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personality, actress, and

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activist. With the reality show ''The Ts Madison Experience'', she became the first black trans woman to star in and executive produce her own reality series. She has appeared in films such as ''

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'' and '' Bros'' and has been a member of the regular judging panel on ''

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'' since the show's fifteenth season following several previous appearances as a guest judge.

Biography

Madison rose to fame in 2013 after going viral following the release of a

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clip titled "New Weave 22 Inches". The video features her exposing her nude body. During this time, Madison was starring in

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and running a successful production company. On the ''

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'' podcast, Madison said she started doing sex work after being fired from multiple jobs for being trans. "I was hell-bent on me not being broke anymore in life. Me not having to worry about where I'm going to live, how I'm going to pay my bills, because I came from that time of me having to really worry. And this was a place of security for me." After becoming a viral sensation, Madison signed a recording and media contract with Pink Money Records in 2014 and released her first single "Feeling My Fish" shortly after. In 2016, Madison released her debut album, ''The New Supreme'', and appeared with

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and

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on the song, "Drop". In 2021, she collaborated with

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on the song, "DICK THIS BIG". With World of Wonder, she starred in two web series, ''Wait a Minute'' and ''Lemme Pick You Up''. In 2015, she released her memoir, ''A Light Through the Shade: An Autobiography of a Queen''. Madison has had roles in the movie ''

'', and the upcoming romantic comedy, ''The Perfect Find'', on Netflix.

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, the director of ''Zola'', told ''

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'' that she discovered Madison through her viral

video, watching it "maybe 20 times in a row...I became kind of obsessed with her." Madison appeared in '' Bros'', "the first gay romantic comedy from a major studio". According to ''

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'', the movie has a "historic all-LGBTQ principal cast". Madison has made multiple appearances as a guest judge on ''

''. In 2019,

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played Madison in the

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episode of ''

'' season 11 and won the episode. In 2021, ''The Ts Madison Experience'' debuted on

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, making Madison the first black trans woman to star in her own reality show. Madison was also an executive producer on the series. On February 2021, Madison shared on a Facebook panel her experiences and knowledge on erasure of Black trans love. In 2022,

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announced that ''The Ts Madison Experience'' had been renewed for a second season. Madison's voice is sampled on the song "Cozy" on

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's 2022 album ''

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''.

Works

Film

* ''Trans-Me'' (2017), written by B. Octavious Sims and produced by SimGriggs Productions, directed by Sims and Gregory Griggs * ''

'' (2020) - Hollywood * '' Bros'' (2022) - Angela * ''

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'' - TBA,

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-led project

Television

* ''

'', guest judge ( seasons thirteen and fourteen), regular judge ( season fifteen) * '' Amazon Prime Video's Fish Tank'' (2018), co-starred with

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and

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*''The Ts Madison Experience'' (2021) *''Turnt Out with TS Madison on

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'' (2022) Streaming television * ''Wait a Minute'' through World of Wonder Productions * ''Lemme Pick You Up'' through World of Wonder Productions * ''Queens Supreme Court'' (2018), previously ''Queens Court'' * ''Bish Let's Dish'' (Bae Edition) * ''Beyond The Bench'' (2019) * ''Cracking The Cold Cases w/ Ts Madison'' (2019) * ''Song Association w/ Ts Madison'' (2019) * ''Fuse Tv (The Read) w/ Ts Madison'' (2019) * ''BUILD Series, The X Change Rate: Ts Madison'' (2019) * ''A Spotlight Session w/ Ts Madison'' (2020) * ''Bring Back My Girls'' (2022) * ''Pierre's Panic Room'' (2020 - present), hosted by

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Music

* ''The New Supreme'' (2014), released on Pink Money Records * ''RuPaul’s Butch Queen'', Drop feat. Ts Madison (2016) * ''The Queens Supreme Court Theme Song'' (2018) * ''Pop That Ass'' (2020) *''Khia's Next Caller, feat. Ts Madison'' (2017) *

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's Coffee In My Cup - Music Video (2021)

Books

* ''A Light Through the Shade: An Autobiography of a Queen'' (2015), published by CreateSpace

Podcasting

* ''Queens Supreme Court'' (2018), previously ''Queens Court'' * ''Laugh & Learn'' (2021), Special Guest; greeted by host Flame Monroe, a

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comedian * ''Pierre's Panic Room'' (2020 - present), Guest; hosted by Pierre Edwards

Radio

Madison has guest starred a number of times on

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's ''Queen Radio'' show, which aired on

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Awards

Madison was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016

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hosted by Grooby, and received a standing ovation. In 2019, she was honored in the ''

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'' Top 100 influential LGBT people. In 2022 she won the WOWIE Award for Best Viral Moment. In 2022, Madison and Dominique Morgan were chosen as the Grand Marshals of the NYC Pride Parade.

References

External links

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