Willam Belli

Willam Belli (/bɛlaɪ/, born June 30, 1982),[1] mononymously known as Willam, is an Emmy Award nominated American actor, drag queen, and recording artist. Willam came to prominence when he competed on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2012, during which he became the first ever, and until 2020, only contestant to be disqualified from the series. In June 2019, New York magazine published the results from their panel of judges and writers which ranked her in the top twenty Drag Race superstars.[2]

Willam Belli
Willam at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2019
Born	(1982-06-30) June 30, 1982 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor drag queen singer-songwriter reality television personality author YouTuber
Musical career
Genres	Pop comedy
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Self-released
Associated acts	Courtney Act Alaska Thunderfuck Sharon Needles Vicky Vox Detox Icunt DWV The AAA Girls
YouTube information
Channel	Willam Belli
Years active	2006–present
Subscribers	922 thousand
Total views	224.5 million
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers
Updated June 28, 2020
Website	www.willambelli.com

Before appearing on Drag Race, Willam worked as an actor, most notably playing the recurring role of transgender woman Cherry Peck in Ryan Murphy's medical drama Nip/Tuck. He has continued to perform in a variety of films, television series and web series, often in drag. In 2018, he appeared in the critically acclaimed film A Star Is Born directed by Bradley Cooper. For his performance on the dark comedy web series EastSiders, he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series.[3]

Since 2012, Willam has recorded three albums of comedy music, mostly consisting of parodies of popular songs. His second album, Shartistry in Motion, debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart. Between 2012 and 2014, he recorded several songs as part of the group DWV (alongside drag queens Vicky Vox and Detox), including the parodies "Chow Down" and "Boy Is a Bottom" whose music videos found viral success. Following the breakup of DWV, Willam formed another drag supergroup, the AAA Girls, with Courtney Act and Alaska Thunderfuck.

Early life

Willam Belli was born in Philadelphia. He is the younger of two children. Belli states he is of Yugoslav and Italian heritage.[4] He lived in Florida for middle school and high school.[5] Belli's father worked at the Kennedy Space Center. His aunt is television director Mary Lou Belli.

Belli was overweight when he was young but lost the extra pounds by becoming vegetarian before being emancipated at 16.[6] Belli met his husband Bruce, at nineteen. They were married on September 9, 2008.[7]

Career

2000–2008: Beginnings

Belli's first acting credit was as the role of a street hustler named Bart Jaker on two episodes of The District (2002) and his first TV appearance was on an episode of the game show Street Smarts.[5][8] He later appeared in the TV series The District, Boston Public, Cold Case, The Shield, My Name Is Earl and most notably Nip/Tuck as the transgender character Cherry Peck. Throughout the 2000s he would go on to play small roles in many television shows. He also had a small role in the film American Wedding.

In 2008, Belli was featured on the single artwork for the song "Breakin' Up" by Rilo Kiley.[9] He has also modeled as part of the Tranimal Master Class Workshop at the Machine Project, which was photographed by Austin Young.[10]

2009–2010: Drag career

Belli with Vicky Vox and Detox Icunt

Belli is a member of the band Tranzkuntinental, which made its debut at The Roxy in 2009. The band was started by Charlie Paulson and Xander Smith and features drag queens Detox, Kelly Mantle, Rhea Litré, and Vicky Vox.[11][12]

In January 2011, he was featured in Rihanna's music video "S&M" along with Detox and Morgan McMichaels as back-up dancers.[13]

2011–2012: RuPaul's Drag Race and further success

World of Wonder contacted Willam's management asking for him to audition for the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[5] In November 2011, Logo TV announced that Belli was among 13 contestants competing on the fourth season.[14] Fellow castmate Chad Michaels had competed with Belli in the California Entertainer of the Year Pageant in 2010.[15] Belli won the main challenges in the episodes "Float Your Bloat" and "Frenemies", but was disqualified in the latter.[16] In the episode "Reunited", Belli stated that his disqualification was due to conjugal visits made by his husband in his hotel room,[17] though by Belli's own account, the "disqualification" coincided with a previously booked off-Broadway engagement.[18] Belli used the publicity of his disqualification to release his single "Chow Down", which was a parody of Wilson Phillips' "Hold On" that addressed the 2012 Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy. The song featured Detox and Vicky Vox.[19]

