Jaremi Carey
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{{short description|American actor, streamer, singer, cosplay artist, and former drag performer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jaremi Carey
| image =
| caption = Carey in 2016
| birth_name = Jeremy Lee Carey{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/20175801:8781 |title=Jeremy Lee Carey |website=Ancestry Institute |publisher=Ancestry |access-date=November 12, 2022}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|10|10}}
| birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
| occupation = {{Flatlist|
- Drag performer
- musician
- actor
- cosplayer}}
| years_active = 2004–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Mikhael Ortega|2017}}
| known_for = {{flatlist|
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 2)
}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = {{flatlist|
| label = Producer Entertainment Group
}}
}}
Jaremi Lee Carey (born Jeremy Lee Carey; October 10, 1985) is an American actor, streamer, singer, cosplay artist, and former drag performer who performed under the name Phi Phi O'Hara.{{Cite web |author=JustJarami |date=August 14, 2020 |title=Jaremi no longer using the name "Phi Phi O Hara" |url=https://twitter.com/JustJaremi/status/1294352363902455809 |access-date=July 22, 2021 |website=Twitter}}{{cite web |last=Peregrin |first=Tony |date=January 3, 2012 |title=All Hail the Queens: Phi Phi O'Hara competes for the title of America's Next Drag Superstar |url=http://neighborhoods.redeyechicago.com/boystown/news-report/2012/01/03/all-hail-the-queens-phi-phi-ohara-competes-for-the-title-of-americas-next-drag-superstar/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113051215/http://neighborhoods.redeyechicago.com/boystown/news-report/2012/01/03/all-hail-the-queens-phi-phi-ohara-competes-for-the-title-of-americas-next-drag-superstar/ |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |work=RedEye |location=Chicago, Illinois |quote=...the 26-year-old...}} In the O'Hara persona, Carey came to international attention as a runner-up on the 4th season of RuPaul's Drag Race and placing 7th on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars.
Early life
Carey was born to Rickey Lee Carey and Rhonda Lynn Malott on October 10, 1985, in San Antonio, Texas. His parents divorced when he was 17 years old.{{Cite tweet |user=JustJaremi |number=1274749184697040897 |title=Some people like me dont have a dad or father figure in their life...and not because of death but other reasons that have caused separation and distance for me....since I was 17 yo.}} He is of Filipino and Portuguese descent.{{Cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/drag-race-philippines_n_4274595 |title=Filipino 'Drag Race' Queens Raising Money To Combat Typhoon Haiyan Devastation |last=Nichols |first=James |date=November 14, 2013 |website=Huffpost |access-date=July 22, 2021}}
Carey went to school for graphic and web design.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} He is a certified optician.{{Cite web |url=https://socialitelife.com/phi-phi-ohara-socialite-life-interview/ |title=Phi Phi O'Hara — The Socialite Life Interview |last=Fitzgerald |first=Christine |date=March 14, 2019 |website=Socialite Life |access-date=July 22, 2021}}
Career
Carey as Phi Phi O'Hara was announced as one of the thirteen contestants for RuPaul's Drag Race season 4 on November 13, 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.logotv.com/shows/rupauls-drag-race|title=RuPaul's Drag Race {{!}} Season 9 Episodes (TV Series) {{!}} LOGOtv.com|website=Logo TV|access-date=2018-02-16|archive-date=2016-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008002523/http://www.logotv.com/shows/rupauls-drag-race|url-status=dead}} He achieved a runner-up position. In 2012, Carey was invited back as a contestant on All Stars 1, but declined to participate in the competition for personal reasons. He came back for All Stars 2 in 2016 and initially made it to the top five, but after the return of two previously eliminated contestants, Alyssa Edwards and Tatianna in the fifth episode, he placed seventh overall after being eliminated by them. He has been featured in music videos for "Stranger" by Chris Malinchak,{{Citation|title=Chris Malinchak – Stranger (Official Video) ft. Mikky Ekko|date=July 6, 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBtufTZr-g0}} "Battle Axe" by Sharon Needles,{{Citation|title=Sharon Needles – Battle Axe (Official Video) |date=October 6, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU_LBrAlemE}} "Ratchet Christmas" by Jiggly Caliente,{{Citation|title=Jiggly Caliente – Ratchet Christmas (Official Video) |date=September 12, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqfs2B9iDuA}} and "I Call Shade" by Trinity the Tuck.{{Citation|title=Trinity The Tuck – I Call Shade (feat. Peppermint)|date=July 23, 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUEHGDy9RWg|access-date=2019-02-14}}
Carey made news headlines across the web with a project called "365 Days of Drag". His original goal was to post one photo in drag every day of 2016 (except for February 29, since it was a leap year). Carey successfully completed all 365 looks, posting the final look on January 1, 2017. The final outfit was a gown made of hundreds of printed photographs that featured all of the looks from the series.{{Cite news |url=https://www.queerty.com/photos-phi-phi-ohara-successfully-completed-365daysofdrag-project-20170102 |title=PHOTOS: Phi Phi O'Hara successfully completed her #365DaysOfDrag project |last=Winfred |first=Tim |date=January 2, 2017 |access-date=2018-02-16}} In 2017, Carey organized a drag benefit show to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, which featured other Drag Race alumni.