The Vivienne death: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner dies suddenly aged 32

The Vivienne, who was born in Wales, rose to prominence after competing in and eventually winning the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2019, having previously been appointed as the UK Drag Ambassador to the US show four years earlier.

James Lee Williams, the popular British drag performer and singer who went by the name The Vivienne, has died aged 32.

After Drag Race, The Vivienne went on to appear in the critically acclaimed, award-winning medical drama This is Going to Hurt, based on Adam Kay’s memoir of the same name.