On March 12, 2012, he released his first single "Trouble", which was produced by RuPaul's Red Hot collaborator Tom Trujillo. The music video for the song was directed by porn director Chi Chi LaRue and premiered on Logo TV.[5][20] On March 21, Belli released "The Vagina Song", a parody of "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars as his third single, which had been previously uploaded to YouTube in 2010. The music video was directed by Michael Serrato,[21] who also directed Belli's music video for "Chow Down".[19]

Belli released "Love You Like a Big Schlong" on April 29, 2012, which became a viral hit being viewed more than a million times on YouTube alone. Produced by Uncle Slam, the song parodies "Love You Like a Love Song" by Selena Gomez & the Scene. The song was inspired by Belli's loss to 7-year-old Eden Wood in a lip syncing contest during a segment of the 2012 NewNowNext Awards.[22]

In November 2012, Belli was featured with country music artist Drake Jensen on a cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man".[23] That same month, Belli self-released his debut album The Wreckoning via his website.[24]

2012–2013: Youtube Career, "Boy Is a Bottom", and DWV success

Beginning in December 2012, Belli began a YouTube series associated with thestylishvids titled, "Willam's Beatdown". A comedy segment involving insult humor and video reviews, the series would eventually be renewed for a second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth season that then premiered on Belli's self-titled channel. In January 2013, Belli would have his biggest viral hit with 20 million hits on YouTube alone, when he released "Boy Is a Bottom", featuring Detox and Vicky Vox, to coincide with the fifth season premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race.[25] Its timing and the use of social media made it a very well received release. The song is a parody of "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys and also features an altered version of the "breakdown" from "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" by En Vogue.[26] "Boy Is a Bottom" debuted at number six on Billboard's Comedy Digital Songs, selling 3,000 downloads in its first week.[27]

On August 14, 2013, Belli was featured along with Shangela, Detox, Raven, Morgan McMichaels, Landon Cider, Shannel, and Courtney Act, in Lady Gaga's lyric video for her single "Applause".

Belli's trio, including Detox and Vicky Vox, called DWV, officially split in June 2014 due to a personal conflict between the members.[28]

2014–2017: American Apparel, Shartistry in Motion, first book, perfume and talk show

Belli then became an American Apparel Ad Girl alongside Drag Race alumni Courtney Act and Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 which they supported with a single entitled, "American Apparel Ad Girls".[29][30] They also released a second single together, "Dear Santa, Bring Me a Man" for the Christmas season.[31][32]

On January 13, he released a solo version of the DWV hit "Boy Is a Bottom", in Spanish, entitled, "Es Una Pasiva",[33] which went on to top the comedy iTunes chart.[34] Belli self-released his sophomore studio album, Shartistry in Motion, on June 2.[35][36]

Belli released his first book Suck Less: Where There's a Willam, There's a Way in October 2016 through Grand Central Publishing. In 2017, he released his first perfume collaboration with Xyrena, Scented by Willam.[37]

On May 18, 2017, it was revealed that Fullscreen had ordered a talk show to be hosted by Belli. Suck Less, billed as a weekly half-hour call-in show 'where Willam throws shade and shows how to slay the game of life in six-inch stilettos' is set to debut in the summer. Friends from Belli's everyday life, as well as some of his favorite drag queens are expected to put in guest appearances over the course of the 13-episode series.[38]

2018–present: A Star Is Born and other ventures

In 2018, Willam appeared in the critically acclaimed film A Star Is Born. Willam and fellow drag queen Shangela play queens working in a drag bar alongside Lady Gaga's character Ally when she's discovered by famous country singer Jackson Maine, played by Bradley Cooper. Willam's character, Emerald, is a Dolly Parton impersonator who flirts with Jackson. The dialogue in his scenes was mostly improvised, including a memorable moment in which his character has Jackson autograph her silicone breastplate. Bradley Cooper, who also directed the film, said that Willam and Shangela "blew his mind" with their ad-libbing.[39]

