Priscilla (drag queen)

{{Infobox person

| name = Priscilla

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| birth_name = Mariano Gallo

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|12|22}}

| birth_place = Naples, Campania, Italy{{Cite web|url=https://www.senzalinea.it/giornale/il-fenomeno-drag-queenpriscilla-regina-di-mykonos-e-del-jackie-oprima-parte/|title=The Drag Queen Phenomenon: Priscilla, Queen of Mykonos and Jackie O|website=Senzalinea|date=6 June 2019|last=Ditto|first=Carlo|access-date=20 November 2021|language=it|archive-date=20 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120193541/https://www.senzalinea.it/giornale/il-fenomeno-drag-queenpriscilla-regina-di-mykonos-e-del-jackie-oprima-parte/|url-status=live}}

| nationality = Italian

| occupation = Drag queen

| television = Drag Race Italia

| party = Possibile

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Mariano Gallo (born December 22, 1976),{{Cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/2021/06/30/drag-race-italia-giuria|title=Drag Race Italia con Tommaso Zorzi: in giuria Chiara Francini e la Drag Priscilla|website=Sky|date=30 June 2021|access-date=20 November 2021|language=it|archive-date=20 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120192819/https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/2021/06/30/drag-race-italia-giuria|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Attanasio |first=Gerardo |date=2022-04-06 |title=Chi è Miss Priscilla, Drag Queen di Drag Race Italia: Età, Nome e Senza Trucco {{!}} Chiecosa |url=https://www.chiecosa.it/priscilla-drag/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=ChieCosa.it |language=it-IT |archive-date=2022-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128232809/https://www.chiecosa.it/priscilla-drag/ |url-status=live }} known by the stage name Priscilla, is an Italian drag performer based in Mykonos, Greece, best known for hosting the drag competition television series Drag Race Italia.{{Cite magazine|last=Joey|first=Nolfi|date=September 9, 2021|title=Say ciao bella to RuPaul's new 'Drag Race Italia' host Priscilla|url=https://ew.com/tv/drag-race-italia-host-priscilla/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020141146/https://ew.com/tv/drag-race-italia-host-priscilla/}}

Career

Priscilla gained notoriety in Italy after being on the talk show Al posto tuo beginning in 2002.{{Cite web |last=Cresto-Dina |first=Dario |date=2021-12-04 |title=Priscilla, performer e conduttrice tv: "Io, drag queen e le mie due vite in un corpo solo" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/12/05/news/priscilla_performer_e_conduttrice_tv_io_drag_queen_e_le_mie_due_vite_in_un_corpo_solo_-328950424/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=la Repubblica |language=it |archive-date=2022-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520050449/https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/12/05/news/priscilla_performer_e_conduttrice_tv_io_drag_queen_e_le_mie_due_vite_in_un_corpo_solo_-328950424/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Panella |first=Giulia |date=2021-11-19 |title=Mariano Gallo, ecco chi è la drag queen Priscilla di "Drag Race Italia" |url=https://metropolitanmagazine.it/mariano-gallo-ecco-chi-e-la-drag-queen-priscilla-di-drag-race-italia/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Metropolitan Magazine |language=it-IT |archive-date=2022-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516210530/https://metropolitanmagazine.it/mariano-gallo-ecco-chi-e-la-drag-queen-priscilla-di-drag-race-italia/ |url-status=live }} In 2007, she won the Miss Drag Queen Italy pageant.{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=2021-09-05 |title=Say ciao bella to RuPaul's new 'Drag Race Italia' host Priscilla |url=https://ew.com/tv/drag-race-italia-host-priscilla/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2021-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020141146/https://ew.com/tv/drag-race-italia-host-priscilla/ |url-status=live }} In 2017, she performed on Ellada Eheis Talento.{{Cite web |last=Powys Maurice |first=Emma |date=2021-09-09 |title=Drag Race announces brand new host for latest spin-off series |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/09/drag-race-italia-season-one-host-priscilla/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=PinkNews |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516210530/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/09/drag-race-italia-season-one-host-priscilla/ |url-status=live }} In September 2021, Priscilla was announced as the host of the first season of Drag Race Italia.{{Cite web |last=Blackett |first=L'Oreal |date=2021-07-06 |title='Drag Race Italia' Is Coming To The UK |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/how-to-watch-drag-race-italia-in-the-uk |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Bustle |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519060632/https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/how-to-watch-drag-race-italia-in-the-uk |url-status=live }}

Priscilla regularly performs in Mykonos.

In 2022, Gallo starred as Cecil Beaton in the musical Dive.{{Cite web |last=Boni |first=Federico |title=Dive, a teatro Priscilla torna Mariano, l'intervista: "Prima di essere drag devi essere attivista. Mai da Barbara d'Urso" |url=https://www.gay.it/dive-teatro-priscilla-mariano-gallo-intervista-drag-barbara-durso |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Gay.it |language=it-IT}}

Early and personal life

Gallo was born in 1976 in Campania.{{Cite web |last=Passarin |first=Sara Greta |date=2022-04-06 |title=Chi è Priscilla Drag Queen, napoletana "cisgender": biografia e carriera |url=https://www.true-news.it/facts/chi-e-priscilla-drag-queen-napoletana-cisgender-biografia-e-carriera |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=True News. |language=it-IT |archive-date=2022-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516162920/https://www.true-news.it/facts/chi-e-priscilla-drag-queen-napoletana-cisgender-biografia-e-carriera |url-status=live }} He is originally from Naples.{{Cite web |last=Hawke |first=Poppy |date=2021-10-29 |title=Scusi Drag Race fans! Meet the queens of Drag Race Italia season 1 |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/scusi-drag-race-fans-meet-the-queens-of-drag-race-italia-season-1/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=GAY TIMES |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016105913/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/scusi-drag-race-fans-meet-the-queens-of-drag-race-italia-season-1/ |url-status=live }} He is gay, and first came out at age 19.{{Cite web |last=De Tommasi |first=Alessandra |date=2021-11-15 |title=Priscilla: "Sono la queen del reality" |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/drag-race-intervista-priscilla-mariano-gallo |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Vanity Fair Italia |language=it-IT}}

Gallo was raised Catholic, but later adopted Buddhism.

Filmography

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rowspan=2|2023

|A mia immagine

|Francesco

|Short film; credited as Mariano Gallo{{Cite web |date=2023-04-19 |title=Mariano Gallo: dal tv show di Priscilla al debutto su grande schermo |url=https://www.ilmattino.it/napolismart/cultura/mariano_gallo_tv_show_di_priscilla_al_debutto_su_grande_schermo-7353253.html |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=www.ilmattino.it |language=it}}

Nuovo Olimpo

|Mastino

|Credited as Mariano Gallo