Shenay O'Brien

Shenay O’Brien is a vivacious, dynamic and versatile performer, and one of SA's premiere Entertainers. Breaking boundaries and making waves in the entertainment industry. She has been active since 2009, performing at various events and functions such as, Jabula Dames and 67, Pretoria Pride, Miss Gay 2017, Follicle Atellier Launch,  Blankets for Madiba, and was also the resident Drag Act at Monte Casino’s, Cantare. 

She has also been in various theatre and television productions such as Die van Aardes van Grootoor, Vellies & Feathers, AS, Dragging 30 (Grahamstown Arts Festival) and Sober Companion. In 2015 she became the first Drag Artist to be signed to an acting agency (Talent Etc). In the same year (2015) she made history worldwide by becoming the FIRST drag performer to receive a “golden ticket’ in the popular reality series Idols SA, and making it to the Top 16. 

In 2016 she performed and MC'ed at multiple events including her own Productions. 2016 also brought along Two nominations from BroadwayWorld.com: Best Actress in a Lead Role (AS) and Best Actress in a Featured Role (Dragging 30). 2017 she took a bit of a back seat focussing on Thiart's career, but she performed at Numerous Corporate events the biggest for her, partnering with the United Nations and Library Association of SA for the Global Movement: Dragqueen Story Hour, where she was the first in SA to participate in Soweto in June 2017. She is ready to hit the stage again in 2018 for a bigger and  better year. 

Shenay loves inspiring young people through the platform her career in the performing arts, focuses on educating and uplifting the youth of SA through her performances and Motivational Speaking and spreading her #glitterkisses wherever she goes.