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| Born | Michelle Lynn Shupack September 20, 1968 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
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David Case (m. 1997) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Website | michellevisage |
Michelle Lynn Shupack (born September 20, 1968), known professionally as Michelle Visage, is an American singer, television personality, broadcaster, producer, and actress. She first gained recognition as a member of the dance-pop girl group Seduction, who charted five singles on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1989 and 1990. She later served as lead vocalist of the R&B and dance group The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M., who reached the top of the dance charts with the single "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" in 1993.
In 2011, Visage joined the American reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race, and has served as a permanent judge since season three. She is also a permanent judge on its spin-off series RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World, and Drag Race Down Under, also hosting the latter. Visage has won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards as a producer of RuPaul's Drag Race.
In 2015, Visage was a contestant on the fifteenth series of the British reality show Celebrity Big Brother, which she finished in fifth place. From 2018 to 2019, she was a judge on the talent competition show Ireland's Got Talent. In 2019, Visage was a contestant on the seventeenth series of the British dancing competition show Strictly Come Dancing.