THE Real Full Monty: Jingle Balls brings with it a star cast of celebrities all getting their kit off for charity.
Joining them for the show is Nick Collier, AKA Ella Vaday.
Who is Ella Vaday?
Born on September 23, 1988, Nick Collier, better known as Ella Vaday, is an English drag queen, actor and dancer who competed on the third series of RuPaul‘s Drag Race UK.
Nick kicked off his showbiz career as a backup dancer for Olly Murs and Eoghan Quigg on The X Factor.
Moving over to theatre, his credits include Book of Mormon, Cats, Fame, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Peter Pan, and Wicked.
Switching to drag under the name of Ella Vaday, he competed on the third series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.
He impersonated Nigella Lawson during the Snatch Game challenge, which went down a storm.
What is Ella Vaday known for?
Ella is best known for her drag act, and RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Speaking about getting into drag, Ella told Fyne Times: “Well, I’ve watched Ru Paul’s Drag Race since it first came out.
“My best friend and flatmate was on a royal Caribbean ship going around America when drag race first came out and he came back and said ‘Nick you need to watch drag race, you’re going to love it’.
“So, I started watching and it was like nothing I had ever seen before.
“It was really fun, seeing the LGBTQ+ community on the screen being really funny, being shady just really, really great.
“It wasn’t until 2017 that I did my first charity drag gala to raise money for a charity.
“That was my first experience – and I looked awful – it was in 2017 on the Pride London main stage in Trafalgar Square as part of a big group of Westend performers in drag so that was pretty cool.
“The following year I did it once again, I got a little job handing out leaflets in 2018 in drag – again I didn’t look like what I look like now.
“Then in 2019 when I left The Book of Mormon musical that I had been doing for two years I didn’t have a job to go onto so I just thought, I’ve got a wig and I’ve got some makeup, so I could try put myself out there and try to get some drag jobs.”
Who is taking part in The Real Full Monty: Jingle Balls with Ella Vaday?
Ella is joined in this star-studded line-up with some familiar faces from TV.
The line-up includes:
