Shea Couleé

Film & TV

Warsaw, Indiana, USA

Jaren Kyei Merrell (born February 8, 1989), known professionally as Shea Couleé, is an American drag queen, singer, rapper, actor, podcaster, and fixture of the Chicago nightlife scene. Born in Warsaw, Indiana, they began their drag career in 2012. In 2017, Shea Couleé achieved international fame after competing in season nine of RuPaul's Drag Race, placing in the top four. In 2020, Shea Couleé…

Known for

• A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint — Self2025
• Ironheart — Slug2025
• Drag Me to the Movies — Clarissa Imastarlet2024
• Drag Me to the Movies — Petra Packer / Spider Lady2024
• It's Ok to Ask Questions — Self2023
• Chicago Drag Execellence — Self (voice)2021
• Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch — Marcia Brady2021
• Abbott Elementary — Lisa Condo2021
• NightGowns FOREVER — Self2020
• Nubia Amplified — Shea Couleé2020

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Non-binary

Origin

United States

Active from

1989-02-08

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

63,911

Total plays

729,601

Shea Couleé is the stage name of Jaren Kyei Merrell, a drag artist, musician, actor, podcaster, and fixture of the Chicago nightlife scene. Born in Warsaw, Indiana, they began their drag career in 2012. In 2017 Couleé achieved international fame as the second runner-up during Season 9 of television's RuPaul's Drag Race. She went on to win the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars in 2020 before returning for the seventh season in 2022, once again placing in the top four. <a href="https:/

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

non-binary

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Chicago

Occupation

musician

Educated at

Columbia College Chicago

Participant in

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 7

Official website

sheacoulee.com

Image

DragCon2024 @DVSROSS (167) (cropped) (cropped).jpg

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