Shane Gilberto Jenek[1] (born 18 February 1982),[2] better known under the stage nameCourtney Act, is an Australian drag queen, singer and television personality.[3] Courtney first came to prominence competing on the first season of Australian Idol in 2003. After the show, she signed to BMG Australia (now Sony Music Australia), and she released her debut single, "Rub Me Wrong", which peaked at No. 29 on the ARIA Singles Chart[4][5] and was certified Gold. While auditioning for Australian Idol, she became the first LGBTQ contestant to openly appear on a reality TV talent show.[6] In 2014, Courtney was one of the runners-up in season six of RuPaul's Drag Race. Courtney is a member of the drag girl-group, The AAA Girls.
Jenek uses the pronoun she when referring to Courtney and he when referring to himself.[9]
Early life
Shane Gilberto Jenek was born in Brisbane, Australia, and moved to Sydney at age 18.[10] He was born to Gill and Annette Jenek and has an older sister named Kim.[11] His mother is of Danish descent and his father is of German descent; they worked in Kings Cross and befriended cabaret performer and TV personality Carlotta.[12][13] Growing up, Jenek would always dress up and sing and dance, but couldn't identify with anything that was portrayed in the media.[11] In 1987, he entered a competition, Tiny Tots, which was a charity pageant show for children, and won.[11] At a young age, Jenek began attending The Fame Talent School where he became close friends with twins Lisa Origliasso and Jessica Origliasso, who would later become The Veronicas.[11] The group would perform together for twelve years, performing acts such as pantomime in local shopping centres such as the Strathpine Centre, the Toombul Shopping Centre, and Westfield Chermside.[13] Jenek found school difficult due to bullying over his sexuality.[11] He began to think something was wrong with him during his teenage years. He attended Nashville Primary School in Brighton, but his parents wanted him to go to a private school for his secondary studies, so he transferred to St Paul's Anglican School in Bald Hills a year early to "acclimatise". Jenek disliked the school, and moved to Sandgate District State High School after two years at St. Paul's. After school, he would frequently go clubbing with friends in Brisbane, particularly on Mary Street.[13] Jenek received high grades at school and he was going to study medicine to become a doctor instead of an entertainer.[11] He first attended the Stonewall Club in the mid-90s and Jenek states that was the start of his "big queer life".[11] While touring colleges, he visited the National Institute of Dramatic Art, and, instead of moving forward to Perth to tour the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, he spent a week in Sydney behind his parents’ backs "living a lifetime of gay".[13]
Career
Beginnings and Australian Idol
Jenek's drag queen career began in 2002 when he met Sydney drag queen Vanity Faire.[11] He was intrigued by the visual feminine illusion Faire would create once she was in drag and this inspired him to begin his drag career.[11] While deciding his drag name, he originally intended to take the name "Ginger Le'Bon" and be a "redheaded, smoky voiced nightclub singer",[14] but, instead, he decided upon the stage name Courtney Act as, in a non-rhotic accent like the Australian accent, the phrase "caught in the act" is heard.[11] Courtney has stated that in 2002, when she began performing in drag, one had to "fight" and "earn" one's place as a drag queen.[11] She entered the Diva Rising Star competition in 2002 and won.[11]
In 2003, while working as a waiter at Jimmy's on the Mall, a restaurant in Brisbane,[13] Courtney auditioned for the inaugural season of Australian Idol. He first appeared as Jenek, but the judges, Ian Dickson, Marcia Hines and Mark Holden, told Jenek that his voice was "just not up to it".[11] The following day, Jenek returned to audition but as Courtney Act.[11] Hines said that Courtney was "great". Dickson said, "Shane only didn't just cut it. You've added another dimension and this time you've blown us away."[11] Courtney continued through the competition and reached the live finals.[11] In the first TV vote Courtney did not advance; however, the judges brought her back as a wildcard.[11] During her time on the show she performed songs such as: "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy, "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore and “You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC. Courtney finished in thirteenth place on the show, but remained highly popular throughout Australia. At the time, Jenek was the first and only LGBT contestant to openly appear on a reality TV talent show.[6]
Together with business partner [15] and fellow drag queen Vanity Faire, Courtney operates Wigs by Vanity; they started the company in 2003, the year Courtney auditioned for idol, with the aim of producing wigs for drag queens.[16]
After the completion of the first season of Australian Idol, Courtney went on tour with the finalists of the show. In 2003, Courtney signed a major record deal with BMG Australia now known as Sony Music Australia. Courtney released her debut single "Rub Me Wrong" the following year in March 2004, where the song reached a peak of number 29 on the ARIA Charts and gaining a gold certification by the charts. Courtney returned to the club scene and began working with the up-and-coming Lady Gaga.[11] In August 2011, Jenek moved to West Hollywood, California.
In December 2013, Logo TV announced that Courtney was among the 14 drag queens who would be competing on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[17] Courtney is the only queen from Australia ever to be featured on the show. Episode 4 featured Courtney as the main challenge winner.[18] The main challenge was to perform in "Shade: The Rusical". Courtney was praised for her "strong" singing voice and acting skills.[18] Courtney proceeded to the final in the top 3. Courtney was the fourth contestant during the show's six seasons not to have fallen into the bottom two throughout the competition. She placed as joint runner-up alongside Adore Delano, behind winner Bianca Del Rio.
