Ginger Minj

Ginger Minj is the stage name of Joshua Allen Eads,[1] an American drag queen, actor, singer, songwriter, and reality television personality most known for placing as the runner-up on the seventh season of the reality television competition RuPaul's Drag Race and subsequently the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars.

Ginger Minj
Minj at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2018
Born
Joshua Allen Eads

Florida
Other namesGinger
OccupationDrag queen Actor Television host
Years active2015-present
Known for
Websitehttp://gingerminj.com/

Early life

Eads was born in Lake County, Florida, and majored in theater at school. His drag mother is Rusty Fawcett.[2]

Career

Eads as Ginger Minj competed on the seventh season of the reality television competition RuPaul's Drag Race, which was announced on March 2, 2015.[3] She placed in the top three in the season, but lost to Violet Chachki. She was announced as one of ten contestants for the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars on June 17, 2016.[4] She was eliminated in the third episode, placing eighth. She appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season eleven of Drag Race.[5]

Music

Eads released her first single, "Ooh Lala Lala" on June 1, 2015.[6] A second single, "Bad, Bad Boy" was released on October 21, 2016.[7]

Her debut album, Sweet T, was released in October 2016[8] The album consists of a mix of original songs and covers and features of variety of styles including pop, rock, dance, jazz, and soul. Minj contributed to the compilation album Christmas Queens 3 in 2017.[9]

Her second album Clown Fucker was set to be released in December 2018,[10] and was pushed back to early 2019, but remains unreleased.[11]

Acting

Eads was an actor in Clandestine Arts' production of Avenue Q.[12] She performed with other All Stars 2 queens at the Trailblazer Honors for Harvey Fierstein as the only singing performer on July 7, 2016.[13] She was with Katya and Alyssa Edwards on commercial bumpers for a Mama's Family marathon for the Logo channel.[14]

Minj voiced the character Lemon Chiffon in the 2018 Netflix original series Super Drags.[15][16]

In 2018, he starred in the musical comedy film Dumplin'.[10][17] In 2020, Eads portrayed Tommy and drag queen Fanny Pak on the Netflix comedy AJ and the Queen alongside RuPaul in the episode "Fort Worth".

Personal life

Eads is from Florida,[8] and was married to his husband by Michelle Visage at a DragCon convention in 2017.[18]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details
Sweet T
  • Released: October 21, 2016
  • Label: Producer Entertainment Group
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles
Title Year Album
"Ooh Lala Lala" 2016 Sweet T
"Bad, Bad Boy"

Other appearances
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Christma-Hannu-Kwanzaa-Ka" 2015 N/A Christmas Queens
"Let the Music Play" RuPaul RuPaul Presents CoverGurlz 2
"Eggs" 2016 Lucian Piane, Trixie Mattel RuPaul's Drag Race: The Rusical
"Down Home Country Christmas" Carnie Wilson Christmas Queens 2
"Xmas Hams" Jiggly Caliente
"White Christmas" 2017 N/A Christmas Queens 3
"All This Body" 2018 Jiggly Caliente, Alaska Thunderfuck T.H.O.T. Process
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" N/A Christmas Queens 4

Filmography

Film credits
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Miss Arizona Ginger
A Queen For the People Himself Documentary film about Bob the Drag Queen
Dumplin' Candee Disch Netflix Original Film
2019 The Queens Herself Documentary

Television credits
Year Title Role Notes
2015 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself (contestant) Season 7, Runner-up
2015 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Himself Season 7
2016 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Himself (contestant) Season 2, 8th Place
2017 Good Behavior[19] Ruby Flare Episode: You Could Discover Me
@midnight Himself Episode 580
2018 Super Drags Lemon Chiffon English dub, Main Cast
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself (guest)/Donald Trump Season 11, 2 episodes
2020 AJ and the Queen[20] Tommy Guest appearance

Theatre
Year Title Role Theatre Ref.
2019 Women Behind Bars Ada The Montalban [21]

Music videos
Year Title Artist
2015 "Uptown Fish"[22] Shangela
2016 "The T"[23] Alaska Thunderfuck

