# Mrs. Kasha Davis

Mrs. Kasha Davis is the stage name of Edward Paul Popil Jr., an American drag queen, actor and television personality from Scranton, Pennsylvania. 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.

## 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. She has performed "Bosom Buddies", a two-woman show with Darienne Lake nationally and internationally. 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). 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.
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. 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.
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. She additionally had a supporting role as Vicki Leaks in the film Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate and hosted the film's Los Angeles premiere.
In June 2019, Mrs. Kasha Davis was one of 37 queens to be featured on the cover of New York Magazine. 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. In 2023, Davis was announced as a competitor on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. 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., a U.S. Marshal, 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. He and Levins frequently collaborate on music and video content. He graduated from Marywood University with a BA in theatre before becoming a principal dancer at the Ballet Theatre of Scranton. He has been sober since July 13, 2015.
From 1988 to 1998, until coming out as gay, he was married to a woman.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Mrs. Kasha Davis: The Life of an International Housewife Celebrity | Mrs. Kasha Davis | Short film; actor |
| 2018 | Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate | Vicki Leaks | Film; actor |
| 2020 | Workhorse Queen | Herself | Documentary |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself | 11th Place (Eliminated in Episode 5) |
| 2016 | Hey Qween! | Herself | Season 4, Episode 4 |
| 2018 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself | Season 10, Episode 1 |
| 2018 | The Browns | Herself | Guest appearance |
| 2023 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Herself | Contestant |
| 2023 | RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked | Herself | Contestant |
| 2023 | Drag Me to Dinner | Herself | Hulu original |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Artist |
| 2015 | "Uptown Fish" | Shangela |

### 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 |
| 2023 | Meet the Queens | Herself | Stand-alone special RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8 |
| 2023 | EW News Flash | Herself | Guest |
| 2023 | BuzzFeed Celeb | Herself | Guest |

## Discography
### EPs

| Title | Release Date | Label | Formats |
| It Takes a Lot of Balls to Be a Lady! | May 8, 2016 | Self-released | digital download |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Cocktail" | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Seasoned Queen" (featuring Adam Barta) | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Basic" | 2018 | Non-album singles |

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Can I Get an Amen?" (RuPaul featuring the Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7) | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "One Last Christmas Card" (Adam Barta featuring Mrs. Kasha Davis, Eureka O'Hara, & Kennedy Davenport) | 2016 | Non-album singles |
| "Money, Success, Fame, Glamour" (Disco version) (with the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, season 8) | 2023 |

### Other appearances

| Song | Year | Other Artist(s) | Album |
| "Can I Get an Amen" | 2014 | RuPaul | RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz 2 |
| "Cocktail - Jared Jones Mojito Radio Mix" | 2019 | Jared Jones | JRED Music Presents... Jared Jones Remixes |
| "Always Time" | 2019 | Nico Raimont | Popstar |
| "Free To Be - Brian Cua Club Remix" | 2023 | Various Artist | Free To Be (The Remixes) |