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. He is known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Since his time on Drag Race, Haylock has written and toured several stand-up shows, including It's Jester Joke, which also made him the first drag queen to headline at Wembley Arena. He has also performed as a host for various international tours, most notably Werq the World. In 2018, he published his first book, Blame It On Bianca Del Rio: The Expert On Nothing With An Opinion On Everything.

Early life Roy R. Haylock was born on June 27, 1975, and was raised in Gretna, Louisiana. He grew up Catholic. 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.

Career

Early career Bianca Del Rio at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2018Haylock began his career as a costume designer in New Orleans while still a teenager. In 1993, at age 17, he won a Big Easy Entertainment Award for Best Costume Design for Snow Queen, the first of 13 nominations he would receive for costume design, winning six of those awards. He also designed costumes for the New Orleans Opera. Local drag queen Lisa Beaumann saw him in the production and subsequently cast him in performances at the New Orleans nightclub Oz. In 2001, Bianca Del Rio was selected as co-grand marshal of the 29th Southern Decadence celebration, alongside Pat "Estelle" Ritter and Rick Thomas.

Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Haylock relocated to New York City, where he continued working as a costume designer for theatre, ballet, and opera productions, including with Barbara Matera, Ltd. He also continued performing in drag, appearing in cabaret with Lady Bunny at XL Nightclub and in comedy roasts, including one featuring Patricia Krentcil, better known as "Tan Mom".

By 2010, Haylock had expanded into television and online media. He appeared in the web series Queens of Drag: NYC in 2010, Logo TV's stand-up special One Night Stand Up: Dragtastic! NYC in 2011, and the variety series She's Living for This in 2012.

RuPaul's Drag Race In December 2013, Logo TV announced that Haylock was one of 14 contestants selected to compete on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, an American reality competition series.

Over the course of the competition, Haylock never placed low or in the bottom in any challenge and never had to lip sync for her life, advancing to the three-person finale. On May 19, 2014, Haylock was crowned the winner of the sixth season, defeating fellow finalists Adore Delano and Courtney Act.

At the time of her victory, Haylock became the second winner and fourth contestant in the franchise to reach the finale without lip syncing for her life. She was also the first contestant in the history of the series to complete the competition without ever placing low or in the bottom of a challenge, and the first contestant of Hispanic descent to win the American edition of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Following her victory, Haylock made numerous guest appearances across the Drag Race franchise. She appeared by video message on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, returned as a guest on the eighth and tenth seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race, and appeared as a fake Lip Sync Assassin on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.

Theatre Haylock appeared in New Orleans theatre productions including Psycho Beach Party...And the Ball and All, Cabaret, Grease, The Bad Seed, and Pageant. He performed at companies including Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, Southern Rep Theatre, Le Chat Noir, Marigny Theatre, and North Star Theatre.

In 2019, Haylock appeared as retired drag queen Hugo Battersby, also known as Loco Chanelle, in Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End. Later that year, it was announced that she would reprise the role for a 12-week engagement beginning on December 9.

Between 2021 and 2022, Haylock reprised the role on selected dates during the UK tour of Everybody's Talking About Jamie. Later in 2022, she reprised the role in the North American premiere of the production at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.

On June 16, 2025, Haylock was announced as Madame Pernelle in an off-Broadway production of Tartuffe at New York Theatre Workshop, alongside Matthew Broderick, Francis Jue, and Amber Gray.

Film Haylock's film career expanded after his success on RuPaul's Drag Race, beginning with his first leading role in Matt Kugelman's comedy Hurricane Bianca in 2016. He starred as teacher Richard Martinez and his drag alter ego Bianca Del Rio, a gay schoolteacher who reinvents himself as a sharp-tongued drag queen after being fired from a small Texas high school. Hurricane Bianca featured an ensemble cast that included Rachel Dratch, Alan Cumming, Margaret Cho, RuPaul, and several contestants from RuPaul's Drag Race.

After the Hurricane Bianca films, Haylock appeared as himself in the 2020 documentary Workhorse Queen, which follows fellow RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Mrs. Kasha Davis. In 2021, he made a cameo as Miss Haylock in the film adaptation of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, with the character's surname serving as a reference to his own. The following year, she appeared on Logo TV's One Night Stand Up: Dragtastic! NYC, a stand-up comedy special filmed live at the Bowery Ballroom and hosted by Pandora Boxx.

In 2012, Haylock appeared on the variety series She's Living for This, hosted by Sherry Vine, and was featured on the cover of Nexts Summer Yearbook issue.

She has also performed as a host on the Werq the World tour alongside other Drag Race queens.

In June 2019, a panel of judges from New York magazine placed Haylock first on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former RuPaul's Drag Race contestants.

Haylock co-crafted with puzzle editor Christina Iverson the bonus crossword puzzle for The New York Times for June 2026. 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 2020 Workhorse Queen Herself Documentary 2021 Everybody's Talking About Jamie Miss Haylock Cameo

Television

Web series

Music videos Year Title Artist(s) 2014"Sissy That Walk"RuPaul2014"Mean Gays"Courtney Act 2014 "Dance Like You Got Good Credit" Cazwell & Cherie Lily 2015"Hieeee"Alaska Thunderfuck 2018"Girly"John Duff

Theatre

Credited as Roy Haylock. 2022Everybody's Talking About JamieAhmanson Theatre, Los AngelesUS debut of the production. 2025TartuffeMadame PernelleNew York Theatre Workshop, New York

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) It Gets Bitter Tour (2026-TBA)

Awards and nominations