# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonathan-van-ness
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:53:36.729Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonathan-van-ness"
name: "Jonathan Van Ness"
slug: "jonathan-van-ness"
description: "Jonathan McDonald Van Ness, also commonly referred to by his initials J.V.N., is an American hairstylist, podcast host and television personality. He is best known as the grooming expert on the Netflix series Queer Eye, for his work on the web series parody Gay of Thrones, and for hosting the Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness podcast. He is also known for comedy tours, the 2023 tour entitled Fun & Slutty with Jonathan Van Ness."
tagline: "American hairstylist and TV personality (born 1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan_Van_Ness%2C_2018-04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "non-binary"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1987-03-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.327335539870464
  historical:           13.39280666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 123
totalFollowers: 284000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5580581/"
    handle:    "nm5580581"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jvn/"
    handle:    "jvn"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@jvn_official"
    handle:    "jvn_official"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jvn"
    handle:    "jvn"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "jonathan.vanness"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf5LdDDOm1hYgDcSP3KimNA"
    handle:    "@jvn"
    followers: 284000
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    title: "Jonathan Van Ness"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Van_Ness"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jonathan Van Ness"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump