Trinity the Tuck

Ryan A. Taylor, known professionally as Trinity "The Tuck" Taylor or just Trinity the Tuck (born December 10, 1984),[2][3] is an American drag queen and recording artist best known for competing on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and for winning the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, shared with Monét X Change. She went by Trinity "the Tuck" Taylor on her original season, but on the first episode of All Stars, she indicated that she would henceforth go simply by Trinity the Tuck.[4]

Trinity the Tuck
Trinity The Tuck in 2020
Born
Ryan A. Taylor[1]

(1984-12-10) December 10, 1984
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Occupations
Television
Websitehttps://www.trinitythetuck.com/

Trinity additionally competed on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: (also known as Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars 7- All Winners), the first all winners edition of the franchise.[5]

Early life

Taylor was born to April Renee Dunaway in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up in Trussville and Springville, Alabama, attending Springville High School.[6][7] From the age of 8, Taylor was raised by her grandparents due to her mother contracting HIV and subsequently dying.[8][7] Her drag mother is Jordan Kennedy.[9]

Career

Trinity was named Miss Pulse by Pulse nightclub in 2011.[10][11][12] She has won several national pageants, including National Entertainer of the year (against Alyssa Edwards) in 2014[13] and Miss National Renaissance 2016.[14] She has also performed worldwide as a backup dancer for Andy Bell from Erasure.[15]

RuPaul's Drag Race
Trinity in 2019

In February 2017, Trinity was announced being among fourteen contestants for the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[16] She won three challenges during the course of the competition, in episodes three, seven and ten.[17] Trinity placed in the top four overall, after losing a lip sync to "Stronger" by Britney Spears against Peppermint.[18] She was referenced in a skit on Saturday Night Live in May 2017.[19]

Trinity was announced to compete on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars on November 9, 2018.[20] She was referred to as Trinity the Tuck instead of Trinity Taylor.[21] Following her appearance on All Stars, Trinity was interviewed by Vogue for paying homage to a famous Prada dress worn by Sarah Paulson.[22] Paulson publicly thanked Trinity for the special honor through several of her social media platforms.[23] Trinity later won the season in a tie with Monét X Change, having placed in the top two four times throughout the competition (in episodes one, three, seven, and nine) as well as winning two lipsyncs which gave her the power to eliminate Jasmine Masters in episode one and Latrice Royale in episode nine.[24]

She was cast to be one of ten Drag Race alumni to be on RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race, where she served as a mentor for Loni Love.[25]

In April 2022, it was announced that Trinity would be competing on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, the first all winners edition of the franchise.[5]

Other ventures

In 2019, Trinity was featured on Botched for lip correction surgery.[26]

On November 3, 2019, Trinity launched her podcast Werk with Trinity the Tuck, which features recurring and special guests.[27] She has also continued to release new episodes of her YouTube series Talking with the Tuck.[28]

Trinity appeared in the music video for the song "You Need to Calm Down" by Taylor Swift as Lady Gaga.[29][30]

In 2020, Trinity appeared in the Netflix original AJ and the Queen as a well-known pageant drag queen.[31]

Trinity was featured on Out Magazine, Gay Times, PinkNews and various other press publications for her tribute project where she recreated iconic runway looks from previous RuPaul's Drag Race winners. The project, a collaboration with her boyfriend Leo Llanos, has garnered her high praise from fans, Drag Race alumni and press outlets for its captivating imagery and reinvented fashion styles.[32][33][34] Trinity, along with her All Stars 4 co-winner Monét X Change, collaborated with Llanos to recreate looks from To Wong Foo to celebrate the end of their reign.[35] In June 2019, a panel of judges from New York magazine placed her 15th on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former Drag Race contestants.[36]

In June 2020, Trinity interviewed Cyndi Lauper, as part of the YouTube series We Stan, to talk about the Stonewall Riots and the importance of activism.[37][38]

In 2020, Trinity launched her all inclusive digital drag competition, Love for the Arts on Twitch, where contestants from all over the world compete to find out which contestant is the best drag artist of them all.[39]

In 2021, Trinity appeared on Celebrity Karaoke Club Drag Edition as a contestant. Trinity ultimately won the competition, beating out fellow Drag Race alumni, Manila Luzon and The Vivienne.[40][41]

In 2022, Trinity, in partnership with Producer Entertainment Group, launched their own brand of flavored vodka, courtesy of Serv Vodka.[42]

Music

During the first episode of All Stars 4, she premiered an original comedy song titled "The Perfect Tuck" during the episode's variety show and won the challenge.[43] The song was released for digital download on the same day. Her second solo single, a dance track called "The Face, the Body", was released on January 25, 2019.[44] A music video for her third single, "I Call Shade", was released on February 14, 2019, and features Peppermint. The music video has over a million views.[45] Her debut album Plastic premiered at number 9 on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart.[46]

