Laganja Estranja is the stage name of Jay Jackson, an American choreographer, drag queen, and cannabis rights activist based in Los Angeles, California. He rose to fame as a contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, finishing in eighth place. Laganja performed moderately well on the show, winning a challenge while partnered with eventual runner-up Adore Delano. During the show, Laganja became infamous for her over-the-top dramatics, catchphrases, and emotional breakdowns. Jay is a choreographer at Beyond Belief Dance Studio in Mesquite, Texas, a studio owned by his drag mother, Alyssa Edwards. In 2016, Jay and friends developed Laganja's Dance School, a hip hop-oriented jazz-funk choreography class and confidence workshop. The workshop is held in North Hollywood, California, and also tours abroad. In 2014, Jay contributed vocals to a cover of RuPaul's "Jealous of My Boogie", for the album RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz. On June 4, 2018 he debuted on So You Think You Can Dance (United States) on Fox.
Series | Sissy That Talk Show with Joseph Shepherd | Self - Guest | 2023-01-24 |
Series | Give It To Me Straight | Self | 2023-01-18 |
Movie | PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation | Self (archive footage) | 2022-06-09 |
Movie | Open to It | 2022-04-09 | |
Movie | God Save the Queens | Rita | 2022-06-12 |
Movie | House of Pride | Self | 2021-06-06 |
Series | Binge Queens | Self | 2021-09-23 |
Movie | The Bitch Who Stole Christmas | Self | 2021-12-02 |
Series | The Browns | Fighting Queen #2 | 2020-10-06 |
Movie | Laganja's Dance School | Himself | 2019-08-01 |
Series | Exposed with Joseph Shepherd | Self - Guest | 2019-02-27 |
Series | Game Changer | Self - Guest Judge | 2019-09-20 |
Series | Wait, What? | Himself | 2018-02-05 |
Series | Portrait Of A Queen | Herself | 2017-05-12 |
Movie | Straight Outta OZ | 2016-06-23 | |
Series | The Pit Stop | Self | 2016-03-08 |
Movie | RuPaul's Drag Race: Green Screen Christmas | Self | 2015-12-13 |
Movie | Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz: The Milky Milky Milk Tour 2015 | Self | 2015-12-19 |
Series | Whatcha Packin' | Self - Guest | 2014-02-25 |
Series | Alyssa's Secret | Self - Guest | 2013-06-03 |
Series | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Self - Lip Sync Assassin | 2012-10-22 |
Series | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Self - Contestant | 2010-02-01 |
Series | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest | 2009-02-02 |