Gisèle Lullaby is the stage name of Simon Gosselin (born August 1, 1988), a
French Canadian
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Canada's Drag Race
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''.
Career
Originally from
Boucherville
Boucherville () is a city in the Montérégie region in Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of Montreal on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
Boucherville is part of both the urban agglomeration of Longueuil and the Montreal Metropolitan ...
,
Quebec
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, Gosselin began as a backup dancer for drag queens at Cabaret Mado, but did not perform in drag himself until a 2009 birthday party for Montreal nightlife personality Franky Dee, when he was convinced to do drag and perform to
Beyoncé
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's " Single Ladies". She has been a longtime host of her own Tuesday night show, ''Full Gisèle'', at Cabaret Mado.
In 2020, Gisèle Lullaby participated in Saint-Jeanne, an LGBTQ-inclusive
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
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livestream coordinated by singer-songwriter
Safia Nolin
Safia Nolin is a French Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Quebec City, Quebec.third season of ''
Canada's Drag Race
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''. After being safe for first 3 episodes, in episode 4 she won the design challenge, she then impersonated
Marie Curie
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (; ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie ( ; ), was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
She was List of female ...
for the
Snatch Game
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challenge, receiving praise for her
black comedy
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routine about Curie suffering increasing effects of
radiation sickness
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, pulling from a historical figure not traditionally seen as a source of comedy. She was named the winner of the season in the finale. His victory also marked the first time a Quebec native and resident won the title. In addition, he is the first Francophone contestant (although he speaks English as a second language) to win the Canadian title as well as the fourth French-speaking winner in the Drag Race franchise.
On September 18, 2022, Gisèle Lullaby presented an award at the
Prix Gémeaux
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Gosselin is from Boucherville, but is now living in
Montreal
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, Quebec. Before deciding to make drag her career, Gisèle wanted to do theater.