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Brita Filter
Born
Jesse Carl Havea [1]

(1985-09-16) September 16, 1985 (age 38) [1]
Anthem, Arizona, U.S. [1]
NationalityAmerican
Occupation Drag queen
Television
Website thebritafilter.com

Brita Filter, the stage name of Jesse Carl Havea, is an American drag queen who has appeared on Shade: Queens of NYC and the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, ultimately placing 8th. [2]

Early life and career

Havea was born in Anthem, Arizona before moving to Dover-Foxcroft, Maine as a kid. She is of Tongan descent. [3] Havea was born and raised Mormon. [4] Havea grew up as a child performer, and later went on to book national tours with theater companies and eventually studied acting at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. [5] He later became a stage actor and performed in various regional and national productions. He landed the role of a stepsister in the musical production of Cinderella. On the last night of his tenure with this production, Havea met a girl named "Brita" and decided to make "Brita Filter" his stage name that night. [6] He then returned to Manhattan and started his business performing as Brita Filter, a drag queen, [2] stating, "So after that finished, I came back to New York that day, and I decided I was going to take over New York!" [6]

In 2016, Havea won the 2016 Glam Awards for Best Duo alongside fellow drag artist Terra Hyman. [7] In 2018, she won the Best Host and the NYC Entertainer of the Year Award at the Annual Glam Awards. [8] In 2020, Havea co-hosted the 21st annual GLAM Awards, alongside Bob the Drag Queen. [9]

Havea performed alongside Katy Perry on Saturday Night Live, performing her song " Swish Swish". [10] [11] [12]

Havea starred in a segment called "How Drag Queens Are Getting Out the Vote" on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, along with RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12 co-stars Jaida Essence Hall, Heidi N. Closet and Jackie Cox. [13]

Havea is a co-chair of Drag Out The Vote, a nonpartisan nonprofit that works with drag performers to promote participation in democracy.

Havea joined the cast of Shade: Queens of NYC at its inception in October 2017, as Brita Filter. The series documents the daily reality of lives as Manhattan drag queens. [14]

On January 23, 2020, Havea was announced as one of the thirteen contestants on the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, becoming the first Pasifika queen to appear on the show. [15] To protect copyright, his stage name on the show is shortened from "Brita Filter" to simply "Brita". [16] In the fourth episode, "The Ball Ball", Havea lipsynced for her life against Rock M Sakura, sending them home to " S&M" by Rihanna. [17] She later found herself again in the bottom two in episode six, where she lipsynced for her life against Aiden Zhane, to " Let It Go" by Caissie Levy, where Brita also sent Aiden home. [18] She was in the bottom two again on episode seven, where she lipsynced for her life against Heidi N. Closet, to " Burning Up" by Madonna, Havea lost the lipsync and went home. [19]

Brita placed 8th overall in the competition.

Personal life

Havea is pansexual, and their preferred pronouns are "anything respectful". [20]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice Calcutta Peasant Uncredited [21]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012 City of Dreams SVU Actor Episode: "Pilot"
2017 Shade: Queens of NYC Herself Lead role
Saturday Night Live Background dancer
2019 Broad City Guest [22]
2020 RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant (8th Place)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Kal Penn Approves This Message Herself Episode "Kal Penn Approves Education"
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Herself Episode 3457, August 21, 2020 [13]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2017 Daniel's Desk Himself Episode 1 [23]
2019 Cosmo Queens Himself Cosmopolitan Series [24]
2020 Drag News Himself Guest [25]
2020 The X Change Rate Himself Segment: Brita Unfiltered [26]
2020 Whatcha Packin Himself Guest [27]
2020 Review with a Jew Himself Guest [28]
2020 Da Fuq Himself Guest [29]
2020 Out of the Closet Himself Guest [30]
2020 Bring Back My Ghouls Herself Guest [31]
2022 Bring Back My Girls Herself Guest

Theatre

Year Production Role Venue Notes Ref(s)
2014 Forever Plaid Smudge Fine Arts Center Theatre Company Credited as Jesse Havea [32]
Cinderella: A New Telling of an Old Tale Stepsister Penobscot Theatre Company [33]
2017 The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie Starr Lyte Metro Baptist Church Credited as Jesse Havea & Brita Filter [34]
2021 Hard On Love Steve The Blank Theater (digital) Credited as Jesse Havea [35]

Discography

Featured singles

Title Year Album
"I'm That Bitch" [36]
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12) 		2020 non-album single
" Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical"
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)
"The Shady Bunch" [37]
(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)
"You Brita Vote, Kay? [38]

