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Vinegar Strokes
Vinegar Strokes at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2022
Born
Daniel Jacob

(1984-08-21) 21 August 1984 (age 40)
London, United Kingdom
EducationLiverpool Institute for Performing Arts (BA)
OccupationDrag queen
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 1)

Vinegar Strokes (born 21 August 1984)[1] is the stage name of Daniel Jacob, a drag queen from London.

She has released some songs: "Clamp!" (2019) and "Surrender" (2020).

Early life

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Jacob is of Jamaican descent.[2] Before performing in drag, he studied at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in order to become an actor. However, he did not get any acting jobs until adopting the Vinegar Strokes persona.[3]

Career

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She is known for her appearance on the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, as well as performing with Drag Race judge Michelle Visage and US Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio in the West End Musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie.[3]

After Drag Race, Strokes played Lady Von Fistenberg[4] in the "camp drag murder mystery" play Death Drop.[5][6]

She has also her music singles to YouTube, as well as an online cooking series.[7]

She voices the character Lucretious in Baldur's Gate 3 (2023).[8]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Herself Contestant; Series 1
2021 Celebrity Karaoke Club Drag Edition[9] Herself Contestant
Call Me Mother Herself Guest; 1 episode

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2023 Baldur's Gate 3 Lucretious [8]

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2020 Cosmo Queens Herself Guest appearance [10]
God Shave the Queens Herself World of Wonder docu-series [11]
2022 Bring Back My Girls Herself

References

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  1. ^ @TheOnlyVinegar (21 August 2022). "HELLO 38! #birthday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Noyce, Eleanor (20 August 2021). "Vinegar Strokes talks Drag Race UK, camp women and the Big Smoke". Out News.
  3. ^ a b Ling, Thomas (12 December 2019). "Who is Vinegar Strokes? Meet the RuPaul's Drag Race UK queen and West End star". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ^ Dibdin, Thom (24 September 2021). "Killer drag". All Edinburgh Theatre. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ Maidment, Adam (3 October 2021). "Ra'Jah O'Hara and Vinegar Strokes on 'representing queer, black talent'". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. ^ Anson, John (14 October 2021). "Ru Paul's Drag Race stars in murder mystery Death Drop at Lowry". The Bolton News. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  7. ^ Robledo, Jordan (4 September 2020). "Drag Race UK star Vinegar Strokes drops empowering new single SurrenderDER". Gay Times. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b Hart, Aimee (1 August 2023). "Vinegar Strokes brings the drama in Baldur's Gate 3". Gaymingmag.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Celebrity Karaoke Club returns to ITV2 this year along with drag spin-off series". ITV. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  10. ^ Jowett, Victoria (21 February 2020). "Vinegar Strokes' makeup transformation is next-level mesmerising". Cosmopolitan.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  11. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Producers Greenlight Two Docu-Series for SVOD (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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