In July 2014, Courtney became the first drag performer in history to sing live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Courtney appeared as a guest performer with Cheyenne Jackson in "Hello, Gorgeous! Cheyenne Jackson Goes to the Movies". The two sang a duet of "Elephant Love Song" from the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film Moulin Rouge![19] In September 2014, Courtney, along with Willam Belli and Alaska Thunderfuck 5000, were the first drag queens to become ad girls for American Apparel, known as The AAA Girls. She worked for the campaign Support Artists, Support Ethical Manufacturing from the fashion brand.[20] The group released their debut single "American Apparel Ad Girls".[21] The song charted at number 10 on the Billboard Comedy Digital songs chart:[22] the song would later feature in Belli's solo album, Shartistry in Motion (2014). In December 2014 the group released a Christmas song, "Dear Santa, Bring Me a Man", which was featured in the first Christmas Queens (2015). The album also saw Courtney cover a solo version of "Twelve Days of Christmas". Again in June 2015, the group reunited to record for Alaska's debut studio album Anus (2015), where they collaborated on the track "The Shade of It All".[23]
In July 2015, Courtney returned to her solo recording career and created the extended playKaleidoscope (2015).[24] The album generally received positives from critics and it saw the release of lead single "Ecstasy". This was followed by "Ugly", "Body Parts" and the title track song "Kaleidoscope". The latter featured as the official song for the 2016 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.[25] Courtney stated: "I feel that gender and sexuality are fluid and so often we get stuck in the rigidity. Who knows when someone outside your usual target zone might come also and sweep you off your feet?”.[25] In 2016, Courtney was the foreign correspondent for the Australian news website, Junkee. Courtney covered the US Presidential election 2016 for the site, attending rallies of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Following Trump's election, Courtney also participated in, and reported on, the 2017 Women's March.[26]
The AAA Girls performing in Denver, 2017. Courtney is seen on the right, with Willam on the left and Alaska in the middle.
In late 2017, Courtney appeared in Single AF, broadcast on MTV UK.[27] In February 2018, Courtney was appointed one of two Fringe Ambassadors at the Adelaide Fringe, presenting the show Under the Covers there.[28] In 2017, Courtney reunited with The AAA Girls for the Access All Areas Tour (2017). Produced by Fullscreen Live,[29] the tour played in 15 cities in the United States and Canada. The Squared Division served as creative directors and Jae Fusz served as choreographer.[30]
In 2018, Courtney entered the Celebrity Big Brother house, and remained in the house for 32 days, eventually winning the season, beating Ann Widdecombe. Jenek appeared as both Courtney and himself throughout the season, being referred to "him" out of drag and "her" in drag.[31] Channel 4 confirmed The Courtney Act Show, with Courtney saying that she would be "working with some of [her] favourite artists",[32][33] which was broadcast on Christmas Eve of 2018. The show featured performances from Bianca Del Rio, Adore Delano, Darienne Lake and Leona Lewis.[34] Jenek also hosted the dating reality show The Bi Life, appearing both as Courtney Act and Shane, which premiered in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 25 October 2018 on E![35][36][37] Courtney competed with the song "Fight for Love" on Eurovision – Australia Decides in February 2019 to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, but was not successful, losing out to Kate Miller-Heidke with the song "Zero Gravity".[38] The show received positive reviews.[38] In June 2019, a panel of judges from New York magazine placed her third on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former Drag Race contestants.[39]
Dancing with the Stars, Neighbours, Judging role and We Will Rock You The Arena Experience
In 2019, Courtney competed in the 16th season of the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with Joshua Keefe, where they came second.[8] Courtney is the first drag performer in the history of the Dancing with the Stars franchise.[40] Courtney and Keefe topped the leader board with their performance in the first episode.[41] On 1 March 2019, it was announced that Courtney had filmed a guest role as herself in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. Her scenes aired in 2020.[42] In late 2019, Courtney featured in Celebrity Come Dine with Me. Courtney appeared twice as a contestant on the quiz show Celebrity Mastermind; the British version in 2018,[43] and the Australian version in 2020.[44]
In 2021 it was announced that Courtney would become the new host of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's long-form television interview show Courtney Act's One Plus One,[45] which was nominated for an AACTA Award.[46] It was revealed that Network 10 had commissioned a pilot of Act's interview television series called Courtney's Closet, which transformed a different celebrity guest into drag each week while also learning about their personal journey, and premiered on video on demand streaming website 10 Play as part of its Pilot Showcase series.[47][48] Act's podcast with Vanity Faire, also got renewed for a second season, Brenda! Call Me. The show was world's largest LGBTQIA+ podcast, with the first season reaching 750,000 listens across 170 countries worldwide since debuting in February last year.[49] In June 2022, it was revealed that Act would become a judge on new ITV reality competition show, Queens for the Night, where she will sit on the judging panel alongside Melanie C, Layton Williams and Rob Beckett, with Lorraine Kelly as host.[50][51]
On August 22, 2022, it was announced that Courtney would play the Killer Queen in all cities except for Sydney in the Australian arena tour of the We Will Rock You musical.[52]
In 2023, Courtney competed on the fifth season of The Masked Singer Australia as Cowgirl making her the first genderfluid contestant to compete on the show. She was unmasked on the tenth episode, after her seventh performance.[53]
Jenek is a vegan, and identifies as pansexual, genderfluid and polyamorous.[55][56] In 2018, he was based in London, having previously lived in Sydney and Los Angeles.[57] Courtney currently resides in Sydney, having purchased her first home there in 2022.[58]
^"Billboard Chart Archive"(To access, type "Courtney" in the artist bar, then select "Comedy Digital Tracks" in the chart name bar). Billboard. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
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