Robbie Turner (drag queen)

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| caption = Robbie Turner

| birth_name = Jeremy Baird

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| birth_place = Centralia, Washington, U.S.

| nationality = American

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| occupation = Drag queen

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| known_for = RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8)

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Robbie Turner is the stage name of Jeremy Baird,{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/yaas-queen-its-robbie-turners-turn-on-rupauls-drag-race/|title='Yaas, Queen!' It's Robbie Turner's turn on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'|date=March 5, 2016|newspaper=The Seattle Times|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070702/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/yaas-queen-its-robbie-turners-turn-on-rupauls-drag-race/|url-status=live}} an American drag queen and writer most known for competing on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Early life

Baird was raised by Pentecostal ministers in Centralia, Washington.

Career

Early in her career, Turner performed at Tacoma, Washington's pride festival. In Seattle, she performed at the bar R Place and hosted the Robbie Turner Revue at the Hard Rock Café.{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/seattles-robbie-turner-picked-for-season-8-of-rupauls-drag-race/|title=Seattle's Robbie Turner picked for Season 8 of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'|date=February 2, 2016|newspaper=The Seattle Times|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070655/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/seattles-robbie-turner-picked-for-season-8-of-rupauls-drag-race/|url-status=live}}

Turner auditioned for RuPaul's Drag Race multiple times before being cast for the eighth season. Fellow Seattle performer Jinkx Monsoon endorsed Turner in the submitted audition tape. During the "Snatch Game" competition, Turner portrayed Diana Vreeland.{{Cite web|url = https://www.vulture.com/article/rupauls-drag-race-snatch-game-impressions-ranked.html|title = Every Snatch Game Impersonation on RuPaul's Drag Race, Ranked|date = 3 May 2018|access-date = 11 February 2019|archive-date = 6 August 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200806061508/https://www.vulture.com/article/rupauls-drag-race-snatch-game-impressions-ranked.html|url-status = live}} Turner was eliminated from Drag Race after losing a lip sync battle to Derrick Barry.{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/spoiler-alert-robbie-turner-sashays-away-on-rupauls-drag-race/|title=Robbie Turner sashays away on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'|date=April 11, 2016|newspaper=The Seattle Times|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070652/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/spoiler-alert-robbie-turner-sashays-away-on-rupauls-drag-race/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/drag-race-robbie-turner-elimination_us_570d4d25e4b0836057a2a658|title=Last Words: Robbie Turner Reflects On Her Time On 'RuPaul's Drag Race'|first=James Michael|last=Nichols|date=April 12, 2016|access-date=February 11, 2019|publisher=HuffPost|archive-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826105212/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/drag-race-robbie-turner-elimination_us_570d4d25e4b0836057a2a658|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.out.com/popnography/2016/4/13/sashay-away-robbie-turner-roller-skates-contouring-and-maya-angelou-drag|title=Sashay Away: Robbie Turner on Roller Skates, Contouring, and the Maya Angelou of Drag|date=April 13, 2016|website=Out|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212131123/https://www.out.com/popnography/2016/4/13/sashay-away-robbie-turner-roller-skates-contouring-and-maya-angelou-drag|url-status=live}} Vulture ranked Turner number 53 on their list of "Every Snatch Game Impersonation on RuPaul's Drag Race, Ranked". The Independent{{'s}} Lily Pearson included Turner's lip sync against Cynthia Lee Fontaine in her list of "the most unmissable moments" in Drag Race history.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/proper-tv-guide/the-most-unmissable-moments-in-rupauls-drag-race-history-a8415946.html|title=The most unmissable moments in RuPaul's Drag Race history|date=June 27, 2018|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212133915/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/proper-tv-guide/the-most-unmissable-moments-in-rupauls-drag-race-history-a8415946.html|url-status=live}} In 2018, Instinct ranked Turner number 80 in the article, "The Definitive List: Ranking All the RuPaul's Drag Race Queens from 1 to 126", and Stephen Daw of Billboard ranked Les Chicken Wings (a group composed of Turner, Kim Chi, and Naomi Smalls) number 18 on his list of the "50 Best Musical Moments" on the show.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8470169/50-best-music-moments-rupauls-drag-race|title=Decade of 'Drag Race': The Show's 50 Best Musical Moments|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212073549/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8470169/50-best-music-moments-rupauls-drag-race|url-status=live}}

