Elektra Fence

Julian Riley was born in Burnley, Lancashire,^[2][3] to Ann and Ian Riley, parents with cerebral palsy.^[4][5] He is one of three children.^[5] One of his brothers, Anthony, died when he was a teenager.^[6] His first experience with drag was secretly wearing his mother's nightgowns.^[1] He later began performing in drag under the stage name Elektra Fence, a name selected after a video of him touching an electric fence went viral on social media.^[7][2] He describes himself as the "pocket rocket of drag".^[8]

In 2021, Elektra Fence was announced as one of the contestants competing in the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.^[9][10] Following the first episode, she found herself in the bottom two against Anubis Finch and won the lip sync to "Sweet Melody" by Little Mix.^[11][12] The following week, she found herself in the bottom two again, this time against Vanity Milan and was eliminated after lip syncing to "Moving on Up by M People.^[13][14]

In 2022, Elektra Fence was subject to a homophobic assault on a train.^{[15][16][17][18]} Later that year, she embarked on the RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official Tour alongside the cast of the third series.^[19] Furthermore, she spoke to the Parliament of the United Kingdom regarding cerebral palsy in October of that year.^[5]

Elektra Fence is trained in ballet, freestyle, disco, ballroom, Latin, and pole dancing.^[20] She has cited her inspirations to be Bet Lynch (portrayed by Julie Goodyear) and Jane McDonald.^[21] She has run the London Marathon benefitting disability charity Scope.^[22] Her father, Ian, passed away after a short illness in 2022.^[23]