# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vanessa-vanjie-mateo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:52:09.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vanessa-vanjie-mateo"
name: "Vanessa Vanjie Mateo"
slug: "vanessa-vanjie-mateo"
description: "Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, sometimes known as Vanessa Vanjie, Miss Vanjie, or simply Vanjie, is the stage name of José Luis Cancel, an American drag performer known for competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and placing fifth on the eleventh season of the show. In addition to competing on Drag Race, she has also appeared in many of its spin-offs, including RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue, Canada's Drag Race, and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, the latter of which she appeared as a contestant for its ninth season, where she placed runner-up along with season five and All Stars 2 contestant Roxxxy Andrews."
tagline: "American drag queen"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rupaul_Dragcon_2018-252_(42030783392).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1991-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.684497333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/vanessavanjie"
    handle:    "vanessavanjie"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/vanessavanjie/"
    handle:    "vanessavanjie"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@vanessavanjie"
    handle:    "vanessavanjie"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Vanessa-Vanjie-Mateo-439488576394225"
    handle:    "Vanessa-Vanjie-Mateo-439488576394225"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9720348/"
    handle:    "nm9720348"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7yWq8vcd2s3jM4QFNOKzku"
    handle:    "7yWq8vcd2s3jM4QFNOKzku"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.vanessavanjie.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/6548811"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Vanjie_Mateo"
    title: "Vanessa Vanjie Mateo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Vanjie_Mateo"
    title: "Vanessa Vanjie Mateo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Vanjie_Mateo"
    title: "Vanessa Vanjie Mateo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A6%D9%88"
    title: "ونسا وانجی ماتئو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Vanjie_Mateo"
    title: "Vanessa Vanjie Mateo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92'%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%90%D7%95"
    title: "ונסה ונג'י מטאו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Vanjie_Mateo"
    title: "Vanessa Vanjie Mateo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e7ac3799-10c0-4fee-aa37-07dc8eb82178"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52106707"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2392559"
    title: "Vanessa Vanjie"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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