minnie Cooper -". werrrk.com. 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  3. "Who is Minnie Cooper? Drag Race Down Under Season 2 queen was abandoned as a baby". SK Pop. 26 July 2022. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. "Meet the Queens of 'Drag Race Down Under' Season 2". www.pride.com. 2022-07-06. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  5. Tangcay, Jazz (2022-07-06). "Meet the Queens of 'Drag Race Down Under' Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  6. Drag Race Down Under’s Minnie Cooper admits major clashes with cast - Gay Times
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