BeBe Zahara Benet

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Mar 20, 1981 (44 years old)

BeBe Zahara Benet

Known For

BeBe Zahara Benet: Africa Is Not a Country
0h 52m
Movie 2023

BeBe Zahara Benet: Africa Is Not a Country

In her debut standup show, pioneering entertainer BeBe Zahara Benet recounts immigrating from West Africa to America through a series of hysterical sketches, unexpected audience interactions and razor shop social commentary.

Being BeBe
1h 34m
Movie 2021

Being BeBe

The intimate journey and unpublished backstory of BeBe Zahara Benet – a charismatic drag performer originally from Cameroon, and the very first winner of the culture-changing phenomenon, RuPaul’s Drag Race. With over a decade of unprecedented access, we observe BeBe’s struggles with celebrity, authenticity, success, and failure.

Nubia Amplified
1h 32m
Movie 2020

Nubia Amplified

In NUBIA: Amplified, BeBe Zahara Benet, Bob the Drag Queen, Monique Heart, Peppermint and Shea Couleé sound off in a candid exchange about race in America, immigrant identity, the rigors of entertaining while Black, performative allyship and intersectionality within queer communities.

Dragnificent!
0h 42m
TV Show 2020

Dragnificent!

At the heart of Dragnificent! are makeovers that tug on the heartstrings, with a team of experts who tackle their challenges by drawing on their individual expertise and overall fabulousness: Alexis Michelle is a makeup artist, specializing in weddings and special events; BeBe is an experienced event planner who can transform any room into a fantasy space; Jujubee, a fashion expert known for her dynamic and iconic looks, draws on her deep knowledge in drag couture and women's fashion; and Thorgy Thor is a classically trained musician who knows how to get the party started.

Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts
1h 32m
Movie 2019

Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts

Trixie charmed audiences and judges as winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. But the grind of performing and the pressure of the title proves that heavy is the head that wears the tiara.

Drag Me Down the Aisle
0h 43m
Movie 2019

Drag Me Down the Aisle

When Amish Country bride Emily doesn't feel like a princess in her ill-fitting gown, she calls in a team of Drag Queen wedding experts. Her new friends help her brush off her boring and transform her into the Queen she's always had hiding inside.

Biography

BeBe Zahara Benet (born March 20, 1981) is the stage name of Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa, a Cameroonian-American drag performer and singer best known for winning the first season of the reality-television drag competition RuPaul's Drag Race in 2009. In 2018, she also returned as a surprise contestant for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, placing joint third. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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