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Jerick Hoffer, widely known by the stage name Jinkx Monsoon, is an American drag performer. Jinkx Monsoon is also an actor, comedian and singer. Jinkx Monsoon was also crowned the winner of the fifth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
Early life
Jinkx Monsoon was born on September 18, 1987. The former Drag Race winner was born in Portland, Oregon, United States. Hoffer is the daughter of Deanne Hoffer (mother).
However, the name of Jerick’s father is unknown. Jerick has three younger brothers. Hoffer was a Catholic by birth. Later, he discovered Russian Jewish ancestry on his mother’s side at the age of 18.
Jerick began performing in drag at the age of 15 at the all-ages ‘Escape Nightclub’, which was an LGBT-friendly nightclub in Portland, Oregano.
Jerick’s drag name; Jinkx was the nickname of an outreach center for gay youth in Portland and was derived from the word “jinx,” which translates to “subject to bad luck.”
Monsoon came from the character Edina Monsoon from “Absolutely Fabulous.”
Education
Jerick first studied at DaVinci Arts in his high school. Then, he later graduated from Grant High School.
Additionally, during college, Jerick worked as a janitor and graduated with a BA in Theater from Cornish College of Arts in 2010.
Caption: A photo of Jerick dressed as ‘Dracula’ when he was younger. Source: Instagram
Awards
Jerick is the winner of season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Additionally, Jerick was also one of City Arts Magazine’s Artists of the Year in 2013.
Hoffer also received a Helpmann Award nomination for Best Cabaret Performer.
Caption: Jinkx walking across the stage after winning season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Source: Instagram
Personal life
Jinkx Monsoon is not currently dating anyone and is single. It seems like Jerick is more focused on doing well in his career than being romantically involved with someone else right now.
In the past, there was controversy over Jerick and fellow drag performer Ivy Winters after Jerick’s confession of having a crush on Ivy. After that, the two are just friends to date.
Jerick has lived in Seattle, Washington DC since 2006. Jerick has a condition called narcolepsy.
It is a disorder that decreases the patient’s ability to regulate the sleep-wake cycle. This fact was revealed in the premiere of the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Hoffer said in an April 2017 interview that drag performers have always identified as more fluid or gender ambiguous. However, Hoffer has never identified as completely masculine.
Career and professional life
After Jinkx moved to Seattle, they wrote and starred in multiple ‘Funny or Die’ webisodes titled Monsoon Season in which they played “Jinkx Monsoon”; an authoritarian mother, with added substances and almost psychotic for Nick Sahoyah’s character.
Furthermore, in the year 2011, Monsoon appeared in the movie “Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel”.
Later that year, in June, Seattle videographer Alex Berry posted a documentary series based on Jerick’s life on YouTube.
The documentary series called “Drag Becomes Him” was a reference to the drag artist’s favorite film “Death Becomes Her.” The series talked about and showed Hoffer’s life in and out of drag.
In October 2015, the series was turned into a feature film. Similarly, on March 26, 2015, Hoffer on her Instagram page announced that the film would premiere at Seattle’s Cinerama on April 29, 2015.
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In January 2012, Hoffer appeared as Moritz in ‘the rock musical Spring Awakening’ at Seattle’s Balagan Theatre.
In November of the same year, Logo announced that he was among fourteen drag queens who would compete on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Jerick auditioned for the show after seeing Sharon Needles, another character-driven drag queen who appeared on the fourth season of the same show.
In 2013, January Hoffer played Hedwig in the Moore Theatre’s production of the rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Likewise, in June of the same year, Jerick played Velma Von Tussle in the Seattle Men’s Chorus/5th Avenue Theater production of the musical Hairspray.
Subtitle: Jinkx performing drag on stage in his early days. Source: Instagram
Additionally, Hoffer performed as the renowned he in the original one-act cabaret musical “The Vaudevillians” under the name ‘Kitty Witless’.
In one of the episodes of ‘Blue Bloods’ that aired on January 31, 2014, Hoffer played Tallulah/Dennis. Similarly, in the year 2015, Jerick joined the cast of Wes Hurley’s hit comedy series “Capitol Hill.”
Jerick has also released many singles and albums of his own, namely; “The Inevitable Album”, “The Ginger Snapped”, “Coffee and Wine”, “Creep”, “Cartoons and Vodka” and many more.
Monsoon Jinkx – Net Worth 2023
The drag artist’s net worth is around $1 million. The exact details of the drag performer’s salary are unknown. Jerick’s main source of income is drag.
Jinkx Monsoon also has a singing career and has released a few albums which also contribute to his income. Other details about Jerick’s assets are not available on the web.
Monsoon Jinkx – Body Measurements
Jinkx Monsoon is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 55 kg. Likewise, Hoffer is 32 inches tall and has dark hair and dark brown eyes. Other measurements of his body, such as waist, hips and chest, are being reviewed.
Social media
Likewise, Jerick is active on some social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter.
He goes by the usernames @jinkxmonsoon_ and @JinkxMonsoon on Instagram and Twitter respectively with 2,642 followers on the Instagram account.
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