D.J. 'Shangela' Pierce
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.
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- Born:
- Nov 22, 1981 In Paris, Texas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 58
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Lone Star Bull
- Latest Project:
- Movie Turn Up the Love: Connecting to Pride 2023-05-10
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Lone Star Bull | Jordan | 2025 |
| Movie | Turn Up the Love: Connecting to Pride | 2023-05-10 | |
| Movie | PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation | Self (archive footage) | 2022-06-09 |
| Series | Little Demon | Queen Inichoochiama (voice) | 2022-08-25 |
| Series | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Unknown | 2022-09-12 |
| Series | Katy Keene | Deveraux | 2020-02-06 |
| Movie | Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone | Self | 2020-04-26 |
| Series | We're Here | Self | 2020-04-23 |
| Series | Lovecraft Country | Lena Horne | 2020-08-16 |
| Series | Exposed with Joseph Shepherd | Self - Guest | 2019-02-27 |
| Series | The Masked Singer | Clue Giver | 2019-01-02 |
| Movie | Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts | Self (uncredited) | 2019-04-25 |
| Movie | Shangela Is Shook | Herself | 2019-08-18 |
| Series | Werq the World | Self | 2019-06-06 |
| Series | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019-09-09 |
| Series | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Arms Dealer | 2019-08-02 |
| Series | Tommy in La La Land | Himself | 2018-04-12 |
| Series | Station 19 | Ruby Red Slippers | 2018-03-22 |
| Movie | Forbidden | 2018-03-15 | |
| Movie | Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate | Stephen | 2018-05-18 |
| Movie | BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends | 2018-12-11 | |
| Movie | RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular | Self - Special Guest | 2018-12-07 |
| Series | Follow Me | Self | 2018-06-22 |
| Series | Dancing Queen | Self | 2018-10-05 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born | Drag Bar Emcee | 2018-10-03 |
| Movie | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 3 Exclusive Queen Ruveal | Self | 2017-10-20 |
| Movie | Dragged | Himself | 2016-05-30 |
| Movie | Bianca Del Rio Birthday Roast | Self | 2016-06-18 |
| Movie | Hurricane Bianca | Stephen | 2016-06-03 |
| Movie | This Is Drag | Self | 2015-03-02 |
| Movie | Lavalantula | Neils Elman (uncredited) | 2015-07-25 |
| Movie | RuPaul's Drag Race: Green Screen Christmas | Self | 2015-12-13 |
| Movie | Kiss Me, Kill Me | Jasmine | 2015-09-18 |
| Movie | TupiniQueens | Herself | 2015-11-14 |
| Series | Broad City | Waitress | 2014-01-22 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Gone With the Wind Fabulous | Hater | 2013-03-11 |
| Movie | Farah Goes Bang | Bettina | 2013-04-19 |
| Movie | LaQuifa is Halleloosin' It! | Self / LaQuifa | 2013-06-01 |
| Movie | Cinderoncé | The Fairy Dragmother | 2013-08-20 |
| Series | Alyssa's Secret | Self - Guest | 2013-06-03 |
| Movie | R.I.P.D. | Drag Queen Avatar (uncredited) | 2013-07-18 |
| Series | Jenifer Lewis and Shangela | Shangela | 2012-08-31 |
| Series | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Self - Contestant | 2012-10-22 |
| Series | 2 Broke Girls | Hallelujah | 2011-09-19 |
| Series | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Self - Contestant | 2010-02-01 |
| Series | Detroit 1-8-7 | Drag Performer | 2010-09-21 |
| Series | Terriers | Mikaela | 2010-09-08 |
| Series | Community | Miss Urbana Champaign | 2009-09-17 |
| Series | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Contestant (archive footage) | 2009-02-02 |
| Series | Glee | Shangela Laquifa Wadley | 2009-05-19 |
| Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
| Movie | The Panty Man | Young Poet | 2009-05-05 |
| Series | The Mentalist | Shangela | 2008-09-23 |
| Series | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Contestant | 2005-06-01 |
| Series | Bones | Kimmy Moore | 2005-09-13 |
| Series | The X-Files | Annabelle | 1993-09-10 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |