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:
- 56
- First Appeared:
- In the series LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988-09-05
- Latest Project:
- Movie Lone Star Bull 2025
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 |
| Series | We're Here | Self | 2020-04-23 |
| Movie | Shangela Is Shook | Herself | 2020-07-24 |
| Movie | Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone | Self | 2020-04-26 |
| 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 |
| Series | Werq the World | Self | 2019-06-06 |
| Series | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Arms Dealer | 2019-08-02 |
| Series | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019-09-09 |
| 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 | A Star Is Born | Drag Bar Emcee | 2018-10-03 |
| 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 | Dancing Queen | Self | 2018-10-05 |
| Series | Follow Me | Self | 2018-06-22 |
| Movie | Hurricane Bianca | Stephen | 2016-06-03 |
| Movie | Dragged | Himself | 2016-05-30 |
| Movie | Bianca Del Rio Birthday Roast | Self | 2016-06-18 |
| Movie | This Is Drag | Self | 2015-03-02 |
| Movie | Lavalantula | Neils Elman (uncredited) | 2015-07-25 |
| Movie | Kiss Me, Kill Me | Jasmine | 2015-09-18 |
| Movie | RuPaul's Drag Race: Green Screen Christmas | Self | 2015-12-13 |
| 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 | Farah Goes Bang | Bettina | 2013-04-19 |
| Movie | Gone With the Wind Fabulous | Hater | 2013-03-11 |
| Movie | LaQuifa is Halleloosin' It! | Self / LaQuifa | 2013-06-01 |
| Series | Alyssa's Secret | Self - Guest | 2013-06-03 |
| Movie | R.I.P.D. | Drag Queen Avatar (uncredited) | 2013-07-18 |
| Movie | Cinderoncé | The Fairy Dragmother | 2013-08-20 |
| Series | Jenifer Lewis and Shangela | Shangela | 2012-08-31 |
| Series | 2 Broke Girls | Hallelujah | 2011-09-19 |
| Series | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Self - Contestant | 2010-02-01 |
| Series | Terriers | Mikaela | 2010-09-08 |
| Series | Detroit 1-8-7 | Drag Performer | 2010-09-21 |
| Movie | The Panty Man | Young Poet | 2009-05-05 |
| 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 |
| Series | Community | Miss Urbana Champaign | 2009-09-17 |
| 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 |