In 2019, Belli launched his own makeup line, Suck Less Face & Body. [40]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	American Pie: The Wedding	Butch Queen
2004	The Last Shot	Bus Stop Drag Queen
2005	Screech of the Decapitated	Marta
2006	Big Top	Renee
	Unbeatable Harold	Anita Boner
2007	Because I Said So	Transsexual
2008	Defying Gravity	Lola
	Dog Tags	Alan
	Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!	Transamerican Stewardess Nancy Needatwat
	Crowded	Celeste	Short film
	Tranny McGuyver	Officer Mac	Short film
2009	Sex Drugs Guns	Candy
	Tools 4 Fools	Blonde Drag Queen	Short film
2010	Barry Munday	Felicia	Uncredited
	Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives	Rachel Slurr
	Silver Lake	Dario	Short film
	Gaysharktank.com		Short film
2011	Blubberella	Vadge	also co-writer
	BloodRayne: The Third Reich	Vasyl Tishenko
	2nd Take	Bathroom Tranny
	Someplace Better Than Here'	Travis	Short film
2012	The Newest Pledge	Sailor
	Fun Size	Qwerty
	Lost Angeles	Bob	also known as City of Jerks
	The Watch	Olivia	Uncredited
	Fake Fingernails, Cash and Viagra	Franklin	Short film
2013	X-Rated	Geoffrey Gann/'Karen Dior'
	Southern Baptist Sissies	Benny	Television film
2015	Mouthpiece	Diva Bell
	Hollywood	Champagne
2016	Kicking Zombie Ass for Jesus	Beth Ann-Fetterman
	Hurricane Bianca	Bailey
2018	Joey Stefano	Geoffrey Gann/'Karen Dior'
	A Star Is Born	Emerald
	Miss Arizona	Destiny
2019	Blue Call	Shineeda Drink
	After Birth	Tammy
	Swipe Left
	A Very Sordid Wedding	Himself
	Girls Will Be Girls	Prosecutor
	Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts	Herself	Documentary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004–06	Nip/Tuck	Cherry Peck	5 episodes
2005	My Name Is Earl	D.J.	Pilot
2009	Criminal Minds	Walter Patterson	Episode: "...To Hell"
2011	Cinema Verite	Candy Darling	Television film
2012	RuPaul's Drag Race (season 4)	Himself	Contestant (7th place)
	RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked	Himself	10 episodes
	RuPaul's Drag U	Professor	Episode: "Ex-Beauty Queens"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation[41]	Dahlia	Episode: "Code Blue Plate Special"
2013	The New Normal	Nana Drag Queen	Episode: "The Goldie Rush"
	She's Living for This[42]	Himself	Season 2, Episode 1
2015	International Desk	Nassime	Episode: "Alps Plane Crash" Reenactment
2016, 2018	Hit the Floor	Himself	Season 3, Episode 6: "Carrying" Season 4, Episode 4: "Number's Up"
2016–2018	@midnight with Chris Hardwick	Himself	Season 4, Episode 27
2017	When We Rise	Jason Snyder	Season 1, Episode 4 and 5
	The Twins: Happily Ever After?	Himself/Landlord	Episodes: "Happily NEVER After?" and "Hoff and Running..."
	Dragula	Guest Judge	Season 2, Episode 1
	Difficult People	Kashton	Episode: "The Silkwood"
2018	Work Mom	Bob	Television film
	Super Drags	Lady Elza	Voice role
	The Kominsky Method	Cherry	Episode: "Chapter 8. A Widow Approaches"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Road to the Alter	Jamie	WorkingBug 2 episodes
2011	Good Job, Thanks!	Actress	Vimeo Episode: "We All Need a Meeting"
	A Series Of Unfortunate People	Cami	WorkingBug/Dailymotion Episode: "Bargain Birthday"
2012	Squad 85	Bar Attendee	YouTube/YOMYOMF Episode 4
2012–13	Transfashionable[43]	Himself	YouTube/The Stylist 4 episodes
2012–present	EastSiders	Douglas/Gomorrah Ray/Amber Alert	Vimeo/Logo TV/Netflix 13 episodes Indie Series Awards Best Guest Actor — Drama (2016)[44]
2013	Neil's Puppet Dreams[45]	Performer	YouTube Episode: Dream Bump
	Willam's Beatdown	Host	YouTube/The Stylist 19 episodes
	30 Days of Willam	Host	Logo TV 30 episodes
	Snore	Maid	Funny or Die Parody of Downton Abbey set to "Vogue"
	The Fairfax File	Flame LaTouche	Funny or Die
	Rambo, But Gay	Deputy Mitch	YouTube/Nerdist
2014	Willam's This is not the Beatdown	Host	YouTube 26 episodes
	Real World S#!t Show!	Host	MTV 12 episodes
	Jiz	Spooge	Episode: "Jiz is Dead" Episode: "Jiz Makes a CUMback"
	Mean Boyz	Teacher	YouTube Parody trailer of Mean Girls
	Hollywoodland	Dinner Guest	YouTube Episode 1
	Hey Qween	Guest	YouTube
2014–present	Beatdown[46]	Host	YouTube 70 episodes
	Paint Me Bitch		YouTube 28 episodes
2015	The Dinner Bash	Himself	Episode 5: "Cocktails & Hens" Episode 6: "Tranimal Cookies"
	Gay of Everything	Himself	YouTube 1 episode
2015–16	Shane and Friends	Guest	Season 3, Episode 6 Season 4, Episode 7
2015–17	The WeHoans	Himself	YouTube/City of West Hollywood Parady of The Californians 7 episodes
	Billium's Wheatdown	Himself	YouTube 11 episodes
2016	Straight Outta Oz	Himself	YouTube Music video: "Expensive"
	Go-Go Boy Interrupted	Club Pantherwarmth Manager	YouTube 2 episodes
2017	Suck Less	Host	Fullscreen 13 episodes
	UNHhhh	Guest	YouTube Episode 55
	Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig	Guest	Podcast
2018–present	¿Cómo Se Dice?	Host	YouTube co-hosted with Rhea Litré 13 episodes
	Race Chaser	Host	Podcast co-hosted with Alaska Thunderfuck
2020	The X Change Rate	Guest	Youtube Hosted by Monet X Change

