Vander Von Odd
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Vander Von Odd | |
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.jpeg) Vander Von Odd in promotional artwork for season 1 of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula, 2016 | |
| Born | Antonio Yee California, USA |
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| Website | vandervonodd |
Vander Von Odd is the stage name of Antonio Yee,[1] an American drag performer who won the first season of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula.[1] She is based in Los Angeles,[2] and has appeared in the series NightGowns.[3]
Van Odd was born in California[4] and was raised between the Mexico–United States border, spending weekdays attending school in the U.S. and weekends in Mexico with her grandmothers.[5] She is of Mexican and Chinese descent and has cited Sylvia Rivera, Barbette, and Fakir Musafar as her inspirations.[6][7]
Career
In 2016, Vander Von Odd was announced as a contestant for the inaugural season of alternative drag competition show The Boulet Brothers' Dragula. Prior to Dragula, Von Odd had never been paid for a drag booking.[8] In one episode of the series, she calls herself a "baby queen," but still expected herself to do well in the competition.[9] Winning two challenges and maintaining her place as the front-runner of the competition, Von Odd won the season during episode 6.
In 2017, Von Odd began performing in RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha Velour's multimedia drag experience NightGowns.[10] In 2019, the live show was announced to be adapted into a docuseries featuring Von Odd, which later aired in April 2020 on Quibi. She represented her monstrous, alternative style of drag through body modification, grotesque imagery, and emotional messages.[11] Von Odd has continued to work with Velour in other NightGowns shows, as well as performing in VELOUR: A Drag Spectacular at La Jolla Playhouse.[12]
In 2025, Vander Von Odd returned to Dragula for season 2 of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans as the season's Exorsister.[13]
Outside of drag performance, Von Odd is a horror filmmaker and hosts a monthly Los Angeles movie screening night, "The Weird Sisters Cinema Club."[14]
