“RuPaul’s Drag Race” has introduced a bevy of Jewish drag talent to America. From Jinkx Monsoon to Sasha Velour to Plane Jane, it feels like every new season has a glamorous, hilarious and gag-worthy Jewish drag queen. The latest in that line is Suzie Toot, who has already been featured in Vogue and the 2025 Out100 List since her time on the hit reality TV program.
Here are 18 things to know about her.
1. Benjamin Shaevitz (aka Suzie Toot) was born on April 5, 2000 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
2. She’s an Aries!
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3. “My dad’s side of the family is Russian-Jewish, and my mom’s side is Irish Catholic, but we were raised Jewish,” Suzie has said of her heritage. “We went to Hebrew school and we did the whole gambit. I had a bar mitzvah. It was my mom’s choice to raise us in the Jewish faith.”
4. She attended summer camp in the Poconos and was in the camp’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof” at 8 years old. “I was tragically in the ensemble, but let me tell you, I wanted to be Motel so bad, but it didn’t happen,” she explained to Hey Alma.
5. Suzie really started getting into theater during her time at Palm Beach Central High School. There, she portrayed Pugsley Addams in a school production of “The Addams Family” musical. She also learned how to tap dance in high school, something she later showed off on “Drag Race.”
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6. She has a BFA in musical theater!
7. Suzie’s drag name is directly pulled from her mother’s first name and maiden name: Susan Toot.
8. Her drag persona is inspired by stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood like Eleanor Powell and Ruby Keeler. Her drag is also inspired by queens Varla Jean Merman and Charles Busch.
9. She opened for Chappell Roan on her “Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” tour in 2023.
10. She starred in the 2023 indie horror film “Big Easy Queens” as Mimi Bouvèé-Truve, the estranged sister of Mob Queen of New Orleans Minnie Bouvèé.
11. Suzie became a breakout star of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 17, despite being eliminated just before the finale.
12. One of Suzie’s “Drag Race” looks was a Christmas tree-inspired dress, which she has thoughts about…
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13. “On the show, I discovered that everything that I love and is a part of me can come through the Suzie Toot character. It doesn’t just have to be a specific thing,” Suzie told Hey Alma in 2025.
You can listen to Suzie further break down her run on “Drag Race” in an episode of “Whatcha Packin’” with Michelle Visage:
14. After “Drag Race,” she moved to Brooklyn, NY.
15. Suzie has thus far released three singles: “Bonecoming,” “Smokin’ Suzie” and “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
16. She has an amazing (though technically not kosher) Ziegfield Follies menorah look:
the diva of all time :,) #suzietoot #dragqueen #adragqueenchristmas #dragrace #dragshow
“Once the vision came to me, of the wingspan being the menorah, and the feathers… I was like, ‘This is gonna be gonna be so good,’” she told Hey Alma.
17. Suzie’s short film “La Dichotomie” is appearing at multiple film festivals in 2026!
18. Please enjoy her message to Jewish fans (skip ahead to 10 minutes into the video):
Keep on truckin’, Suzie!