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Born:
1993-05-27

Birthplace:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Credits:
5 Total Roles

Onya Nurve

Acting

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Biography

Onya Nurve is the stage name of Justin Woody,an American drag performer competing on the upcoming seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2025).

Before Drag Race, Onya Nurve was named Cleveland's best drag performer in the Cleveland Scene's 2023 Best of Cleveland issue and won the title of Mx. Zephyr in the first Zephyr Drag Takeover competition in Kent a year prior. Onya Nurve is the inaugural ArtReach fellow for Haus of Transcendent, a Cleveland-based LGBTQ nonprofit. In 2024, she served as a consultant for the Dobama Theatre's production of AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN. She has described herself as the "Andy Warhol of the drag scene".

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 HELLO HELLO HELLO TV Self
2025 HELLO HELLO HELLO TV Self - Host
2014 Whatcha Packin' TV Self
2010 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked TV Self - Contestant
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race TV Self - Contestant

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