# Bianca Del Rio

Roy R. Haylock (born June 27, 1975), better known by the stage name Bianca Del Rio, is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, and costume designer. She is known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Since her time on Drag Race, Del Rio has written and toured several stand-up shows, including It's Jester Joke (2019), which also made her the first drag queen to headline at Wembley Arena. She has also performed as a host for various international tours, most notably Werq the World. In 2018, she published her first book, Blame It On Bianca Del Rio: The Expert On Nothing With An Opinion On Everything.

## Early life

Haylock grew up in Gretna, Louisiana. He is of Cuban descent on his mother's side and Honduran descent on his father's side. He is the fourth of five children. He started acting and designing costumes for plays at West Jefferson High School. After high school, he decided to move to New York City, where he worked at Bloomingdale's for nine months before returning to Louisiana.

## Career

Haylock has primarily worked as a costume designer. In 1993, he won a Big Easy Entertainment Award for Best Costume Design for Snow Queen at the age of 17. He has been nominated for 13 Big Easy Entertainment Awards for costume design, winning six. Haylock has also made costumes for New Orleans Opera.
In New Orleans, Haylock started performing as a drag artist in 1996 in the play Pageant. The local drag queen Lisa Beaumann saw him in the play and later cast him in shows at the nightclub Oz. Haylock won the New Orleans Gay Entertainer of the Year for three years as drag queen Bianca Del Rio.
In 2001, Bianca Del Rio was selected as co-grand marshal, with Pat "Estelle" Ritter and Rick Thomas, for Southern Decadence XXIX.
Haylock moved to New York City after Hurricane Katrina and worked as a costumer for different shows, including ballet and opera, having worked for Barbara Matera, Ltd. He also performed in drag as Bianca Del Rio, including in cabaret with Lady Bunny at XL Nightclub. Notable events included a roast of Patricia Krentcil, better known as "Tan Mom".
Haylock starred in the first regional production of Rent (following its initial Broadway closing) at Le Petit Theatre in New Orleans, playing the role of Angel opposite Christopher Bentivegna as Collins.
Del Rio was featured in the web series Queens of Drag: NYC by gay.com in 2010. The series featured fellow New York drag queens Dallas DuBois, Hedda Lettuce, Lady Bunny, Mimi Imfurst, Peppermint, and Sherry Vine. In 2011, Del Rio appeared on One Night Stand Up: Dragtastic! NYC by Logo TV. The episode was filmed live at the Bowery Ballroom and was hosted by Pandora Boxx.
Del Rio appeared on the cover of Next for their Summer Yearbook 2012 issue. She appeared on the variety show She's Living for This, hosted by Sherry Vine, in 2012.
In December 2013, Logo announced that Bianca Del Rio was among 14 drag queens who would be competing on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. She quickly became a front-runner among the contestants and a fan favorite, eventually reaching the top three. On May 19, 2014, Del Rio was crowned the winner of the sixth season over runners-up Adore Delano and Courtney Act. She was the second winner and fourth contestant to reach the finale without having to lip sync for her life, and is the first contestant in the history of the series to make it through the entire competition without ever placing low or in the bottom of a challenge. Del Rio is also the first winner of Hispanic descent of RuPaul's Drag Race.
In 2013, Del Rio was announced as the lead in the independent film Hurricane Bianca, written and directed by Matt Kugelman. An Indiegogo campaign was created to finance the film and was sponsored by Fractured Atlas, a non-profit art services organization in New York City; the campaign raised over $30,000. A sequel, Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate, was released in 2018. As of February 2019, a third film titled Hurricane Bianca 3 is in the works and will include Sykes, Dratch and several Drag Race performers in its cast.
Following her success on Drag Race, Del Rio has written and toured several stand-up shows, including The Rolodex of Hate (2014), Not Today Satan (2015–16), Blame It On Bianca Del Rio (2017–2018), It's Jester Joke (2019), which also made her the first drag queen to headline Wembley Arena, and Unsanitized (2021-2022). She has also performed as a host on the Werq the World tour alongside other Drag Race queens.
In 2019, Del Rio starred as retired drag queen Hugo Battersby/Loco Chanelle in the hit West End musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie. In June 2019, a panel of judges from New York magazine placed Del Rio first on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former RuPaul's Drag Race contestants. In November that year, it was announced that she would reprise the role for 12 weeks starting December 9. She also reprised the role on selected dates in 2021-22 during the UK tour of the musical. Del Rio also appeared in the movie adaptation of Everybody's Talking About Jamie in a cameo role as Miss Haylock, whose name was based on Del Rio's actual last name.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Cypress Edge | | Assistant wardrobe |
| 2010 | The Sons of Tennessee Williams | Himself | Documentary |
| 2011 | National Lampoon's Dirty Movie | Drag Queen | Direct-to-video |
| 2016 | Hurricane Bianca | Richard Martinez / Ms. Bianca Del Rio | |
| 2018 | Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate | Richard Martinez / Ms. Bianca Del Rio | |
