American drag performer
Mrs. Kasha Davis is the stage name of Edward Paul Popil Jr. ,
[1] an American
drag queen , actor and television personality from
Scranton, Pennsylvania .
[2] She is best known for competing on the
seventh season of
RuPaul's Drag Race and the
eighth season of
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars . After appearing on the
reality television show, Mrs. Kasha Davis toured internationally, released several musical singles, and performed in film, television and theatre.
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Career
Based in
Rochester , Mrs. Kasha Davis frequently performs with long-time collaborators and fellow RuPaul's Drag Race alums
Pandora Boxx and
Darienne Lake .
[6]
[7] She has performed "Bosom Buddies", a two-woman show with Darienne Lake nationally and internationally.
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[9] Prior to Drag Race , Mrs. Kasha Davis starred in and co-wrote the film Mrs. Kasha Davis: The Life of an International Housewife Celebrity with
Michael Steck (Pandora Boxx).
[10] For fourteen years, Mrs. Kasha Davis has co-written and performed with fellow Rochester-based drag queen Aggy Dune in "Big Wigs", a touring diva
impersonation theater show.
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[12]
Mrs. Kasha Davis has performed her one-woman show "There's Always Time for a Cocktail" at
Laurie Beechman Theater in New York, as well as venues in San Francisco, Rochester, London and Brighton in the United Kingdom.
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[12] She is also an advocate for and frequent performer in
Drag Story Hour , a national event bringing drag queens into
libraries and theaters to read books to children.
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[17]
Mrs. Kasha Davis at
RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022
Since appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race , Mrs. Kasha Davis is currently starring with
Deven Green in
WOW Presents Plus series Tails of the City: Pets 4 Pets .
[18] She additionally had a supporting role as Vicki Leaks in the film
Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate
[19]
[20] and hosted the film's Los Angeles premiere.
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In June 2019, Mrs. Kasha Davis was one of 37 queens to be featured on the cover of
New York Magazine .
[22] In 2021, director
Angela Washko 's documentary film
Workhorse Queen premiered at
Slamdance Film Festival . The film focuses on Popil's life before and after getting cast on RuPaul's Drag Race .
[23] In 2023, Davis was announced as a competitor on the
eighth season of
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars .
[24] During Episode Three, she landed in the bottom two alongside
Darienne Lake , and the winner of the week's "lip-sync for the win",
Jessica Wild (who beat the episode's "lip-sync assassin”,
Ra'Jah O'Hara , to
Kim Petras ’ “
Coconuts ”), chose Davis to be eliminated, giving her a placement of 10th out of 12 contestants.
Personal life
Popil was born to Ellen, a cosmetics saleswoman, and Edward Paul Popil Sr.,
[25]
[26] a
U.S. Marshal ,
[27] and is married to Steven Levins, who frequently makes out-of-drag public appearances alongside Davis as "Mr. Kasha Davis". He is a stepfather to his two children, Melissa and Jessica, making him one of the few Drag Race contestants with children.
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[30] He and Levins frequently collaborate on music and video content.
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[32] He graduated from
Marywood University with a BA in theatre before becoming a
principal dancer at the Ballet Theatre of Scranton.
[33] He has been sober since July 13, 2015.
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Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
Web series
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2015
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Herself
2017
Transformations with James St. James
Herself
Season 5, Episode 3
2018
Tails of the City: Pets 4 Pets
Herself
2019
This Is Shit
Herself
Host, World of Wonder original
2020
The Golden Pandemic
Sophia
Starring role
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2023
Meet the Queens
Herself
Stand-alone special RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8
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2023
EW News Flash
Herself
Guest
[44]
2023
BuzzFeed Celeb
Herself
Guest
[45]
Discography
EPs
Singles
As lead artist
Title
Year
Album
"Cocktail"
2015
Non-album singles
"Seasoned Queen" (featuring
Adam Barta )
"Basic"
2018
As featured artist
Other appearances
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