Chanel O'Conor
{{Short description|Scottish drag performer}}
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| birth_name = Conor MacDonald
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| occupation = Drag performer
| television = RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 6)
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Chanel O'Conor is the stage name of Conor MacDonald,{{cite web|url=https://www.theeditgcu.com/arts-culture/scotland-sashay-away/ |title=Scotland sashay away |last=Grace |first=Tempany |website=theeditgcu |date=16 January 2020 |publisher=Glasgow Caledonian University |access-date=October 23, 2024}} a Scottish drag performer who competed on the sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-25 |title='I love a ginger wig': Chanel O'Conor set to represent Scotland on RuPaul's Drag Race |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/24610140.drag-queen-chanel-oconor-sets-sights-rupauls-drag-race-uk-glory/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=The National |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/drag-race-uk-chanel-oconor-4769384|title=Meet Chanel O'Conor, the Scottish queen hoping to win Drag Race UK}}
Career
Chanel O'Conor is a drag performer and clothing designer. She is competing on sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Prior to appearing on the show, she had made outfits for drag performers including series 2 contestant Lawrence Chaney.
Personal life
Originally from the Isle of Bute, Chanel O'Conor is based in Manchester. Chanel O'Conor uses the pronouns she/her in drag and he/him out of drag.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-18 |title=Meet CHANEL O'CONOR – one of the fierce new queens of RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 6 |url=https://www.gscene.com/arts/television/meet-chanel-oconor-one-of-the-fierce-new-queens-of-rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-6/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Scene Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Meet the fierce new queens of RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 6 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/rupauls-drag-race-uk-2024 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}
Filmography
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 6; 2024)