She appeared in the music videos for Latrice Royale's "Excuse the Beauty" and Aja's "I Don't Wanna Brag".[47][48] On November 29, 2019, Trinity released a promotional holiday single called Trinity Ruins Christmas.[49]

In 2021, Trinity released Mood Swing, an EP including the singles "Witch" and "Call Me Mommy Daddy" featuring Jozea Flores.[50]

In 2022, Trinity released "Walk. Slay. Serv. Repeat."[51]

Personal life

As of at least mid-2017, Taylor lives in Orlando, Florida.[52] She has had plastic surgery, including having her ears pinned and a rhinoplasty by Dr. Miami's Michael Salzhauer.[16] On March 31, 2022, she came out as non-binary and transgender.[53] She uses she/they pronouns.[54]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref
2017 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 9) Contestant Finalist
2018–19 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 4) Contestant Winner
2019 Botched Herself Guest [55]
2020 AJ and the Queen Danielle Dupri Guest appearance; Episode "Dallas" [56]
2020 RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race Herself/Mentor RuPaul's Drag Race Spin-Off [57]
2020 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Herself Season 17, Episode 43 [58]
2020 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Season 5) Herself (Guest) Episode 8: "Clap Back" [59]
2021 Celebrity Karaoke Club Drag Edition Herself/Contestant Winner [60]
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 7) Contestant 3rd place [61]
2022 Countdown to All Stars 7: You’re a Winner Baby Herself VH1 special [62]
2022 The View Herself Guest [63]
2023 Drag Me to Dinner Herself Hulu original [64]

Music videos
Year Title Artist
2018 "Excuse the Beauty" Latrice Royale
2018 "I Don't Wanna Brag" Aja
2019 "The Face The Body Herself
2019 "I Call Shade" Herself
2019 "You Need to Calm Down" Taylor Swift

Web series
Year Title Role Notes Ref
2016–present Talking with The Tuck Herself Ongoing Web Series [65]
2017 Drag Queen Carpool Herself Guest, one episode [66]
2017 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Herself Season 9 [67]
2018 Wow Presents Herself [68]
2018 Hey Qween Herself 1 Episode [69]
2018 Cosmopolitan Herself Cosmo Queens [70]
2019–present Werk with Trinity the Tuck Host Podcast [27]
2020 We Stan Herself Web Series [38]
2020-22 The Pit Stop Herself (Guest) 3 episodes [71]
2020 Love for the Arts Host Ongoing Web Series [39]
2021 Jack Daniel's Tennessee Fire Presents Drag Queen Summer Glamp Herself [72]
2022 Around the Table Herself Guest, By Entertainment Weekly [73]
2022 BuzzFeed Celeb Herself Guest [74]
2022 Friendship Test Herself Guest, By Glamour [75]
2022 Drip or Drop? Herself Guest, By Cosmopolitan [76]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
US Comedy
[77]
Plastic 9
Ego
  • Released: July 22, 2022[78]
  • Label: Self-released[79]
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 —

Extended plays
Title Details
Mood Swing
  • Released: October 1, 2021
  • Label: Producer Entertainment Group
  • Formats: Digital download

As lead artist
Title Year Album
"The Perfect Tuck" 2018 Plastic
"The Face, the Body" 2019
"I Call Shade"
(featuring Peppermint)
"Trinity Ruins Christmas" 2019 Non-album single
"Witch" 2021 Mood Swing
"Call Me Mommy, Daddy"
(featuring Jozea Flores)
"Walk. Slay. Serv. Repeat." 2022 Ego
"Come Get It"
(featuring Monét X Change)
"Femboys"
"Run It"
(featuring Rhea Litré and Shontelle Sparkles)
Title Year Album
"Category Is"
(RuPaul featuring Peppermint, Shea Coulee, Sasha Velour, & Trinity Taylor)		 2017 non-album single
"Don't Funk It Up"
(RuPaul featuring Trinity The Tuck, Valentina, Manila Luzon, Latrice Royale, & Gia Gunn)		 2018
"Super Queen"
(RuPaul featuring Naomi Smalls, Monét X Change, Monique Heart, & Trinity The Tuck)		 2019
"Legends" (Cast Version)
(RuPaul featuring the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 7)		 2022
"Titanic" (MSTR)
(with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 7)

Tours
  • Werk the World[80]
  • War on the Catwalk[81]
  • A Drag Queen Christmas[82]
  • Haters Roast[83]
  • Plastic World Tour[84]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Giving Body Category Work Results Ref.
2019 Reality Television Awards Fan Favorite RuPaul's Drag Race Won [85]
MTV Video Music Awards Video of the Year Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" Won [86]

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