D.J. 'Shangela' Pierce
Acting
Biography
Shangela Laquifa Wadley, commonly referred to as Shangela, is the stage name of D.J. Pierce, a professional drag queen, actor, television personality and comedian from Paris, Texas. Shangela is best known for competing on the 3rd and 4th seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race, returning for the 3rd season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, as one of the hosts of HBO's We're Here, and for his role in the 2018 film A Star is Born.
Born: November 22, 1981
Place of Birth: Paris, Texas, USA
Known For
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Online special co-hosted by Billy Eichner and Lilly Singh in response to COVID-19 featuring celebrities and live performances raising funds for LGBTQ community centers.
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
The Mentalist
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Station 19
A group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk their lives and hearts both in the line of duty and off the clock. These brave men and women are like family, literally and figuratively, and together they put their own lives in jeopardy as first responders to save the lives of others.
Forbidden
A musical set in the North-American city of Nacirema Falls, in the country of Nacirema, which black LGBT people rule, promoting and conducting white racism and "straightphobia". When Nolan Renner falls in love with a waitress at a diner, he gets into trouble.
Bones
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
Katy Keene
A group of aspiring artists living in New York City try to make their dreams come true.
Farah Goes Bang
Farah hits the road with her buddies to stump for John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election, hoping the trip will be her opportunity to finally shed her unwanted virginity. She soon finds her efforts on both political and sexual fronts continuously thwarted.
Cinderoncé
The classic story of Cinderella with a slight twist amazing work by Todrick Hall!!
Tommy in La La Land
A three-part documentary series that follows Dutch journalist Tommy Parker as he travels to Los Angeles, finding out what impact the rapidly changing world has on Hollywood and vice versa.
Filmography
as Self
as Queen Inichoochiama (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Lena Horne
as Self
as Deveraux
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Arms Dealer
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Self - Guest
as Self - Clue Giver
as Self - Contestant
as Self
as Drag Bar Emcee
as Self
as Stephen
as Himself
as Ruby Red Slippers
as Stephen
as Himself
as Herself
as Jasmine
as Neils Elman (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Waitress
as The Fairy Dragmother
as Drag Queen Avatar (uncredited)
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest (voice)
as Self / LaQuifa
as Bettina
as Self - Contestant
as Shangela
as Hallelujah
as Drag Performer
as Mikaela
as Self - Contestant
as Miss Urbana Champaign
as Self - Guest
as Shangela Laquifa Wadley
as Young Poet
as Shangela Laquifa Wadley
as Self - Special Guest
as Self - Audience Member
as Self - Contestant
as Shangela
as Kimmy Moore
as Self - Contestant
as Self - Audience Member
as Self - Host
as Self
as Annabelle
as Self - Guest
as Jordan