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Ref.
2011	"S&M"	Rihanna	[47]
2013	"Applause" Lyric video	Lady Gaga	[48]
2016	"Expensive"	Todrick Hall	[49]
2017	"Power"	Little Mix	[50]
2018	"Girly"	John Duff	[51]
2019	"Star Maps"	Aly & AJ	[52]

Discography

See also: DWV (group)#discography and The AAA Girls#discography

Albums

Title	Details	Chart peaks
		US Comedy [53]
The Wreckoning	Released: November 17, 2012 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download	—
Shartistry in Motion	Released: June 2, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download	1
Now That's What I Call Drag Music, Vol. 1[54] (alternatively known as Songs in the Key of Nope)	Released: October 26, 2018 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download	4
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Comedy Digital [55]
"Trouble"	2012	—	The Wreckoning
"Chow Down" (featuring Detox & Vicky Vox)		12
"The Vagina Song"		—
"Love You Like a Big Schlong"		25
"She Doesn't Know"		—
"Let's Have a KaiKai" (featuring Rhea Litré)		—
"Stand by Your Man" (featuring Drake Jensen)		—
"RuPaulogize" (featuring Sharon Needles)	2013	14
"Potential New Boyfriend"		—
"Boy Is a Bottom" (with DWV)		6	Non-album singles
"Silicone" (with DWV)		—
"Blurred Bynes" (with DWV)		5
"That Christmas Song" (with DWV)	—
"Gaycation!" (with DWV)	2014	—
"Hole Pic"		—
"Only Anally"		—	Shartistry in Motion
"American Apparel Ad Girls" (with Courtney and Alaska)		10
"Dear Santa, Bring Me a Man" (with Courtney and Alaska)		—	Non-album single
"Es Una Pasiva"	2015	—	Shartistry in Motion
"Ride for AIDS" (featuring Alaska)		12
"Thick Thighs" (featuring Latrice Royale)		3
"I'm Not a Pearl"		—	Non-album singles
"Uck Foff"	2016	12
"AAA" (with Courtney and Alaska)	2017	2	Access All Areas
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart or was not released in that territory.

Tours

• Access All Areas Tour (2017)[56]

Bibliography

• Suck Less: Where There's a Willam, There's a Way. Grand Central Publishing. 2016. ISBN 978-1455566198.

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

Belli was nominated for his performance on the Netflix dark comedy web series EastSiders at the 47th Daytime Emmy Awards.[3]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2020	EastSiders	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series	Nominated
		Outstanding Makeup	Nominated

NewNowNext Awards

Belli was nominated for his role on RuPaul's Drag Race at the fifth annual NewNowNext Awards which aired on Logo network on April 9, 2012. He lost to Nadia G. of Bitchin' Kitchen which airs on the Food Network Canada and the Cooking Channel.[57]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	Willam Belli	Most Addictive Reality Star	Nominated

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External links

• Official website
• Willam Belli on IMDb
• Willam Belli at AllMovie