Jasmine Kennedie

Kennedie was raised in Binghamton, New York and Morgantown, West Virginia.^[4][5][2] She attended high school at Maine-Endwell High School in Endwell, New York.^[6] Her mother's name is Joy.^[2] Her drag name comes from the character Jasmine in Aladdin and John F. Kennedy, changing the "y" in her surname to "ie"; her first drag name was Jasmine Rikers.^[7]

She first appeared in public drag at age 15-16 during a Halloween party that took place at the Endwell Fire Department, where she dressed up as a Hooters girl.^[6]

She competed on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She placed eighth overall after being eliminated in the eleventh episode LaLaPaRuza lip sync smackdown and attracted attention from viewers for her fights with fellow contestants Maddy Morphosis and Daya Betty.^[8]

In June 2023, Kennedie returned to Drag Race as a lip-sync assassin, appearing on the fifth episode of season 8 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. She defeated top all star Jimbo in a lip sync to Dua Lipa's "Hallucinate". However, owing to Heidi N Closet's decision to leave the competition earlier in the episode, Kennedie did not eliminate either of the bottom two queens as the lip sync winner typically would.^[9]

In April 2026, Kennedie was announced to be competing on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars in the third bracket. She is the sole representative of Drag Race's fourteenth season.^[10]

Jasmine Kennedie is based in Brooklyn, New York City.^[11] She came out as a trans woman during the filming of Drag Race.^[12][13][14] She received praise from civil rights groups for deciding to come out on a popular television show, according to CNN.^[15] Before doing drag, Jasmine played soccer for eight years, as well as swimming and diving for three additional years.^[16] She was diagnosed with ADHD.^[17][18]

• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 11)

• Bring Back My Girls (2023)