Agnes Moore, known by her stage name Peppermint or Miss Peppermint, is an American actress, singer, and drag queen best known as a fixture in the New York City nightlife scene and as the runner-up on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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Career
Career beginnings
Peppermint started performing at the New York City nightclub Tunnel's Kurfew parties, ultimately becoming a fixture in New York City nightlife.
Peppermint started recording music in 2005 for Jonny McGovern's mixtape Jonny McGovern Presents: This is NYC, Bitch! The East Village Mixtape. She contributed the song "Servin' It Up", which was produced by Adam Joseph. The song was later released as Peppermint's debut single in 2006.
Peppermint was featured in the web series Queens of Drag: NYC by gay.com in 2010. The series featured fellow New York drag queens Bianca Del Rio, Dallas DuBois, Hedda Lettuce, Lady Bunny, Mimi Imfurst, and Sherry Vine. She also appeared as a drag-version of Tyra Banks on America's Next Top Model Cycle 14, Episode 5: "Smile and Pose" introducing a drag-theme runway challenge at Lucky Chengs in New York City.
In 2011, Sherry Vine and Peppermint released a parody of the Lady Gaga and Beyoncé song "Telephone," titled "Make Me Moan". Following the viral success of the music video, Peppermint later released other parody songs, including a parody of Azealia Banks' song "212", titled "21/12."
Peppermint's song "If I Steal Your Boyfriend" was used in the 2011 film Eating Out 5: The Open Weekend.
RuPaul's Drag Race
On February 2, 2017, Peppermint was announced as one of the fourteen contestants on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was a popular contestant during her run on the show, and won the Roast Challenge in episode 8. She placed in the bottom two in two challenges, lipsynching to Madonna's "Music" and the Village People's "Macho Man", winning both. Her performances on both lipsyncs received praise, and garnered her the nickname of "Lip Sync Assassin". She finished in second place after winner Sasha Velour, after they both lipsynced to Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right but It's Okay".
Post-Drag Race career
Peppermint will make her Broadway debut in 2018, as part of The Go-Go's-inspired musical Head Over Heels. The show will begin performances on June 23, 2018, making Peppermint the first trans woman to originate a principal role on Broadway.
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Personal life
Born Kevin Moore, Peppermint is a trans woman. Though other transgender women have competed on RuPaul's Drag Race, she was the first to be out prior to the show airing.
While a contestant on Rupaul's Drag Race, Peppermint revealed that when she had been a high-school cheerleader, she had been beaten up by a male member of her high school's basketball team.
Discography
Albums
- Hardcore Glamour (2009)
- Black Pepper (EP) (2017)
Singles
Music videos
Parody music videos
Filmography
Film
Television
Web series
Music video appearances
References
External links
- Official website
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