# Kornbread Jeté

Kornbread Jeté is the stage name of Demoria Elise Williams (born January 14, 1992), an American drag queen best known for competing on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2022.

## Early life and education

Williams was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. She later moved to Los Angeles to study musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).

## Career

As of 2022, Kornbread works at The Abbey in Los Angeles, and hosts weekly Drag Race watch parties at West Hollywood's Abbey Food & Bar.
In 2022, she competed on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She performed an original song routine for the opening episode's talent show and won the challenge, which came with a cash prize of $5,000. In her routine, she used a milk carton with former Drag Race judge Merle Ginsberg depicted as a missing person. In the fifth episode, it was announced that Kornbread had to withdraw from the competition after rolling her ankle the week prior, ultimately coming in 11th Place. At the finale, she was announced as Season 14's Miss Congeniality, having been chosen by her fellow contestants, and won a $10,000 cash prize. Kornbread, along with fellow RuPaul's Drag Race alumni Ginger Minj and Kahmora Hall, appeared in the 2022 film Hocus Pocus 2.
She has appeared in videos with Brandon Rogers and Fine Brothers Entertainment, and has been featured in Thrillist.

## Personal life

Kornbread is a transgender woman. She is close friends with Kerri Colby, a fellow Drag Race contestant and trans woman. Kornbread has said of Colby, "She's literally walked me through so much of my transition that no one understands how much she's done for me personally. She's not my drag mom, but I tell her she's definitely partly my trans mom."
Kornbread is the drag daughter of Calypso Jeté Balmain who won the first season of Legendary with the House of Balmain. Her "drag sister" is Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, who competed on the sixteenth season of Drag Race.
On September 26, 2022, Kornbread announced via an Instagram post that she had been diagnosed with an early stage adenocarcinoma, a type of intestinal cancer, and used her experience to raise awareness of the disease.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
| 2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 | Mary Sanderson impersonator | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | The Boulet Brothers' Dragula | Herself | Cameo; season 3, episode 1 |
| 2021 | Wigs in a Blanket | Herself | |
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Contestant | Season 14, 6 episodes (11th place) |
| 2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked | Herself | Season 13, 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Herself | Guest; season 19, episode 40 |
| 2023 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself | Guest; season 15, 1 episode; named Miss Congeniality |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Artist |
| 2019 | "Freedom" | Kameron Michaels |
| 2021 | "Is It Me?" | Scarlet Envy |
| 2022 | "C'mon Baby Cry" | Orville Peck |
| 2022 | "Taste So Good" | Weedmaps x Cann |
| 2022 | "Angle" | Willow Pill |

### Internet series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | Spectrum | Herself | Episode: "Do All Drag Queens Think The Same?" |
| 2019 | Blame the Hero | H.B. / Queen's Advisor | Guest role; 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Blood & Makeup | Dr. Linda | Guest role; Episode: "Part3" |
| 2021 | Normal British Series | The Sacred One | Main role |
| 2022 | Whatcha Packin’ | Herself | Guest |
| 2022 | Binge Queens | Herself | Guest |
| 2022 | The Awardist | Herself | Guest |
| 2022 | Folx Presents | Herself | Guest |
| 2022 | EW News Flash | Herself | Guest with Ginger Minj and Kahmora Hall |
| 2022 | Out of the Closet | Herself | Guest |
| 2023 | Amigas y Amores | Herself | Guest Starring |
| 2023 | Sissy That Talk Show with Joseph Shepherd | Herself | Podcast; Guest |
| 2023 | The Pit Stop | Herself | Guest |
| 2023 | Bryce | Gloria Goopty | Main role |
| 2024 | Class Acts | Rhoda May | Recurring role |
| 2024 | Give It To Me Straight | Herself | Guest |
| 2025 | Dragged Ink | Herself | Guest |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award-giving body | Category | Work | Results |
| 2022 | Critics' Choice Real TV Awards | Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series (Shared with the Season 14 cast) | RuPaul's Drag Race | Won |
| 2023 | Queerty Awards | Closet Door Bustdown (Shared with Bosco, Jasmine Kennedie and Willow Pill) | RuPaul's Drag Race | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Queerty Awards | Future All-Star | Herself | Won |