{{Short description|Croatian drag queen}} {{Multiple issues| {{expand French|topic=bio|Le Filip|date=June 2025}} {{Unreliable sources|date=July 2024}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Le Filip | alt = | image = Le Filip (54908838288).jpg | caption = Le Filip in 2024 | other_names = | birth_name = Filip Mrzljak<ref name="birthname">{{Cite web|title=Queer – UP! Party @Smoqua 2021 |url=https://lori.hr/queer-up-party-smoqua-2021/|access-date=20 July 2024|website=lori.hr|language=hr|date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301210222/https://lori.hr/queer-up-party-smoqua-2021/|archive-date=1 March 2024}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date text|1993}} or {{birth year and age|1994}} | birth_place = Zagreb, Croatia | nationality = | occupation = {{hlist|Drag queen}} | known_for = | television = ''Drag Race France'' (season 3) | website = }}
'''Filip Mrzljak''', better known by the stage name '''Le Filip''', is a Croatian drag queen best known for winning the third season of ''Drag Race France''.
==Early and personal life== Le Filip was born in Zagreb, Croatia.<ref name="interview">{{Cite web|last=Rivet|first=Daphne|title=Le Filip, drag-queen glamour qui manie l'humour comme un poignard|url=https://www.konbini.com/popculture/le-filip-drag-queen-glamour-qui-manie-lhumour-comme-un-poignard/|access-date=20 July 2024|website=konbini.com|language=fr|date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627131123/https://www.konbini.com/popculture/le-filip-drag-queen-glamour-qui-manie-lhumour-comme-un-poignard/|archive-date=27 June 2024|trans-title=Le Filip, glamorous drag queen who wields humor like a dagger}}</ref> According to {{Interlanguage link|Telegram (website)|hr|Telegram (portal)|lt=''Telegram''}}, she comes from a Zagreb family of respected diplomats.<ref name="telegram">{{Cite web|last=Pavlica|first=Valentina|title=Le Filip, drag queen iz zagrebačke obitelji cijenjenih diplomata: 'Strah me vratiti se u Hrvatsku, mržnje je toliko da bi me netko mogao ubiti'|url=https://www.telegram.hr/vijesti/le-filip-drag-queen-iz-zagrebacke-obitelji-cijenjenih-diplomata-strah-me-vratiti-se-u-hrvatsku-mrznje-je-toliko-da-bi-me-netko-mogao-ubiti/|access-date=20 July 2024|website=telegram.hr|publisher=Telegram|language=hr|date=27 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627131305/https://www.telegram.hr/vijesti/le-filip-drag-queen-iz-zagrebacke-obitelji-cijenjenih-diplomata-strah-me-vratiti-se-u-hrvatsku-mrznje-je-toliko-da-bi-me-netko-mogao-ubiti/|archive-date=27 June 2024|trans-title=Le Filip, a drag queen from a Zagreb family of respected diplomats: 'I'm afraid to return to Croatia, there is so much hatred that someone could kill me'}}</ref> She first moved to Paris with her mother when she was 12 years old.<ref name="interview" />
As of 2024, she was based in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |last=leblogtvnews.com |title=Finale de Drag Race diffusée vendredi : voici qui est la Reine qui remporte la compétition au Grand Rex (Vidéo). |url=https://www.leblogtvnews.com/2024/04/decouvrez-les-defis-et-les-queens-de-drag-race-france-3-leona-winter-misty-phoenix-perseo-magnetica.html |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=LeBlogTVNews |language=fr}}</ref>
==Career== Le Filip started doing drag at Zagreb Pride in 2012 when she was 18 years old.<ref name="interview" /> She was an associate member of {{ill|House of Flamingo|hr}}, a Croatian queer and drag performance arts ensemble from Zagreb.<ref name="houseofflamingo">{{Cite web|last=Mucić|first=Magdalena|title=Drag queens: Život muškarca u haljini i štiklama|url=https://express.24sata.hr/life/drag-queens-zivot-muskarca-u-haljini-i-stiklama-7421|access-date=20 July 2024|website=express.24sata.hr|publisher=24sata|language=hr|date=6 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720011734/https://express.24sata.hr/life/drag-queens-zivot-muskarca-u-haljini-i-stiklama-7421|archive-date=20 July 2024|trans-title=Drag queens: The life of a man in a dress and heels|quote=Kad se Roxanne, Spazam Orgazam, Colinda Evangelista, Galaxy Diva, Le Filip i Entity popnu na pozornicu, show je zagarantiran.|trans-quote=When Roxanne, Spazam Orgazam, Colinda Evangelista, Galaxy Diva, Le Filip and Entity take the stage, a show is guaranteed.}}</ref> In France, she was a member of Haus of Morue. Le Filip describes herself as a comedy queen and cites feminine personalities of Pamela Anderson, Anne Roumanoff, Élie Semoun, Florence Foresti and Jacques Tati as her inspirations.<ref name="actuinterview">{{Cite web|last=Marchal|first=Marie Amelie|title=Drag Race France 3. Le Filip, une candidate qui fait le grand écart entre Pamela Anderson et Anne Roumanoff|url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/paris_75056/drag-race-france-3-le-filip-une-candidate-qui-fait-le-grand-ecart-entre-pamela-anderson-et-anne-roumanoff_61106402.html|access-date=20 July 2024|website=actu.fr|language=fr|date=28 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603201738/https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/paris_75056/drag-race-france-3-le-filip-une-candidate-qui-fait-le-grand-ecart-entre-pamela-anderson-et-anne-roumanoff_61106402.html|archive-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>
