Please join us for a friendly zoom gap with Pooya Mohseni and Jackie Cox on Apr 17th at 2 pm (ET). In this conversation, we will listen to Pooya’s experience as an Iranian-American actor, writer, filmmaker & Transgender activist in New York City, as Jackie tells us about their journey as a Canadian drag queen performer based in New York City.
Pooya Mohseni is an Iranian-American actor, writer, filmmaker & Transgender activist. She's co-producer/star/writer of "Transit ", a short film about love between a trans woman and a cis man, coming out in 2021.
Her stage performances include "She, He, Me" by Raphael Aime Khouri, for National Queer Theater, dir Sivan Battat, “Our Town” in Pride Plays, dir Jenna Worsham, “Hamlet" in Play On Shakespeare festival, dir Ellen McLaughlin, an award-winning one-woman show "One Woman", in United Solo at The Theatre Row, dir Joan Kane, "Galatea", dir Mo Zhou for the WP Pipeline festival and "The Good Muslim" dir William Carden at EST.
She has guest-starred on “Law & Order: SVU “ dir Mariska Hargitay, “Falling Water" on the USA, “Madam Secretary” and a recurring guest star on the drama "Big Dogs" on Amazon Prime. Her newest feature film "See You Then" dir Mari Walker will make its premiere at SXSW, Atlanta Film Festival, and others this year. She is a member of the advisory council for Ackerman Institute's Gender and Family Project.
JACKIE COX is best known as one of the Top 4 contestants from Season 12 of RuPaul’s Drag Race and was the first queen of Iranian descent to appear on the show, making Drag Race “her-story” when she wore a hijab on the runway. In her hometown of NYC, Jackie has long been a feature of the theatrical cabaret scene, performing her own original shows at the famed Laurie Beechman Theater. Prior to Drag Race, Jackie appeared on TV in ABC's "What Would You Do?", in Fusion's "Shade: Queens of NYC", as well as numerous appearances on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live", winning the title of "Real Queen of Beverly Hills" for her impersonation of TV personality and Depends on undergarment spokeswoman, Lisa Rinna.