Biography
Ariana Grindr is a professionally trained Singer, Dancer, Actress, & Make-Up Artist.
Upon graduating from the prestigious D&B Academy of Performing Arts in London in 2016, she made her West End Debut in "Excalibare" alongside "Rupaul's Drag Race" stars,
Michelle Visage & Graham Norton at the Novello Theatre.
Upon being awarded a beneficiary, she was recently invited to perform on the Voss Events "WERQ THE WORLD: BATTLE ROYALE" Show alongside Bianca Del Rio, Lady Bunny, Alyssa Edwards, Violet Chachki, Aquaria, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, Brooke lynn Hytes, Asia O'Hara, Yvie Oddly, Kameron Michaels, Plastique Tiara, & Gigi Goode of "Rupaul's Drag Race" fame to name but a few!
Most recently, Ariana Grindr competed with 60 other Drag Artistes and placed first in a landslide vote to be crowned the very first "Queen of Captivity" Pageant Winner with a Sabrina themed performance featuring a cameo from none other than Melissa Joan Hart herself!
She has performed in the soon-to-be-released Catherine Tate Feature Film, "This Nan's Life" for Warner Bro's Pictures (Coming to Cinemas in 2021),
Made TV guest appearances as Herself on both "THE RESTAURANT" and "FIRST LOVES" for Virgin Media One & BBC Studios, and was interviewed live on 4MUSIC's "LADY GAGA: HANGOUT" TV Special starring Lady Gaga!
She has previously become well known for her recurring role on E4’s Scripted Reality TV show, "Stage School", her role portraying Melania Trump alongside Grammy-nominated artist, Rufus Wainwright, on his National Concert Hall Stop of his UK Tour, landing the coveted role of Angel in "RENT", with notable performances on
Alan Carr’s "Grease Night" on Channel 4 and EastEnders Children In Need Special for BBC.
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She has given a particularly well-received interview on the History of Drag & her origins with it to BBC Radio Kent.
Other feature film appearances include "Chick Lit" & "iBoy".
Ariana is very proud to call Dizzy Dyin'forit of "MY YELLOWBRICK ROAD" fame (In which Ariana makes a cameo, RTE2) &
Queen of Ireland, Panti Bliss ("THE QUEEN OF IRELAND" feature documentary) her Drag Mothers.
An accomplished Singer-Songwriter, Ariana Grindr has just released her Debut Single, "SANTA, COME THRU".
Available on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music & wherever good music is sold.