Turner has appeared on the web series "Capitol Hill" with BenDeLaCreme.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/wes-hurley/robbie-turner-bendelacrem_b_11150052.html|title=Robbie Turner, BenDeLaCrem and Colby Keller Are Back on "Capitol Hill"|first=Wes|last=Hurley|website=HuffPost|date=25 July 2016|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=5 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505105103/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wes-hurley/robbie-turner-bendelacrem_b_11150052.html|url-status=live}} She appeared on Hey Qween in 2017. Turner wrote the book, I'll Tell You for Free.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/drag-race-star-robbie-turner-is-an-open-book_us_5907a54ae4b05279d4edbee4|title='Drag Race' Star Robbie Turner Is an Open Book|website=HuffPost|date=May 2, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902183556/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/drag-race-star-robbie-turner-is-an-open-book_us_5907a54ae4b05279d4edbee4|url-status=live}}

In addition to performing at Seattle's Queer/Bar, Turner has served as the bar's entertainment producer. Turner took a "personal leave" in 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2018/04/drag-drama-around-hill-with-seattle-university-censorship-queer-bars-turner-on-personal-leave/|title=Drag drama around Hill with Seattle University censorship, Queer/Bar's Turner on 'personal leave' — UPDATE|last=jseattle|date=April 19, 2018|website=CHS Capitol Hill Seattle|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130850/http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2018/04/drag-drama-around-hill-with-seattle-university-censorship-queer-bars-turner-on-personal-leave/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.out.com/television/2018/4/20/robbie-turner-take-break-her-job-amid-car-crash-controversy|title=Robbie Turner to Take a Break from Her Job Amid Car Crash Controversy|date=April 20, 2018|last=McBain|first=Liam|work=Out|language=en|access-date=May 6, 2019|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506213015/https://www.out.com/television/2018/4/20/robbie-turner-take-break-her-job-amid-car-crash-controversy|url-status=live}}

Personal life

Turner lived in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, as of 2016.

In April 2018, Turner claimed to be involved in a fatal Uber accident.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/04/27/robbie-turner-car-crash-interview/|title=Exclusive: 'Drag Race's Robbie Turner admits car crash didn't happen: I 'was slipped something'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130901/https://ew.com/tv/2018/04/27/robbie-turner-car-crash-interview/|url-status=live}} She later admitted the accident did not happen, after media outlets noted inconsistencies with her story.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/04/18/26049519/wait-did-robbie-turner-actually-have-a-brush-with-death-in-an-uber|title=Wait, Did Robbie Turner Actually Have a Brush with Death in an Uber?|author=Chase Burns|website=The Stranger|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=July 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731044141/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/04/18/26049519/wait-did-robbie-turner-actually-have-a-brush-with-death-in-an-uber|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/04/27/26109296/robbie-turner-admits-there-was-no-dead-uber-driver|title=Robbie Turner Admits There Was No Dead Uber Driver|author=Christopher Frizzelle|website=The Stranger|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224013402/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/04/27/26109296/robbie-turner-admits-there-was-no-dead-uber-driver|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://people.com/tv/drag-race-robbie-turner-alleged-car-crash/|title=Did RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Robbie Turner Fake Surviving a Car Wreck on Social Media?Did RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Robbie Turner Really Survive a Car Wreck?|work=People|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070630/https://people.com/tv/drag-race-robbie-turner-alleged-car-crash/|url-status=live}}

Filmography

= Television =

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Notes
2016 \| scope="row" \| RuPaul's Drag Race \| Herself \| Contestant (7th place)
2016 \| scope="row" \| RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked \| Herself \|

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2016

| scope="row" | RuPaul's Drag Race

| Herself

| Contestant (7th place)

2016

| scope="row" | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

| Herself

= Web series =

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title
2017 \| scope"row" \| Capitol Hill
2017 \| scope="row" \| Hey Qween

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2017

| scope"row" | Capitol Hill

2017

| scope="row" | Hey Qween