Jackie Cox

Jackie Cox is the stage name of Darius Rose (born April 10, 1985), a Canadian drag queen based in New York City, known for being a competitor on the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the first season of Canada's Drag Race All Stars.

Early life Rose was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to a Canadian father and an Iranian mother. He attended UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television to study theatre and upon graduating with his Bachelor of Arts degree, he moved to New York with the goal of doing theatre professionally.

Career In 2002, Rose transferred to University High School in Irvine where he starred in productions of Dark of the Moon, Les Misérables and Bat Boy the musical. In 2003 he was crowned Prom King as an openly gay student. In 2009, Rose discovered drag. He played the title role in a production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Theatre Out at the Empire Theater, in Santa Ana, CA which was his first foray into drag.

Jackie was announced as a cast member on season 12 of RuPaul's Drag Race on January 23, 2020. She is the second Canadian contestant on the US version of the show, and the oldest performer on Season 12. Jackie became the first contestant in Drag Race history to dress in a Muslim-inspired outfit on episode 9 of the show, which had a "stars and stripes" patriotic theme. She wore a red-striped kaftan with a blue hijab outlined with 50 silver stars. Guest judge Jeff Goldblum subsequently came under fire for his comments over Jackies's hijab outfit, when asking, "Is there something in this religion that is anti-homosexuality and anti-woman? Does that complicate the issue?" for which he has been widely criticized. On the same episode, even though Jackie was praised for her choices, she found herself in the bottom two for the first time in the season and had to lip sync against competitor Widow Von'Du to Katy Perry's "Firework". Jackie was successful and Von'Du was eliminated.

Out of drag, her pronouns are he/she/they.

Filmography

Television

Web series

Music videos +YearTitleArtistRef2022 "GAGA" Grace Gaustad 2023 "Say Your Name" Mila Jam

Film

Discography Singles YearSong 2020"You Wish!"

Featured singles +TitleYearAlbum"I'm That Bitch" (with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)2020non-album single"Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical" (with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)"I Made It / Mirror Song/ Losing Is New Winning" (Las Vegas Live Medley) (with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)"The Shady Bunch"(with The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12)