Le Filip
{{Short description|Croatian drag queen}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Unreliable sources|date=July 2024}}
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| caption = Le Filip in 2024
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1993}} or {{birth year and age|1994}}
| birth_place = Zagreb, Croatia
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| occupation = {{hlist|Drag queen}}
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| television = Drag Race France (season 3)
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Filip Mrzljak, better known by the stage name Le Filip, is a Croatian drag queen best known for winning the third season of Drag Race France.
Early and personal life
Le Filip was born in Zagreb, Croatia.{{Cite web|last=Rivet|first=Daphne|title=Le Filip, drag-queen glamour qui manie l'humour comme un poignard|url=https://www.konbini.com/popculture/le-filip-drag-queen-glamour-qui-manie-lhumour-comme-un-poignard/|access-date=20 July 2024|website=konbini.com|language=fr|date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627131123/https://www.konbini.com/popculture/le-filip-drag-queen-glamour-qui-manie-lhumour-comme-un-poignard/|archive-date=27 June 2024|trans-title=Le Filip, glamorous drag queen who wields humor like a dagger}} According to {{Interlanguage link|Telegram (website)|hr|Telegram (portal)|lt=Telegram}}, she comes from a Zagreb family of respected diplomats.{{Cite web|last=Pavlica|first=Valentina|title=Le Filip, drag queen iz zagrebačke obitelji cijenjenih diplomata: 'Strah me vratiti se u Hrvatsku, mržnje je toliko da bi me netko mogao ubiti'|url=https://www.telegram.hr/vijesti/le-filip-drag-queen-iz-zagrebacke-obitelji-cijenjenih-diplomata-strah-me-vratiti-se-u-hrvatsku-mrznje-je-toliko-da-bi-me-netko-mogao-ubiti/|access-date=20 July 2024|website=telegram.hr|publisher=Telegram|language=hr|date=27 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627131305/https://www.telegram.hr/vijesti/le-filip-drag-queen-iz-zagrebacke-obitelji-cijenjenih-diplomata-strah-me-vratiti-se-u-hrvatsku-mrznje-je-toliko-da-bi-me-netko-mogao-ubiti/|archive-date=27 June 2024|trans-title=Le Filip, a drag queen from a Zagreb family of respected diplomats: 'I'm afraid to return to Croatia, there is so much hatred that someone could kill me'}} She first moved to Paris with her mother when she was 12 years old.
Career
Le Filip started doing drag at Zagreb Pride in 2012 when she was 18 years old. She was an associate member of {{ill|House of Flamingo|hr}}, a Croatian queer and drag performance arts ensemble from Zagreb.{{Cite web|last=Mucić|first=Magdalena|title=Drag queens: Život muškarca u haljini i štiklama|url=https://express.24sata.hr/life/drag-queens-zivot-muskarca-u-haljini-i-stiklama-7421|access-date=20 July 2024|website=express.24sata.hr|publisher=24sata|language=hr|date=6 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720011734/https://express.24sata.hr/life/drag-queens-zivot-muskarca-u-haljini-i-stiklama-7421|archive-date=20 July 2024|trans-title=Drag queens: The life of a man in a dress and heels|quote=Kad se Roxanne, Spazam Orgazam, Colinda Evangelista, Galaxy Diva, Le Filip i Entity popnu na pozornicu, show je zagarantiran.|trans-quote=When Roxanne, Spazam Orgazam, Colinda Evangelista, Galaxy Diva, Le Filip and Entity take the stage, a show is guaranteed.}} In France, she was a member of Haus of Morue. Le Filip describes herself as a comedy queen and cites feminine personalities of Pamela Anderson, Anne Roumanoff, Élie Semoun, Florence Foresti and Jacques Tati as her inspirations.{{Cite web|last=Marchal|first=Marie Amelie|title=Drag Race France 3. Le Filip, une candidate qui fait le grand écart entre Pamela Anderson et Anne Roumanoff|url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/paris_75056/drag-race-france-3-le-filip-une-candidate-qui-fait-le-grand-ecart-entre-pamela-anderson-et-anne-roumanoff_61106402.html|access-date=20 July 2024|website=actu.fr|language=fr|date=28 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603201738/https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/paris_75056/drag-race-france-3-le-filip-une-candidate-qui-fait-le-grand-ecart-entre-pamela-anderson-et-anne-roumanoff_61106402.html|archive-date=3 June 2024}}
On 24 April 2024, Le Filip was announced as one of ten contestants of the third season of Drag Race France, becoming the first contestant in the Drag Race frachise to be of a Croatian origin.{{Cite web|title=Découvrez les défis et les portraits des Queens de Drag Race France 3 : Leona Winter, Misty Phoenix, Perseo, Magnetica... |url=https://www.leblogtvnews.com/2024/04/decouvrez-les-defis-et-les-queens-de-drag-race-france-3-leona-winter-misty-phoenix-perseo-magnetica.html |access-date=27 April 2024|website=LeBlogTVNews|language=fr}} During her time on the season, Le Filip placed in the Top 2 on the fourth episode, in a Rusical dedicated to Céline Dion, ultimately losing a lipsync to Leona Winter.{{Cite web|date=26 June 2024|last=Bright|first=Kristy|title=Drag Race France: "Céline Dion: The Rusical" (S03 E04)|url=https://werrrk.com/2024/06/26/drag-race-france-celine-dion-the-rusical-s03-e04/|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240720013032/https://werrrk.com/2024/06/26/drag-race-france-celine-dion-the-rusical-s03-e04/|archive-date=20 July 2024|access-date=20 July 2024|website=werrrk.com}} Le Filip was one of the four finalists of the season, along with Leona Winter, Lula Strega and Ruby on the Nail. At the finale, Le Filip performed an original song titled "Hrvatica Baby!", won the final lipsync against Ruby on the Nail, and was ultimately crowned the winner of the season receiving the title of France's Next Drag Superstar. Le Filip is thus the second winner in the Drag Race franchise to never win a Maxi challenge, following Drag Race Italia{{'}}s Elecktra Bionic.
Filmography
=Television=
Discography
= Promotional singles =
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|+List of promotional singles, showing year released, chart positions, certifications and album name ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album |
| scope="row" | "Cabaret Lé-gen-daire"{{Cite web |title=Cabaret Lé-gen-daire - Single - Album by The Cast of Drag Race France |date=2024-07-17 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cabaret-l%C3%A9-gen-daire-single/1757940673 |language=en-US |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Apple Music (US)}} {{small|(as part of the Cast of Drag Race France)}} | rowspan="2" | 2024 | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |
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| scope="row" | "Hrvatica Baby!" (Le Filip){{Cite web |title=Hrvatica Baby! (Le Filip) - Single - Album by The Cast of Drag Race France |date=2024-07-20 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hrvatica-baby-le-filip-single/1760024862 |language=en-US |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Apple Music (US)}} {{small|(as part of the Cast of Drag Race France)}} |