![]() ![]() Belli met his husband, Bruce, at nineteen. īelli was overweight when he was young but lost the extra pounds by becoming vegetarian before being emancipated at 16. From there, he would dress in drag to watch performances of The Rocky Horror Show, and was paid for a drag performance for the first time at the age of 16. ![]() He later worked in costume design in theatre, and, at the age of 13, he was put in drag for the first time at a closing night party. Growing up, Willam frequently illustrated dresses, to which many people assumed that he wanted to become a fashion designer, but he asserted that he designed the garments with the intent to wear them himself. His aunt is television director Mary Lou Belli. Belli's father worked at the Kennedy Space Center. He lived in Florida for middle school and high school. Belli states he is of Yugoslav and Italian heritage. Willam Belli was born to Debbi Ruzic Belli in Philadelphia. Following the breakup of DWV, Willam formed another drag supergroup, the AAA Girls, with Courtney Act and Alaska Thunderfuck. Between 20, she recorded several songs as part of the group DWV (alongside drag queens Vicky Vox and Detox), including the parodies " Chow Down" and " Boy Is a Bottom", whose music videos were viral successes. Her second album, Shartistry in Motion, debuted at number one on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart. Since 2012, Willam has recorded three albums of comedy music, mostly consisting of parodies of popular songs. For her performance on the dark comedy web series EastSiders, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series. In 2018, she appeared in the critically acclaimed film A Star Is Born. She has continued to perform in a variety of films, television series and web series, often in drag. Willam came to prominence as a contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2012, but was disqualified in the "Frenemies" challenge.īefore appearing on Drag Race, Willam worked as an actor, most notably playing the recurring role of transgender woman Cherry Peck in Ryan Murphy's medical drama Nip/Tuck. Willam Belli ( / ˈ b ɛ l aɪ/, born June 30, 1982), mononymously known as Willam, is an American drag queen, actor, singer-songwriter, reality television personality, author, and YouTuber.
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