{{Short description|Drag performer}} {{Infobox person | name = Hannah Conda | image = DragCon 2023 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -134 (cropped).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Hannah Conda at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023 | birth_name = Chris Collins | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = Perth, Western Australia, Australia | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | other_names = | occupation = Drag queen | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | website = {{URL|hannahconda.com}} }} '''Chris Collins''', better known by his stage name '''Hannah Conda''',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dye |first=Josh |date=2020-02-19 |title='Are you a man or a woman?' Drag queen used to kids' curly questions |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/are-you-a-man-or-a-woman-drag-queen-used-to-kids-curly-questions-20200219-p542cx.html |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171108/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/are-you-a-man-or-a-woman-drag-queen-used-to-kids-curly-questions-20200219-p542cx.html |url-status=live }}</ref> is an Australian drag performer most known for competing on the second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under'', where she placed runner-up,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sydney Drag Royalty {{!}} Hannah Conda |url=https://www.sydneydragroyalty.com.au/hannah |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Sydney Drag Royalty |date=7 July 2022 |language=en-AU |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171237/https://www.sydneydragroyalty.com.au/hannah |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-07-28 |title=Allegations Of Past Racist Performances Of Drag Race Down Under Season 2 Queen Resurface |url=https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/allegations-of-past-racist-performances-of-drag-race-down-under-season-2-queen-resurface/215189 |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Star Observer |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920181344/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/allegations-of-past-racist-performances-of-drag-race-down-under-season-2-queen-resurface/215189 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-21 |title=Hannah Conda vows to be a better BIPOC ally in the future |url=https://www.outinperth.com/hannah-conda-vows-to-be-a-better-bipoc-ally-in-the-future/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=OUTInPerth {{!}} LGBTQIA+ News and Culture |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920211552/https://www.outinperth.com/hannah-conda-vows-to-be-a-better-bipoc-ally-in-the-future/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the second series of ''RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World'', where she also placed runner-up.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-uk-vs-the-world-season-2-cast-promo-looks-8425319 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. the World season 2 reveals cast competing for first UK cash prize |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |website=ew.com |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref>
== Personal life == Collins grew up in Perth.<ref name="perthnow" /> He was raised Catholic and seriously considered becoming a priest, having attended a Catholic high school where he was a Eucharistic minister.<ref name="abc">{{cite web |title=RuPaul's Drag Race star Hannah Conda on representing Australian drag excellence on UK vs the World |website=ABC News |date=April 2, 2024 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/hannah-conda-rupauls-drag-race-uk-vs-the-world/103657492 |quote="I wanted to be a priest for a really long time," she says. "I went to a Catholic high school, I was a Eucharistic minister, I went to a nunnery to talk about what I needed to do to start my journey into the priesthood ... It wasn't until year 11 or 12 when I was like, 'Well, this is never gonna happen. I'm full homo. Sorry about it!'"}}</ref> He came out as gay in year 11.<ref name="abc" /> He uses both she/her and he/him pronouns.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hannah Conda, Tia Kofi, and Choriza May|website=rts.org |date=January 16, 2024 |url=https://rts.org.uk/article/hannah-conda-tia-kofi-and-choriza-may-meet-11-queens-competing-rupauls-drag-race-uk-vs-world }}</ref> His stage name is derived from a drunk Irish man who called him an anaconda.<ref name="exposed">{{Cite podcast |host=Joseph Shepherd |title=Hannah Conda - Exposed After Dark - Episode 1 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5fqjLtOKQ |work=Exposed After Dark |date=August 21, 2024 |time=10:09 |quote=I got the name from a drunk Irish man walking in between the two bars in Perth. I was wandering through and this drunk Irish man came up to me and my friends and pointed at me and goes, "You're an anaconda." No reason, no context, nothing.}}</ref>
Collins relocated from Perth to Sydney.<ref name="perthnow">{{Cite web |date=2022-07-18 |title=WA Ru Paul drag queen 'grew up around skimpies' |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/tv/tod-aaa-meet-york-raised-drag-queen-hannah-conda-competing-in-season-2-of-rupauls-drag-race-down-under-c-7437122 |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=PerthNow |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171431/https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/tv/tod-aaa-meet-york-raised-drag-queen-hannah-conda-competing-in-season-2-of-rupauls-drag-race-down-under-c-7437122 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! {{nowrap|Year}} ! {{nowrap|Title}} ! {{nowrap|Role}} ! {{nowrap|class="unsortable" | Notes}} |- | 2022 | ''RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under'' | Contestant | Season 2, 8 episodes |- | rowspan="2" |2024 | ''RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World'' | Contestant | Series 2 |- |''Bring Back My Girls'' |Herself |Season 4; episode 3 |} *
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==External links== {{Commons category| Hannah Conda}} * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13825164/ Hannah Conda] at IMDb
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