Hornella Góngora
{{Short description|Spanish drag performer}}
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| name = Hornella Góngora
| image = Hornella gongora drag race.jpg
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| caption = Hornella Góngora in 2023
| birth_name = Javier Sevillano Jiménez{{cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2022/07/07/62c5d86dfc6c838c698b45e8.html |title=El maquillador que se transforma en todas las mujeres clásicas: "En Chueca me gritan 'guapa' y en Atocha me hacen la peineta" |language=es |last=Madueño |first=Juan Diego |website=elmundo.es |date=6 July 2022 |publisher=El Mundo |access-date=October 30, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/personas/hornella-gongora/ |title=Hornella Góngora |language=es |website=formulatv.com |publisher=Noxvo |access-date=December 26, 2024}}
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| birth_place = Alicante, Spain
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| occupation = Drag performer
| television = Drag Race España (season 3)
| website = {{url|hornellagongora.com}}
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Hornella Góngora is the stage name of Javier Sevillano Jiménez, a Spanish drag performer known for competing on the third season of Drag Race España and the first season of Drag Race España All Stars.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-08 |title=El imponente mensaje de Hornella Góngora en 'Drag Race España' sobre el estigma social del VIH |url=https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/20230508/imponente-hornella-gongora-drag-race-espana-vih/762174177_0.html |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=El Español |language=es |archive-date=2023-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823000748/https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/20230508/imponente-hornella-gongora-drag-race-espana-vih/762174177_0.html |url-status=live }}
Career
The name Hornella Góngora comes from a combination of the name of her old pet, Hornella, and Calle Góngora, the name of the street she used to live on. She began doing drag in 2009 and was a part of the drag show Que trabaje Rita.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-06 |title=El maquillador que se transforma en todas las mujeres clásicas: "En Chueca me gritan 'guapa' y en Atocha me hacen la peineta" |url=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2022/07/07/62c5d86dfc6c838c698b45e8.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019203346/https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2022/07/07/62c5d86dfc6c838c698b45e8.html |url-status=live }} Some of her key artistic and professional inspirations are Mina Mazzini, Marlene Dietrich, and Rita Hayworth, as well as films by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar.{{Cite web |last=Moreno |first=Luis Fernando |date=2016-07-06 |title=Hornella Góngora: Solo quiero pasármelo bien y entretener |url=https://cuatrocirculos.com/entrevistas/hornella-gongora-solo-quiero-pasarmelo-bien-entretener/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Cuatro Círculos |language=es |archive-date=2023-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624081007/https://cuatrocirculos.com/entrevistas/hornella-gongora-solo-quiero-pasarmelo-bien-entretener/ |url-status=live }}
In October 2016, she released her second song, "Amor irracional" (Irrational Love).{{Cite web |last=Ródenas |first=Daniel |date=2016-10-21 |title=Hornella Góngora saca al Shakespeare más travesti en su nuevo vídeo |url=https://shangay.com/2016/10/21/hornella-gongora-saca-al-shakespeare-mas-travesti-en-su-nuevo-video/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Shangay |language=es |archive-date=2023-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627034130/https://shangay.com/2016/10/21/hornella-gongora-saca-al-shakespeare-mas-travesti-en-su-nuevo-video/ |url-status=live }} In 2021, she had a small role in the Atresmedia movie Una Navidad con Samantha Hudson (Christmas with Samantha Hudson), in which she also performed the song "Vuelve a Casa Vuelve" (Come Home, Come Back) with fellow drag artists {{ill|Kika Lorace|es}}, La Prohibida, and Gad Yola.{{Cite web |title=Una Navidad con Samantha Hudson (Banda Sonora Original) by Samantha Hudson |url=https://genius.com/albums/Samantha-hudson/Una-navidad-con-samantha-hudson-banda-sonora-original |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=genius.com |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019203347/https://genius.com/albums/Samantha-hudson/Una-navidad-con-samantha-hudson-banda-sonora-original |url-status=live }}
In 2023, Hornella Góngora joined the third season of reality television show Drag Race España, which premiered on April 16, 2023. In the fourth episode, for the "My Worst Self" runway, she presented a radical look that represented the chapter of her life in which she drew into herself after being diagnosed with HIV to spread a message of acceptance for people who are HIV-positive.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-08 |title=El imponente mensaje de Hornella Góngora en 'Drag Race España' sobre el estigma social del VIH |url=https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/20230508/imponente-hornella-gongora-drag-race-espana-vih/762174177_0.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=El Español |language=es |archive-date=2023-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823000748/https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/20230508/imponente-hornella-gongora-drag-race-espana-vih/762174177_0.html |url-status=live }} Hornella Góngora became a top four finalist.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-13 |title=Vania Vainilla, Pitita, Kelly Roller y Hornella Góngora llegan a la final de Drag Race España 3 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/television/2023/06/13/6488202a21efa02c788b456e.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019203346/https://www.elmundo.es/television/2023/06/13/6488202a21efa02c788b456e.html |url-status=live }}
In May of the same year, she gave the opening speech at the LGBT pride event Festival LGTBI+ + DIVERSA in Elche, along with drag queen Venedita Von Däsh.{{Cite web |last=S.L |first=EDICIONES PLAZA |title=El pregón de la 'drag queen' ilicitana Venedita Von Däsh y Luna Ki ponen el broche al Diversa 2023 en L'Escorxador |url=https://alicanteplaza.es/el-pregon-de-la-drag-queen-ilicitana-venedita-von-dash-y-luna-ki-ponen-el-broche-al-diversa-2023-en-lescorxador |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Alicanteplaza |language=es |archive-date=2023-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624233300/https://alicanteplaza.es/el-pregon-de-la-drag-queen-ilicitana-venedita-von-dash-y-luna-ki-ponen-el-broche-al-diversa-2023-en-lescorxador |url-status=live }}
Filmography
=Television=
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2021
|Una Navidad con Samantha Hudson (Christmas with Samantha Hudson) |Herself |Movie |
| 2023
|Drag Race España |Herself |11 episodes |
Discography
= Singles =
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!Year !Title |
| 2015
|"Thunder"{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} |
| 2016
|"Amor Irracional" |
| 2020
|"Mi Cama Es Grande"{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} |
References
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External links
{{Commons category| Hornella Góngora}}
- {{Official website|hornellagongora.com}}
{{Drag Race España}}
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