| 2020 | Workhorse Queen | Herself | Documentary |
| 2021 | Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Miss Haylock | Cameo |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | MTV Mardi Gras | Herself | TV special |
| 2011 | One Night Stand Up | Herself | Episode 10: "Dragtastic NYC" |
| 2011 | Threesome | Herself | Season 1, episodes 3, 4, 14 and 15 |
| 2011 | Bad Girls Club: New Orleans | Herself | Season 7, episode 5 |
| 2012–13 | She's Living for This | Herself | Season 1, episode 5: "The Bianca Del Rio Episode" Season 2, episode 4 |
| 2014 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6) | Herself | Contestant (winner) |
| 2014 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (season 5) | Herself | Contestant (winner) |
| 2015 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7) | Herself | Episode 7: "Snatch Game" (via video message) Episode 13: "Countdown To The Crown" Episode 14: "Grand Finale" |
| 2015 | Big Brother's Bit on the Side | Herself | Celebrity panelist for the show on September 17, 2015 |
| 2016 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8) | Herself | Episode 9: "The Realness" |
| 2016 | Bianca's Rolodex of Hate | Herself | 60-minute stand-up special, aired May 9, 2016 on Logo TV. |
| 2016 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2 | Herself | Episode 2: "All Stars Snatch Game" (via video message) |
| 2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) | Herself | Episode 7: "Snatch Game" |
| 2020 | AJ and the Queen | Drag Queen | Guest appearance: Season 1, episode 1 |
| 2020 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (season 2) | Herself | Episode 3: "Get a Room!" (via video message) |
| 2021 | The Sherry Vine Show | Herself | Guest |
| 2021 | Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch | Carol Brady | |
| 2021 | NewsBeat | Herself | Co-host |
| 2021 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6 | Herself (as fake Lip-Sync Assassin) | Episode 5: "Pink Table Talk" |
| 2023 | Bad Education | Herself | Series 4, Episode 2 |
| 2023 | Drag Me to Dinner | Herself | Hulu original; Main judge |
| 2023 | Celebrity Family Feud | Herself | Guest |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Queens of Drag: NYC | Herself (in drag) | Produced by gay.com |
| 2013 | Kings of New York | Himself | Produced by Lucas Entertainment |
| 2014 | Really Queen? | Herself (in drag) | Produced by WOW Presents |
| 2014 | Transformations | Himself | Episode: "Bianca Del Rio" |
| 2018 | Drag Tots | Dina Saur (voice) | 8 episodes |
| 2020-23 | The Pit Stop | Herself (in drag) | Guest; Host (2023) |
| 2022 | Bianca Saves Christmas! | Herself (voice) | Animated short film |
| 2023 | LGBTQ Herstory Month: Honoring Latinx Heroes | Herself | Web special |
| 2023 | Very Delta | Herself | Guest; Episode 71: "Are You Very Del Dio?" |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Artist(s) |
| 2014 | "Sissy That Walk" | RuPaul |
| 2014 | "Mean Gays" | Courtney Act |
| 2014 | "Dance Like You Got Good Credit" | Cazwell & Cherie Lily |
| 2015 | "Hieeee" | Alaska Thunderfuck |
| 2018 | "Girly" | John Duff |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Ref. |
| 1998 | Psycho Beach Party | Marvel Ann | True Brew Theatre | |
| 1998 | At the Club Toot Sweet on Bourbon Street | Cooch Deville | Southern Rep Theatre | |
| 1998 | ...And the Ball and All | Ernesto | North Star Theatre | |
| 1999 | ...And the Ball and All | Ernesto | Southern Rep Theatre | |
| 2002 | Cabaret | Emcee | Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre | |
| 2003 | Bianca's Remote Out of Control | Various roles | Le Chat Noir | |
| 2003 | Hollywood Heaven | Various roles | Le Chat Noir | |
| 2004 | Grease | Vince Fontaine | Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre | |
| 2004 | Murder at Movary Manor | Daphne | Marigny Theatre | |
| 2004 | The Bad Seed | Hortense Daigle | Le Chat Noir | |
| 2005 | At the Club Toot Sweet on Bourbon Street | Cooch Deville | Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre | |
| 2005 | Pageant | Miss Industrial Northeast / Tawny-Jo Johnson | Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre | |
| 2008 | Cabaret | Emcee | Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre | |
| 2008 | Rent | Angel Dumott Schunard | Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre | |
| 2010 | She'll Be Dying | | Bowery Poetry Club | |
| 2010 | Mayo on Your Breakfast at Tiffany's | | Bowery Poetry Club | |
| 2019 | Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Hugo/Loco Chanelle | Apollo Theatre | West End. Credited as Roy Haylock. |
| 2021-2022 | Everybody's Talking About Jamie UK Tour | Hugo/Loco Chanelle | Liverpool Empire Hull New Theatre Theatre Royal Brighton Mayflower Theatre Southampton | Select tour dates across UK in lieu of Shane Ritchie. Credited as Roy Haylock. |
| 2022 | Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Hugo/Loco Chanelle | Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles | US debut of the production. |

## Comedy tours

* The Rolodex of Hate Tour (2014)
* Not Today Satan Tour (2016–2017)
* Blame It On Bianca Del Rio Tour (2017–18)
* It's Jester Joke Tour (2019)
* Unsanitized Tour (2021-2022)
* Dead Inside Tour (2024-2025)

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award-giving body | Category | Work | Results |
| 2014 | NewNowNext Awards | Best New TV Personality | Herself | Won |
| 2018 | Queerty Awards | Funny Person | Herself | Won |
| 2020 | Queerty Awards | Drag Royalty | Herself | Nominated |
| 2022 | Queerty Awards | Drag Royalty | Herself | Won |