Web series
Year Title Role Notes Ref
2016 Transformations with James St. James Himself (guest) Episode: "Ginger Minj"
2016-2018 Southern Fried Sass Himself (co-host) WOWPresents Plus Original, 4 episodes [24]
2018 CRAIGSLIST Missed Connections Himself Guest
2018 The Pit Stop Himself (guest) Episode: "Ginger Minj" [25]
2019 The X Change Rate Himself (guest) Episode: "Ginger Minj & Jinkx Monsoon" [26]
2020 The Golden Pandemic Blance Starring role [27]

References
  1. Boedeker, Hal. "Orlando actor runs 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  2. Redmond, Adele (2018-01-19). "Superstar drag queen Ginger Minj reconciles faith and female impersonation in World Buskers Festival show". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  3. Nichols, JamesMichael (2015-01-28). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Adds New Judges, Will Premiere March 2". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  4. "Logo Announces Contestants For "RuPaul's All Star Drag Race" Season 2". LOGO News. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  5. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' 11 episode 1 recap: Which queen was sent packing on 'Whatcha Unpackin'? [UPDATING LIVE BLOG]". Goldderby. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  6. Ginger Minj (2015-06-01), Ginger Minj - Ooh Lala Lala [Official], retrieved 2018-06-01
  7. Ginger Minj (2016-10-21). "Ginger Minj - Bad, Bad Boy [Official]". Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  8. "Ginger Minj Teases New Music & a Major RuPaul's DragCon NYC Makeover: 'I Can't Screw This Up'". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  9. "Christmas Queens: Holiday Album & Tour From 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Vets Returning for 2017". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  10. "Ginger Minj Says She'd 'Love' to Play Ursula, Talks Working with Jennifer Aniston and Dolly Parton: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  11. Kubersky, Seth. "Ginger Minj – also known to her Orlando friends as actor Josh Eads – reveals she hasn't forgotten where she came from". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  12. Kubersky, Seth. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' star Joshua Eads plays it straight in 'Avenue Q' at Bay Street". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  13. Logo (2016-07-07), All Stars 2 Cast Performs 'I Am What I Am' for Harvey Fierstein | Trailblazer Honors | Logo, retrieved 2018-06-01
  14. Logo (2016-12-02), The Queens Alyssa Edwards, Katya & Ginger Minj Rave About Mama's Family | Logo, retrieved 2018-06-01
  15. "NSFW: Local drag queen Ginger Minj scores gig on Netlflix - bungalower". bungalower. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  16. "WATCH: Shangela, Ginger Minj, and Trixie Mattel save the world". Gay Star News. 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  17. "Watch Dolly Parton and Linda Perry Perform a New Song From "Dumplin'"". LOGO News. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  18. "Ginger Minj Got Married At DragCon". LOGO News. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  19. Hinzmann, Dennis (October 25, 2017). "Michelle Dockery Goes Undercover with RPDR Queens In Good Behavior". Out. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  20. Nolfi, Joey (2019-12-03). "RuPaul brings 22 Drag Race queens to costar on AJ and the Queen". EW.com. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  21. Dior, Chiffon (December 16, 2019). "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Recap: Family Matters". Vulture. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  22. Hinzmann, Dennis (April 8, 2015). "WATCH: Shangela's Bringing You 'Uptown Fish'". Mic.com. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  23. O'Keeffe, Kevin (October 14, 2016). "Alaska 5000, 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2' winner, spills the truth in new song "The T"". Mic.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  24. "Southern Fried Sass on WOWPresents Plus". WOWPresents. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  25. Voss, Brandon (June 16, 2018). ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Recap: Season 10, Episode 12, "American"". NewNowNext.com. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  26. "The X Change Rate: Ginger Minj & Jinkx Monsoon". BUILD Series. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  27. White, Brett (May 6, 2020). "'Drag Race' Queens Get into 'Golden Girls' Drag for New WOW Presents Plus Pandemic Series [EXCLUSIVE]". Decider.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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