# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/courtney-act
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:29:59.951Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/courtney-act"
name: "Courtney Act"
slug: "courtney-act"
description: "Shane Gilberto Jenek, better known under the stage name Courtney Act, is an Australian drag queen, singer and television personality. Courtney first came to prominence competing on the first season of Australian Idol in 2003. After the show, she signed to BMG Australia, and she released her debut single, \"Rub Me Wrong\", which peaked at No. 29 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified Gold. While auditioning for Australian Idol, she became the first \"openly queer and gender diverse contestant\" to openly appear on the show. 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."
tagline: "Australian drag queen"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Life_Ball_2014_32_Courtney_Act_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1982-02-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           73.88
  momentum:             15
  historical:           14.539804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  36
  category: null
totalFollowers: 251000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/courtneyact"
    handle:    "courtneyact"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/courtneyact/"
    handle:    "courtneyact"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneyact"
    handle:    "courtneyact"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/CourtneyAct"
    handle:    "CourtneyAct"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1468208/"
    handle:    "nm1468208"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.courtneyact.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGW2-UjIiv60o_KDe6Nus0w"
    handle:    "@courtneyact"
    followers: 251000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA"
    title: "کورتنی اکت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Act"
    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Act"
    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Act"
    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA"
    title: "کورتنی اکت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Act"
    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%98"
    title: "קורטני אקט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%94%ED%8A%B8%EB%8B%88_%EC%95%A1%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "코트니 액트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Act"
    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Act"
    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Act"
    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Act"
    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Act"
    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ac2dbeb9-bfc2-4173-a2bc-98660b830046"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5178572"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1446674"
    title: "Courtney Act"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump