Copper Topp
{{Short description|British drag performer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Copper Topp
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| birth_place = Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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| occupation = Drag performer
| television = RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4)
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Copper Topp is the stage name of Simon Wegrzyn, a British drag performer who competed on series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Career
Copper Topp competed on series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. She was the third contestant eliminated.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-09 |title=Drag Race UK season 4 star reacts to "very, very harsh" critique |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a41567302/drag-race-uk-season-4-harsh-critique/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921053825/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a41567302/drag-race-uk-season-4-harsh-critique/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-07 |title=Drag Race UK's Copper Topp explains how Drag Race saved her life |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a41546507/drag-race-uk-copper-topp-season-4-exit/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014213735/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a41546507/drag-race-uk-copper-topp-season-4-exit/ |url-status=live }} She placed in the bottom two of the design challenge, and lost a lip sync against Black Peppa.{{Cite web |last=James |first=Alastair |date=2022-10-17 |title=Drag Race UK's Copper Topp teases return to the show |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/drag-race-uks-copper-topp-teases-return-to-the-show-415517/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017170942/https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/drag-race-uks-copper-topp-teases-return-to-the-show-415517/ |url-status=live }} Following Drag Race, she released the song "Weirdo"{{Cite web |last=Guerra |first=Joey |date=October 11, 2022 |title='Drag Race UK' Q&A: Copper Topp talks staying true to her ginger self |url=https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/movies-tv/drag-race-uk-q-a-copper-topp-talk-staying-true-17494073 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411211627/https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/movies-tv/drag-race-uk-q-a-copper-topp-talk-staying-true-17494073 |url-status=live }} and played Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz at the Lighthouse Theatre in Kettering.{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |title=RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE Star Copper Topp Joins THE WIZARD OF OZ Pantomime |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/RUPAULS-DRAG-RACE-Star-Copper-Topp-Joins-THE-WIZARD-OF-OZ-Pantomime-20230925 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005152544/https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/RUPAULS-DRAG-RACE-Star-Copper-Topp-Joins-THE-WIZARD-OF-OZ-Pantomime-20230925 |url-status=live }} In 2023, she announced plans to take a break from drag.{{Cite web |last=Wratten |first=Marcus |date=2023-10-05 |title=Drag Race UK's Copper Topp says she's 'not OK' as she announces break from drag |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/05/drag-race-uk-copper-topp-announces-break-from-drag/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=PinkNews |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005152551/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/05/drag-race-uk-copper-topp-announces-break-from-drag/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-04 |title="I am not ok": Drag Race star Copper Topp announces her break from drag |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/i-am-not-ok-drag-race-star-copper-topp-announces-her-break-from-drag/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=GAY TIMES |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005152532/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/i-am-not-ok-drag-race-star-copper-topp-announces-her-break-from-drag/ |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Copper Topp is from Cheltenham, and uses the pronouns they/them in drag and he/him out of drag.{{Cite web |title=Drag Race UK Series 4: Meet The Queens |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/drag-race-uk-series-4/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Discography
=Singles=
- "Weirdo" (2022)
Filmography
=Television=
References
{{Reflist}}
{{RuPaul's Drag Race UK}}
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Category:People from Cheltenham