Laganja Estranja
Birthday: Born in 1988-12-28 in Carrollton, Texas, USA
Deathday: Alive
Laganja Estranja is the stage name of Jay Jackson, an American choreographer, drag queen, and cannabis rights activist based in Los Angeles, California. He rose to fame as a contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, finishing in eighth place. Laganja performed moderately well on the show, winning a challenge while partnered with eventual runner-up Adore Delano. During the show, Laganja became infamous for her over-the-top dramatics, catchphrases, and emotional breakdowns. Jay is a choreographer at Beyond Belief Dance Studio in Mesquite, Texas, a studio owned by his drag mother, Alyssa Edwards. In 2016, Jay and friends developed Laganja's Dance School, a hip hop-oriented jazz-funk choreography class and confidence workshop. The workshop is held in North Hollywood, California, and also tours abroad. In 2014, Jay contributed vocals to a cover of RuPaul's "Jealous of My Boogie", for the album RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz. On June 4, 2018 he debuted on So You Think You Can Dance (United States) on Fox.
TV Credits
The Pit Stop
Character: Self
The aftershow for RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. The show involves two people (usually two previous competitors from Drag Race) who discuss the events of the episode....
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Character: Self - Lip Sync Assassin
The most celebrated competitors from RuPaul's Drag Race vie for a second chance to enter Drag Race herstory. This drag queen showdown is filled with plenty of heated competition, lip-syncing for the legacy, and, of course, the All-Stars Snatch Game....
Game Changer
Character: Self - Guest Judge
In this game show, the game changes every show! Players begin each round without knowing the rules -- and must figure them out while competing to win....
The Browns
Character: Fighting Queen #2
The show focuses on the Brown family, an upper middle-class American family, living in Los Angeles. The matriarch is Tammie Brown, a semi-retired singer, mother, and passionate homemaker. This 3-part limited series explores the ups and downs of a not so typical American household....
Binge Queens
Character: Self
Cozy up on the couch with your squirrel friends as they watch the latest episode of Drag Race. Three pairs of queen besties throw a couch kiki for a weekly watch party you won't want to miss!...
Alyssa's Secret
Character: Self - Guest
A digital series starring the shining star of RuPaul's Drag Race, Alyssa Edwards. Each week she spills the T on an array of topics....
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Character: Self - Contestant
The access-all-areas pass to the drama that you didn't see on the runway—the backstage bitchiness, the catfights, the struggles, the tears and the secrets. See what happens behind the scenes of RuPaul's Drag Race when the queens let their tucks breathe... and let their emotions flow....
Portrait Of A Queen
Character: Self
Once RuPaul’s Drag Race ends a season, what happens next? Portrait of a Queen goes behind the glitz and glamour of RuPaul's Drag Race to look at some of the most successful queens in the business and document their evolution following their stint on the show....
Wait, What?
Character: Himself
The queens may know fashion, but do they know some of the basics? Will they pass with flying colors, or get schooled in the first round?...
RuPaul's Drag Race
Character: Self - Audience Member
Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge....
Whatcha Packin'
Character: Self - Guest
Michelle Visage interviews the eliminated queen from the week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race....
Exposed with Joseph Shepherd
Character: Self - Guest
Exposed is a Web Series produced and hosted by television personality Joseph Shepherd. The show sees Shepherd interviewing various alumni of the Drag Race franchise with a particular focus on their lives, careers, and Drag Race experience....
RuPaul's Drag Race
Character: Self - Contestant
Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge....
Tongue Thai'd with Pangina Heals
Character: Self
Pangina Heals, star of Drag Race Thailand and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World takes us on a food tour of Thai Town in Hollywood, CA. She challenges her guests to amp up the spice, from one dish to the next, as they spill secrets over a meal of Thai delicacies. Don’t get burned! Sweat it out with Pangina Heals....
Out Of The Closet
Character: Self
The queens are back like never before. Viewers behind the scenes at the eccentric and often gag-worthy drag closets of Drag Race alums. It gives fans an intimate glimpse at their favorite queens and reveals the backstory of their most iconic looks....
Drag House Rules
Character: Self - Contestant
Seven iconic drag queens move into a house and are eliminated by group vote until only one queen remains....
Germany's Next Topmodel
Character: Self - Special Guest
Germany's Next Topmodel is a German reality television show, based on a concept that was introduced by Tyra Banks with America's Next Top Model. The competition is hosted by Heidi Klum. She also serves as the lead judge and executive producer of the show....
Movie Credits
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
Character: Self
A workaholic big-city fashion journalist is sent to a Christmas-obsessed small town to dig up a story when she finds herself in the middle of cut-throat housewives, a high-stakes “Winter Ball” competition, and a sinister plot that could destroy Christmas fore-evah!...
House of Pride
Character: Self
This special variety extravaganza is hosted by Manila Luzon, Shar Jossel, and Ryan Mitchell, and includes performances by RuPaul’s Drag Race alums, LaLa Ri and Laganja Estranja; Andro Gin; Shea Diamond; Sam Tsui; Emily Vu; Violet Grae; HBO Max’s Legendary winners, the House of Balmain; and comedians AB Farrelly and Irene Tu....
RuPaul's Drag Race: Green Screen Christmas
Character: Self
A non-competitive special to promote the release of RuPaul's holiday album "Slay Belles", featuring music videos of songs from the album....
God Save the Queens
Character: Rita
A dramedy about four Drag Queens who find themselves at the very same therapy retreat. In an effort to overcome issues holding them back, they dissect their problems, told in vignettes of their lives. They discover common ground; Perhaps, it wasn't serendipity that brought them together. Maybe they're not alone?...
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Character: Self (archive footage)
It’s the resilience and love that keeps this community marching to the beat of its own drum; each generation redefining what it means to be queer and to be seen....
Open to It
Character:
A loving gay couple experiments with becoming a hot gay throuple. But threesome sex and open relationships come with more complications than limbs....
Straight Outta OZ
Character:
This visual album features artists Nicole Scherzinger, Jordin Sparks, Perez Hilton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Amber Riley, Raven Symoné and Tamar Braxton among others, telling the emotional story of Broadway star Todrick Hall's upbringing and rise to fame as a gay black man in the entertainment business, while holding the theme of 'The Wizard of Oz'....
Laganja's Dance School
Character: Himself
Laganja Estranja teaches a dance class in London followed by a performance at the West 5....
Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz: The Milky Milky Milk Tour 2015
Character: Self
The fifth concert tour by American singer Miley Cyrus, launched in support of her fifth studio album, Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015). The limited-run club tour visited eight cities across the United States and Canada; it began on November 19, 2015 in Chicago at the Riviera Theatre and concluded on December 19, 2015 in Los Angeles at The Wiltern. She was joined by The Flaming Lips and Dan Deacon throughout the tour....
In Hell With Ivo
Character: Herself
Bulgarian queer artist and songwriter Ivo Dimchev transforms personal and social hardship into provocative public and intimate spectacles, boldly exploring sexuality, identity, faith, and activism in a celebration of queer visibility....