Trixie Mattel is the drag persona of Brian Michael Firkus (born August 23, 1989), an American drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian, author, actor, entrepreneur, and television personality from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mattel is best known for being the winner of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and for placing sixth on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In June 2019, a panel of judges from New York magazine placed her fourth on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former Drag Race contestants. Mattel co-hosts the web series UNHhhh and previously co-hosted its Viceland spin-off, The Trixie & Katya Show, alongside Katya Zamolodchikova. Mattel's first studio album, Two Birds, was released in 2017, followed by her second album, One Stone, in 2018. Her third album, Barbara, was released in 2020. In 2020, she and Zamolodchikova wrote the New York Times best-selling book Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood. Mattel is also the CEO and founder of Trixie Cosmetics. Mattel operates a YouTube channel where she showcases the brand's products, reviews products from other brands, posts new music, and posts episodes of her podcast.