Julian Riley, known professionally as Elektra Fence, is an English drag queen who is best known for being a contestant on the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2021.

Biography

Julian Riley was born in Burnley, Lancashire, to parents with cerebral palsy. She has three brothers, one of whom died when Riley was a teenager. She later began performing in drag under the stage name Elektra Fence, a name she chose after a video of her touching an electric fence went viral on social media. In 2021, Fence was announced as one of the contestants competing in the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Following the first episode, she found herself in the bottom two against Anubis Finch and won the lip sync to "Sweet Melody" by Little Mix. The following week, she found herself in the bottom two again, this time against Vanity Milan and was eliminated after lip syncing to "Moving on Up by M People.

Elektra Fence

In 2022, Fence was subject to a homophobic assault on a train. Later that year, she embarked on the RuPaul's Drag Race UK: The Official Tour alongside the cast of the third series.

Elektra Fence

Filmography

Television

Stage

References

1992 births

Living people

21st-century English LGBT people

English drag queens

English gay men

Gay entertainers

People from Burnley

People from Lancashire

RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants

Elektra Fence