{{Short description|Australian drag performer}} {{Infobox person | name = Minnie Cooper | image = DragCon 2023 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -292 (cropped).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Minnie Cooper at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023 | birth_name = Aaron Farley | 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 = Granville, Sydney, New South Wales, 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|minniecoopersydneydrag.com}} }} '''Minnie Cooper''' is the stage name of '''Aaron Farley''',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Galvin |first=Nick |date=2021-12-29 |title=Sydney Festival highlight scrapped as COVID hits cast |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/theatre/sydney-festival-highlight-scrapped-as-covid-hits-cast-20211229-p59kn3.html |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707173749/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/theatre/sydney-festival-highlight-scrapped-as-covid-hits-cast-20211229-p59kn3.html |url-status=live }}</ref> an Australian drag queen.
== Career == Farley was born and raised in Granville, Sydney. He started out as a chorus singer in musicals before performing in drag starting at the age of 31.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-15 |title=The WERRRK.com Interview: Minnie Cooper - |url=https://werrrk.com/2019/09/15/24118-2/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=werrrk.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Minnie Cooper was a semifinalist on the eighth season of ''Australia's Got Talent'' in 2016. In 2018, she was featured on ''All Together Now'' and ''Celebrity Name Game Australia''. She also appeared in season 4 of ''Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father''.<ref name="sportskeeta"/>
In 2018, Minnie Cooper starred in her own one-woman show, "From Chorus Boy to Leading Lady".<ref name="sportskeeta" /> She has performed in front of Cher at the 2018 Mardi Gras parade, and in front of Kylie Minogue in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-06 |title=Meet the Queens of 'Drag Race Down Under' Season 2 |url=https://www.pride.com/tv/2022/7/06/meet-queens-drag-race-down-under-season-2 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.pride.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707173749/https://www.pride.com/tv/2022/7/06/meet-queens-drag-race-down-under-season-2 |url-status=live }}</ref> She has won numerous DIVA (Drag Industry Variety Awards), including Entertainer of the Year, Sydney's Favourite Drag Queen, and Choreographer of the Year.<ref name="sportskeeta">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/who-minnie-cooper-drag-race-down-under-season-2-queen-abandoned-baby|title=Who is Minnie Cooper? Drag Race Down Under Season 2 queen was abandoned as a baby|website=SK Pop|date=26 July 2022|access-date=24 July 2022|archive-date=30 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730194040/https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/who-minnie-cooper-drag-race-down-under-season-2-queen-abandoned-baby|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2022, Minnie Cooper competed in the second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2022-07-06 |title=Meet the Queens of 'Drag Race Down Under' Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/lists/drag-race-down-under-cast-queens/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707173748/https://variety.com/lists/drag-race-down-under-cast-queens/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She was eliminated in the fourth episode by Beverly Kills, after having landed in the bottom two for her impersonation of Ellen DeGeneres in the Snatch Game. During her time on the show, she had many arguments with other competitors, such as Beverly Kills and Pomara Fifth.<ref>[https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/drag-race-down-unders-minnie-cooper-admits-major-clashes-with-cast/amp/ Drag Race Down Under’s Minnie Cooper admits major clashes with cast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013082959/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/drag-race-down-unders-minnie-cooper-admits-major-clashes-with-cast/amp/ |date=2022-10-13 }} - Gay Times</ref>
==Filmography== * ''RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under'' * ''Bring Back My Girls'' (2024)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline| Minnie Cooper}}
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