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Oct 26, 2012 · Shangela L. Wadley. 92.1K subscribers. 12K. 929K views 10 years ago. Playing the role of "Hallelujah" (an appropriate name)...check out D.J. Pierce in first guest star role on live audience...
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Pierce was born in Lamar County, Texas, and grew up in Paris, Texas, the only child of Debra Sue Pierce (born 1959), a worker in the United States Army who traveled frequently for her work. He is biracial, and is of half-Saudi descent. His parents split when he was at a young age, after which his father returned to Saudi Arabia. As a result Pierce ...
Early career
Shangela emerged as Pierce's drag persona in January 2009. Pierce had choreographed a three-person drag act to "Single Ladies" for a sober charity event in Los Angeles, and when one of the performers cancelled, the other two asked her to fill in. The club's promoter was so impressed with Shangela's performance that he offered to book her for the following week. In 2010, Shangela was crowned in the first California Entertainer of the Year pageant; the first alternate was Chad Michaels.
RuPaul's Drag Race
After five months of performing in Los Angeles, Shangela was selected to join the cast for season two of RuPaul's Drag Race, but was eliminated in the first episode. She later reauditioned and was invited back for season three, where she made it to the top five (although she placed sixth overall due to the return of Carmen Carrera one episode later). She also made cameo appearances in the show's fourth-season premiere and the "Snatch Game" episode of All Stars season two. Shangela returned to...
Other television and film appearances
Shangela appeared in Toddlers & Tiaras, in which she coached her 9-year-old goddaughter to compete in a beauty pageant. Other appearances include episodes of Glee, Bones, Community, Terriers, Dance Moms, 2 Broke Girls, Detroit 187 and The Mentalist, as well as a commercial for Orbitz with fellow Drag Race contestants Manila Luzon and Carmen Carrera. Shangela and other RuPaul's Drag race contestants including Trixie Mattel, Tammie Brown, and Manila Luzon, appeared in a Food and Drug Administra...
Pierce is gay, and is of mixed African-American and Saudi Arabian descent. He has lived in the basement of Jenifer Lewis' poolhouse for over a decade in Los Angeles, California. RuPaul's Drag Race season-five contestant Alyssa Edwardsis Shangela's drag mother.
D.J. 'Shangela' Pierce at IMDbMay 24, 2019 · 2 Broke Girls featuring Shangela from RuPaul's Drag Race. Don't miss it. (Season 2 Episode 3)
Oct 11, 2021 · In Drag Race parlance, Shangela is what is known as a triple threat: she acts, she dances, she sings, and, of course, she looks absolutely sickening. As an actor, Pierce’s resumé includes appearances in Community , 2 Broke Girls , Glee, and The X-Files , along with a small but pivotal role in A Star Is Born as the drag queen who first ...
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Jan 25, 2018 · 2 broke girls “[ 2 Broke Girls creator] Michael Patrick King had cast me in A Mann’s World , which was an NBC pilot that we knew was going to series,” Pierce recalls.
Sep 17, 2020 · The beloved drag queen born Darius Jeremy Pierce has appeared in several TV series, including 2 Broke Girls, Community, Broad City, Glee, and The X-Files among others.
Sep 28, 2012 · Shangela's takeover of the airwaves continues, with news today that the RuPaul's Drag Race alum is heading to the CBS hit comedy 2 Broke Girls. We think this is just what this show needed. Shangela (aka D.J. Pierce) will be out of drag for her role, playing a male cinema employee named "Hallelujah." And a Halleloo to that.