On 24 April 2024, Le Filip was announced as one of ten contestants of the third season of ''Drag Race France'', becoming the first contestant in the ''Drag Race'' frachise to be of a Croatian origin.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Découvrez les défis et les portraits des Queens de Drag Race France 3 : Leona Winter, Misty Phoenix, Perseo, Magnetica... |url=https://www.leblogtvnews.com/2024/04/decouvrez-les-defis-et-les-queens-de-drag-race-france-3-leona-winter-misty-phoenix-perseo-magnetica.html |access-date=27 April 2024|website=LeBlogTVNews|language=fr}}</ref> During her time on the season, Le Filip placed in the Top 2 on the fourth episode, in a Rusical dedicated to Céline Dion, ultimately losing a lipsync to Leona Winter.<ref name="Rusical">{{Cite web|date=26 June 2024|last=Bright|first=Kristy|title=Drag Race France: "Céline Dion: The Rusical" (S03 E04)|url=https://werrrk.com/2024/06/26/drag-race-france-celine-dion-the-rusical-s03-e04/|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240720013032/https://werrrk.com/2024/06/26/drag-race-france-celine-dion-the-rusical-s03-e04/|archive-date=20 July 2024|access-date=20 July 2024|website=werrrk.com}}</ref> Le Filip was one of the four finalists of the season, along with Leona Winter, Lula Strega and Ruby on the Nail. At the finale, Le Filip performed an original song titled "Hrvatica Baby!", won the final lipsync against Ruby on the Nail, and was ultimately crowned the winner of the season receiving the title of France's Next Drag Superstar.<ref name="LeFilipwin" /> Le Filip is thus the second winner in the ''Drag Race'' franchise to never win a Maxi challenge, following ''Drag Race Italia''{{'}}s Elecktra Bionic.
==Filmography== ===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2024 |''Drag Race France'' | Herself (contestant) | Season 3, Winner |<ref name=":0" /><ref name="LeFilipwin">{{Cite web|date=20 July 2024|title=Le Filip remporte la troisième saison de " Drag Race France "|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/medias/television/le-filip-remporte-la-troisieme-saison-de-drag-race-france-2a5b3262-4613-11ef-bd80-f32123ed3357|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720001843/https://www.ouest-france.fr/medias/television/le-filip-remporte-la-troisieme-saison-de-drag-race-france-2a5b3262-4613-11ef-bd80-f32123ed3357| archive-date=20 July 2024|access-date=20 July 2024|language=fr|website=ouest-france.fr|trans-title=Filip wins the third season of “Drag Race France”|trans-quote=The candidate from Croatia won in the final of the show broadcast on France 2.|quote=La candidate originaire de Croatie s’est imposée en finale de l’émission diffusée sur France 2.}}</ref> |- |2025 | ''Drag Race France All Stars'' | Herself (guest) | Season 1 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/diverto-tv/series/videos/2025/07/11/30lq3pf|title=Le talent show de Misty Phoenix|access-date=13 July 2025|website=sudouest.fr|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250712224934/https://www.sudouest.fr/diverto-tv/series/videos/2025/07/11/30lq3pf|archive-date=12 July 2025}}</ref> |}
== Discography == === Promotional singles === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+List of promotional singles, showing year released, chart positions, certifications and album name ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album |- ! scope="row" | "Cabaret Lé-gen-daire"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cabaret Lé-gen-daire - Single - Album by The Cast of Drag Race France |date=2024-07-17 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cabaret-l%C3%A9-gen-daire-single/1757940673 |language=en-US |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Apple Music (US)}}</ref><br>{{small|(as part of the Cast of ''Drag Race France'')}} | rowspan="2" | 2024 | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" | "Hrvatica Baby!" (Le Filip)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hrvatica Baby! (Le Filip) - Single - Album by The Cast of Drag Race France |date=2024-07-20 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hrvatica-baby-le-filip-single/1760024862 |language=en-US |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Apple Music (US)}}</ref><br>{{small|(as part of the Cast of ''Drag Race France'')}} |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Drag Race France}}
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