(with Bryce Quartz and KayKay Lavelle)

non-album

single

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2022 The WOWIE Awards Resistor of the Year (The Right Side of Herstory Award) Herself Won [39] [40]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jesse Carl Havea". Ancestry Institute. Ancestry. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Will Linendoll (December 31, 2017). "DRAG QUEENS - Meet Brita Filter, the New York City Drag Queen Spending Thousands on Being Fabulous". Money. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race gets its first Pasifika contestant in Brita Filter — but she's 'anything but pure'". www.abc.net.au. 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  4. ^ The X Change Rate: Brita Filter & Nikita Dragun. BUILD Series. April 16, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  5. ^ Thomas, Jae (October 23, 2019). "Here's How Much It Costs to Dress Like a Drag Queen". Bedfordandbowery.com. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Eileen Shapiro (March 21, 2017). "Brita Filter". Get Out!. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  7. ^ Coco Talanoa. "Meet 'Ru Paul's Drag Race' first Pacific Island contestant - BRITA". Thecoconet.tv/. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  8. ^ Kozma, Leila (January 23, 2020). "Brita Filter Appeared in 'Broad City' and 'Shade' Before Joining 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Distractify.com. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  9. ^ Shapiro, Eileen (January 21, 2020). "Glam Awards 2020". GetOutMag.com. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  10. ^ "How Katy Perry and her drag queens found themselves on the fake-news frontline". The Guardian. May 25, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "We identified the performers in Katy Perry's 'Swish Swish' on SNL". Queerty. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  12. ^ "Drag Queens and Club Kids "Swish Swish" with Katy Perry On "SNL"". NewNowNext. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  13. ^ a b How Drag Queens Are Getting Out the Vote | The Daily Social Distancing Show, retrieved 2021-03-12
  14. ^ "New Series Looks at the 'Hustle And Sacrifice' of NYC Drag Queens - "Shade: Queens of NYC" examines the less glitzy side of Manhattan's drag stars", HuffPost
  15. ^ Aualiitia, Tahlea (March 6, 2020). "RuPaul's Drag Race star Brita Filter says she will 'spread the Polynesian love' as first Pasifika queen". abc.net.au. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  16. ^ Nolfi, Joey (January 23, 2020). "Exclusive: RuPaul, Drag Race season 12 cast give first interviews on 'twisted' new season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  17. ^ McCallion, Paul (March 20, 2020). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: It DO Take Balls!". Vulture.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  18. ^ McCallion, Paul (April 3, 2020). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Gigi's Drag Race". Vulture.com. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  19. ^ McCallion, Paul (April 10, 2020). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Get Into the GRuve". Vulture.com. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  20. ^ Rodriguez, Joe (January 17, 2020). "20 Queer Q's with Brita Filter". Pride.com. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  21. ^ "Jesse Havea Backstage".
  22. ^ Street, Mikelle (March 5, 2019). "Sasha Velour, Shangela, and Jiggly Caliente Were All on 'Broad City'". Out.com. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  23. ^ Daniel's Desk- Episode 1: NYC Drag Queens. YouTube. April 6, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  24. ^ Brita Filter's Stunning Sunset Beauty Look Will Make You Want to Take a Beach Vacay. Cosmopolitan. April 29, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  25. ^ Queens Investigate Grocery Store Ghost Sighting | Drag News | LX. NBCLX. March 3, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  26. ^ The X Change Rate: Yandy Smith. BUILD. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  27. ^ Whatcha Packin': SPOILER ALERT | S12 E7 | RuPaul's Drag Race. WOWPresents. April 11, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  28. ^ Miz Cracker's Review with a Jew - S12 E07 Feat. Special Guest!. Miz Cracker. April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  29. ^ Honey Davenport - DA FUQ S2 E2 feat. Brita. Honey Davenport Official. April 16, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  30. ^ Welcome to Brita's Room | S3 E2 | RuPaul's Drag Race Out Of The Closet. RuPaul's Drag Race. May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  31. ^ Bring Back My Ghouls: RuPauls Drag Race Season 12 Queens. YouTube. May 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  32. ^ Wheeler, Bill (May 10, 2014). "Forever Plaid". Theatercolorado.blogspot.com. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  33. ^ Burnham, Emily (March 5, 2019). "Maine native and former Penobscot Theatre actor part of season 12 of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Bangordailynews.com. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  34. ^ Voss, Brandon (April 16, 2020). "New Musical "Shards Of An Honor Code Junkie" Tackles Gay Mormons, Suicide". NewNowNext.com. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  35. ^ BWW News Desk. "HARD ON LOVE Set For The Blank Theatre's Living Room Series". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  36. ^ "I'm That Bitch - Single". iTunes.
  37. ^ "The Shady Bunch / Bring Back My Girls - Single". iTunes.
  38. ^ You Brita Vote, Kay? (Brita Filter, KayKay Lavelle, Bryce Quartz), retrieved 2021-03-12
  39. ^ Nguyen, Nikki (2 May 2022). "World of Wonder's 2022 WOWIE Awards at DragCon: Cast Your Votes Now!". World of Wonder. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  40. ^ "Here Are World of Wonder's 2022 WOWIE Awards Winners". World of Wonder. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

External links

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