Table of Biography
Willam Belli is an American actor, drag queen, and recording artist. Willam Belli became popular for his competence in the fourth season of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’.
Early Life and Childhood
Willam Belli was born on 30th June 1982 and is currently 41 years old. His zodiac sign is Cancer. Likewise, she was born in Pennsylvania, United States of America, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He holds American citizenship and belongs to a Caucasian ethnic group. Moreover, she is of Yugoslavian and Italian descent. Similarly, he follows Christianity.
Likewise, his father worked at the Kennedy Space Center and his aunt is the famous television director Mary Lou Belli. She is an award-winning television director. However, there is no information about his parents’ names. Likewise, she is the youngest child of his parents and he has one sister who is 18 months older than him.
Regarding his childhood and sexual identity, she came out as gay in his early childhood. Moreover, his sexual orientation has never been an issue for him as on his father’s side, she had a gay uncle and a gay aunt. Similarly, on his mother’s side, he has another gay uncle. Likewise, she was interested in getting fame. Similarly, his aunt enrolled him in acting courses and paid for them even though he was not interested in acting and memorizing dialogues.
Moreover, she chose it, considering it the easiest way to gain fame. Furthermore, regarding his educational background, there is no information about his educational qualifications shared in the media. However, he shares that during his junior high and high school days because his older sister was very popular with boys Willam escaped torture by bullies at school.
Professional Life
Willam Belli made his debut on television at the age of 18 on the game show ‘Street Smarts’. Subsequently, after this, he made guest appearances on two episodes of the television ‘The District’. Following this, in 2003, he played in the film ‘American Wedding’ which was his first feature film in which he appeared in two scenes. Likewise, he continued to such small roles in films and also appeared in various television series like ‘Boston Public’ and ‘Cold Case’. Similarly, she received his breakthrough role in the FX medical drama series ‘Nip/Tuck’ in the year 2004. In this series, he played the role of a transsexual Cherry Peck.
Followed by this, from the year 2005 till 2008 she appeared on other television series like ‘My Name is Earl’, ‘CSI: NY’, and ‘Women’s Murder Club’. Likewise, he has also acted in various films like, ‘Because I Said So and ‘Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild’. Likewise, he made his singing debut in the year 2009. She became part of the band Tranzkuntinental which included fellow drag queens like Detox, Kelly Mantle, Rhea Litre, and Vicky Vox, and performed at The Roxy Theatre. Additionally, he became the background dancer in Rihanna’s ‘S&M’ music video in the year 2011.
Career
Further in the year 2011, she auditioned for the fourth season of the Logo reality television show, ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’. In this, he became one of 13 contestants on the show. However, he was disqualified and was the first-ever contestant to be disqualified because of the frequent visits from his husband. After this, he became the cast of the movie ‘BloodRayne: The Third Reich’.
Likewise, she became a co-author of its scene-for-scene spoof version ‘Blubberella’. Furthermore, he formed a pop band along with fellow drag queens Vicky Vox and Detox Icunt ‘DWV and their first song was ‘Trouble’ released on 12th March 2012. Following this, he released the parody song ‘Chow Down’ on 18th March 2012 during the controversy about his disqualification from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’. Moreover, this soon became viral and came to the 12th position on Billboard’s ‘US Comedy Digital Songs chart.
Followed by this, his ‘Love You Like a Big Schlong’ became another hit receiving over a million views. Likewise, he released his debut album, ‘The Wreckoning’ in November 2012. Likewise, she started posting his songs, performance videos, clips from TV appearances, and music videos on his YouTube channel which he created back in April 2006.
More
Similarly, in January 2013, his band released a new song ‘Boy is a Bottom’ just before the premiere of the fifth season of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’. Moreover, he posted the video on 28th January 2013, and became the most popular video on his channel having 24 million views on it.
Caption: Willam Belli performing as a drag queen. Source: Instagram
However, after disbanding the band DWV officially in June 2014, Willam Belli teamed up with Courtney Act and Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 and released the single ‘American Apparel Ad Girls. Likewise, he also authored the book ‘Suck Less: Where There’s a Willam, There’s a Way in October 2016.
Achievements
Willam Belli is a drag queen, actor, recording queen, and author by profession. Likewise, in the year 2012, he was nominated for the ‘Most Addictive Reality Star’ award for his role on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ at the fifth annual ‘NewNowNext Awards’. Following this, he was also nominated in the category ‘Best Guest Actor’ for ‘Eastsiders’ in the ‘Indie Series Awards.
Willam Belli – Net Worth 2024
Similarly, regarding her net worth, Willam Belli has a net worth of around $1 million according to various sources. However, there is no information about his asset values like cars and houses.
Relationship Status
Likewise, regarding his relationship, Willam Belli is quite open about it and also shares it in the media. Similarly, he is married to an entertainment lawyer named Bruce whom he married on 9th September 2008.
Willam Belli – Body Measurements
Regarding his body measurement, Willam Belli stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches (71 inches) tall and weighs around 56 kg. However, there is no information about his vital stats. Likewise, looking at his physical appearance, he has a Voluptuous body type and dark brown eyes color.
Willam Belli – Social Media
Reflecting upon his social media, Willam Belli is active on various social media like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. His Instagram handle is @willam and has over 1 million followers on it. Similarly, his Twitter handle is @willam, and has had over 403.4k followers since he joined in February 2011. Likewise, his Facebook account is @willam. Likewise, his Youtube account is ‘Willam Belli, and has over 921k subscribers.