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7982096/phi-phi-ohara-superstar-drag-benefit-show-puerto-rico|title=Phi Phi O'Hara Sets Superstar Drag Benefit Show For Puerto Rico|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-02-16}} The event took place on November 6, 2017, in Minneapolis and raised over $80,000.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8092917/phi-phi-ohara-cynthia-lee-fontaine-drag-queens-puerto-rico|title=Phi Phi O'Hara, Cynthia Lee Fontaine & More Drag Queens Share Messages of Support for Puerto Rico|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-02-16}} In October 2019, Carey successfully completed another photo series called "31 Days of Wizardry". Each day he transformed himself into a different character from the Harry Potter universe.{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2019/10/31/magical-harry-potter-cosplay-transformations-31-days-of-wizardry-interview-with-jaremi-carey/|title=Magical 'Harry Potter' Cosplay Transformations & 31 Days of Wizardry: Interview With Jaremi Carey|date=October 31, 2019}}
As of December 2020, Carey is currently a co-chair of national organization Drag Out the Vote, which works with drag performers to promote voting among the LGBT community.{{Cite news |url=https://dragoutthe.vote/about |title=About Drag Out The Vote |website=Drag Out The Vote |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=September 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904052237/https://dragoutthe.vote/about |url-status=dead }}
Carey has been releasing music as Phi Phi O'Hara since 2014, but he started performing under his real name as well in 2015. His debut album Fever Heart was released on October 14, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/fever-heart/1152762914|title=Fever Heart}} He is featured in the first three volumes of the Christmas Queens albums with "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (2017),{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas-queens-3/1310212645|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216143912/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas-queens-3/1310212645|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2018|title=Christmas Queens 3|website=iTunes }} "Fireside" (2016),{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas-queens-2/1167959088|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202232657/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas-queens-2/1167959088|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2017|title=Christmas Queens 2|website=iTunes }} and "Naughty or Nice" (2015).{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas-queens/1052800436|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216145505/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas-queens/1052800436|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2018|title=Christmas Queens|website=iTunes }} In 2018, Carey recorded a duet with Jiggly Caliente for her album T.H.O.T. Process called "Beat of My City".{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/t-h-o-t-process/1350936537|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303134250/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/t-h-o-t-process/1350936537|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2018|title=T.H.O.T. Process|website=iTunes }}
In 2020, Jaremi joined the Twitch Community as an LGBT+ Gameplayer. There he plays games like Dead by Daylight, Animal Crossing, Pokémon, Sims, Overwatch, or Just Chats with his fans. His previous username was ThePocketGay, but in August 2020 he changed his Twitter and Twitch usernames to JustJaremi and tweeted that "There is no more Phi Phi <3".{{Cite web|url=https://www.twitch.tv/justjaremi|title=Twitch|website=Twitch}}
Personal life
In 2017, Carey married his longtime boyfriend Mikhael Ortega.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BdvTcPMA10Y/|title=Instagram|website=www.instagram.com}} They lived in Brooklyn as of 2022.{{Cn|date=December 2024}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2019
|The Queens |Himself |Documentary |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |2012
| rowspan="2" | Contestant | rowspan="2" | Runner-up (Season 4) |
| RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|Guest |Season 3, Episode 4 |
| RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
| Contestant | 7th place (Season 2) |
| 2018
|Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side |Guest | |
| 2019
|Guest Judge | Season 3, Episode 1 |
| 2015, 2019
|Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen |Guest | |
= Theatre =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Theatre |
|---|
| 2016
| Columbia | Josephine Theatre |
| 2019
| Femlins | Greta Stripe | Castro Theatre |
= Web series =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Ref. |
| 2013
| |
| 2014
|Couple$ for Ca$h |
| 2015
|The After Show (with Alaska) | |
| 2016 |
| 2019
|Bootleg Opinions (with Yuhua Hamasaki) |
| 2020
|A Sip with Vodka | |
= Music videos =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Artist !Ref. |
| 2012
|"Glamazon" | |
| 2013
|"Knew You Seemed Shady" | |
| rowspan="2" |2014
|"Stranger" | |
| "Bitchy"
|Jaremi Carey |
| 2015
|"Ratchet Christmas" | |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|"Play" |Jaremi Carey |
| "All Mine"
|Jaremi Carey |
| 2017
|"Battle Axe" | |
| 2019
|"I Call Shade" |
Discography
= Albums =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title |
| 2016 |
= Singles =
==As lead artist==
==As featured artist==
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Album |
| 2015
|"GAG" |non-album single |
| 2018
|"Beat of My City" |T.H.O.T. Process |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/4720142-Phi-Phi-OHara Phi Phi O'Hara] discography at Discogs
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/5726461-Jaremi-Carey Jaremi Carey] discography at Discogs
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