Trixie Mattel Net Worth

What Is Trixie Mattel's Net Worth?

Trixie Mattel is an American drag queen, singer, songwriter, comedian, entrepreneur, television personality, and producer who has a net worth of $10 million. Trixie Mattel is best known for winning season three of the reality television series "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars."

Today, Mattel is quite popular across various social media platforms and is the CEO of Trixie Cosmetics. Mattel won the third season of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" and finished sixth on season seven of "RuPaul's Drag Race." In 2017, Trixie released her debut studio album, "Two Birds," which reached #2 on the "Billboard" Heatseekers chart and #6 on the "Billboard" Independent Albums chart. She followed that album with "One Stone" (2018), "Barbara" (2020), and "The Blonde & Pink Albums" (2022), and "One Stone" topped the Heatseekers Albums chart.

Mattel starred in the 2019 documentary "Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts," and she has also appeared in episodes of other TV series including "American Horror Story: Roanoke" and "Super Drags." She co-wrote the books "Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood" (2020) and "Working Girls: Trixie and Katya's Guide to Professional Womanhood" (2022) with fellow drag queen Katya Zamolodchikova, and the two have collaborated on the web series " UNHhhh" (2016–present), Viceland's "The Trixie & Katya Show" (2017–2018), Netflix's "I Like to Watch" (2019–present), and "The Bald and the Beautiful" (2020–present) podcast. In 2019, "New York Magazine'" ranked Mattel fourth on its list of "The Most Powerful Drag Queens in America."

Early Life

Trixie Mattel was born Brian Michael Firkus on August 23, 1989, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Brian grew up in Silver Cliff, Wisconsin, with his mother and three siblings. Firkus is part Ojibwe; his maternal grandmother came from the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians' Bad River Band. Brian's abusive stepfather called him a "Trixie" whenever he acted feminine, which inspired him to later use the drag queen name "Trixie Mattel" ("Mattel" was inspired by his love for Barbie dolls). After Firkus' stepfather pointed a gun at his head and threatened to shoot him, Brian was sent to live with his grandparents at the age of 15. He was taught to play guitar by his grandfather, who was a country musician. After Firkus graduated from high school, he earned a BFA in musical theatre from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He was introduced to drag when he attended an Oriental Theatre screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." His first drag performance took place at Milwaukee's LaCage NiteClub. In 2014, Brian attended beauty school, but he dropped out to compete on "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Career

Trixie earned widespread attention when she competed in the seventh season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" in 2015, finishing in sixth place. From 2015 to 2017, she embarked on the stand-up comedy tour "Ages 3 and Up," and in October 2015, she guest-starred on "WOWPresents' Fashion Photo Review" with Katya Zamolodchikova, a fellow "Drag Race" contestant. World of Wonder later created a web series for the duo titled "UNHhhh," which became the "WOW Presents" YouTube channel's most successful show and won a Streamy Award in 2020. Mattel guest-starred on "American Horror Story: Roanoke" in 2016, and the following year, she released her debut album, "Two Birds," and the EP "Homemade Christmas." In 2017, Viceland began airing a spin-off of "UNHhhh" called "The Trixie and Katya Show," and Mattel and Zamolodchikova starred in "Trixie and Katya's High School Reunion," a drag stage adaptation of "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion." That year Mattel also produced the video "Trixie Mattel Makes a PB&J (and More Importantly, a Cocktail)" for "GQ," and it earned a James Beard Foundation Award nomination in the humor category. In 2018, Trixie competed in season three of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" and won the competition. She also released the album "One Stone" and launched the comedy tour "Now with Moving Parts."

In 2019, the documentary "Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and Trixie released the comedy special "Trixie Mattel: Skinny Legend." Her 2020 album "Barbara" received a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Artist and a WOWIE Award nomination for Outstanding Album or EP. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Mattel and Zamolodchikova launched the show "Trixie and Katya Save the World," which was filmed at their homes, and began co-hosting the podcast "The Bald and the Beautiful." The podcast has won a Queerty Award and several Webby Awards. Mattel and Zamolodchikova co-hosted the 2020 Streamy Awards, and in 2021, Trixie released the EP "Full Coverage, Vol. 1" and announced that Integrity Toys would be releasing a fashion doll in her likeness. In 2022, she released the double album "The Blonde & Pink Albums," and in 2023, she announced that she had entered into partnerships with Maybelline, Etsy, "The Sims," and LinkedIn. Mattel graced the cover of the June 2023 issue of "Los Angeles" magazine, and she guest-starred on the FX series "English Teacher" in 2024. Trixie has also released a makeup brand called Trixie Cosmetics, and she co-owns Milwaukee's This Is It!, the oldest LGBTQ+ bar in Wisconsin.

Personal Life

Firkus began a relationship with filmmaker David Silver in 2016. Silver produced the documentary "Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts," and the couple co-starred on and produced the reality series "Trixie Motel." In late 2024, Brian announced that he and David had split up. Mattel is a vegetarian, atheist, and Barbie doll collector.

Awards

In 2017, Trixie won a WOWIE Award for Best Drag Queen Music Video for "Mama Don't Make Me Put on the Dress Again." She won in that category for "Break Your Heart" in 2019, and she has also won WOWIE Awards for Best Documentary for "Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts" (2019), Best Beauty Line for Trixie Cosmetics (2019 and 2022), and Outstanding Palette for Trixie Cosmetics' Summer of Love Palette (2020). Mattel has won Queerty Awards for Rising Diva (2018), Best Documentary for "Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts" (2020), and Best Indie Music Video for "Yellow Cloud" (2020), "Malibu" (2021), and "Hello Hello" (2022). In 2021, she was named Drag Influencer of the Year at the American Influencer Awards, and in 2022, she earned a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Comedy Special for "Trixie Mattel: One Night Only" and won Webby Awards for Variety & Reality Video and Variety & Reality Video (People's Voice) for "Office Tour (WARNING: ICONIC)." In 2023, Trixie received a Webby Award for Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle, General Video (People's Voice) for "Trixie Mattel Transforms into Dr. Manhattan," and in 2024, she won in the Podcasts (Comedy) category for "The Bald and the Beautiful."

Real Estate

Trixie and David paid $1.9 million for a run-down Palm Springs motel, and in 2022, they starred on the Discovery+ reality series "Trixie Motel," which documented their $500,000 renovation of the property. The second season, "Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home," streamed on Max and followed the couple as they renovated their $3 million historic home in Hollywood.