# Minnie Cooper
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{{Short description|Australian drag performer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Minnie Cooper
| image = DragCon 2023 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -292 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Minnie Cooper at [RuPaul's DragCon LA](/source/RuPaul's_DragCon_LA), 2023
| birth_name = Aaron Farley
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| birth_place = [Granville, Sydney](/source/Granville%2C_Sydney), New South Wales, Australia
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| occupation = [Drag queen](/source/Drag_queen)
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| website = {{URL|minniecoopersydneydrag.com}}
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'''Minnie Cooper''' is the stage name of '''Aaron Farley''',[{{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 }}] an Australian [drag queen](/source/drag_queen).
== Career ==
Farley was born and raised in [Granville, Sydney](/source/Granville%2C_New_South_Wales). He started out as a chorus singer in musicals before performing in drag starting at the age of 31.[{{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}}]
Minnie Cooper was a semifinalist on the eighth season of [''Australia's Got Talent''](/source/Australia's_Got_Talent_(season_8)) in 2016. In 2018, she was featured on [''All Together Now''](/source/All_Together_Now_(2018_Australian_TV_series)) and ''[Celebrity Name Game Australia](/source/Celebrity_Name_Game_Australia)''. She also appeared in season 4 of ''[Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father](/source/Jack_Whitehall%3A_Travels_with_My_Father)''.[{{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 }}] She has won numerous DIVA (Drag Industry Variety Awards), including Entertainer of the Year, Sydney's Favourite Drag Queen, and Choreographer of the Year.[{{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}}]
In 2022, Minnie Cooper competed in the [second season](/source/RuPaul's_Drag_Race_Down_Under_(season_2)) of ''[RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under](/source/RuPaul's_Drag_Race_Down_Under)''.[{{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 }}] She was eliminated in the fourth episode by [Beverly Kills](/source/Beverly_Kills), after having landed in the bottom two for her impersonation of [Ellen DeGeneres](/source/Ellen_DeGeneres) in the [Snatch Game](/source/Snatch_Game). During her time on the show, she had many arguments with other competitors, such as Beverly Kills and [Pomara Fifth](/source/Pomara_Fifth).[[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]
==Filmography==
* ''[RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under](/source/RuPaul's_Drag_Race_Down_Under)''
* ''[Bring Back My Girls](/source/Bring_Back_My_Girls)'' (2024)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline| Minnie Cooper}}
{{Drag Race Down Under}}
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Category:Living people
Category:Australian drag queens
Category:Drag Race Down Under contestants
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Drag performers from Sydney
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