Acid Betty


Acid Betty is the stage name of Jamin Ruhren, an American drag queen, performer, actor and singer. He rose to national prominence after competing on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2016.

Early life

Ruhren was born on December 10, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York. He went to his first drag club when he was 17, where he saw Raja perform. He is Jewish.

Career

Before Drag Race, Betty was a guest for an episode of Project Runway, season five in 2008, where RuPaul was the guest judge. In 2009, Betty was in the film An Englishman in New York with John Hurt. In 2010, she appeared in an eight episode web series documentary, Queens of Drag: NYC with Peppermint, Bianca Del Rio and Mimi Imfurst. She has served as Ringleader at the Lincoln Center for New York City's "Rock and Roll Circus" in 2011.
Betty was announced to be one of twelve competing on season eight of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 1, 2016. She was eliminated in episode five after performing badly on the annual snatch game challenge, and later losing a lip sync to Madonna's "Causing a Commotion" against Naomi Smalls.
After the show, Betty made a cameo appearance in The Path in 2018.
In July of 2020, Betty was featured in Drive N' Drag, a drive-in drag show.

Music

In November 2011, Betty appeared in the music video for Cazwell's "Unzip Me". Betty released her first single, "Ruthless", on March 1, 2012. Her second single, "Fantasy", was released on May 15, 2016. The music video features season eight finalists Kim Chi and Bob the Drag Queen. A third single, "Acid ", was available three days later.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Web series

Discography

Singles