루폴

소개

루폴(RuPaul, 1960년 11월 17일 ~ )이라는 이름으로 잘 알려진 루폴 안드레이 찰스(RuPaul Andre Charles)는 미국의 드래그 퀸, 배우, 가수이다. 2008년부터 《루폴의 드래그 레이스》를 제작, 진행해 왔으며 2016년부터 2023년까지 8년 연속 프라임타임 에미상 리얼리티·경쟁 프로그램 부문 사회자상을 받아왔다.

RuPaul Andre Charles is an American drag queen, television host, singer, producer, writer, and actor. He produces, hosts, and judges the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race and has received several accolades, including 14 Primetime Emmy Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Award, five GLAAD Media Awards, a Tony Award, and a Guinness World Records title. He has been dubbed the "Queen of Drag" and is considered the most commercially successful drag queen in the United States, with Fortune saying that he is "easily the world's most famous drag queen." In 2017, RuPaul was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.