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Thairin Smothers

  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
  • Casting Department
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Thairin Smothers is known for RuPaul's Drag Race (2009), RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (2009) and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012).
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    • Won 5 Primetime Emmys
      • 10 wins & 8 nominations total

    Known for

    RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
    RuPaul's Drag Race
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Producer
    RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (2009)
    RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Producer
    RuPaul in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012)
    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Producer
    RuPaul in RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019)
    RuPaul's Drag Race UK
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Drag Race Down Under vs the World
      • co-executive producer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Drag Race Down Under vs the World (2026)
      Drag Race Down Under vs the World
      7.1
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2026
    • RuPaul in RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019)
      RuPaul's Drag Race UK
      8.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • senior producer
      • 2019–2026
    • RuPaul in RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012)
      RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
      8.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • senior producer ...
      • 2012–2026
    • RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
      RuPaul's Drag Race
      8.5
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • senior producer
      • talent producer
      • 2011–2026
    • RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World (2022)
      RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World
      7.0
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • senior producer
      • 2022–2026
    • Drag Race México (2023)
      Drag Race México
      6.9
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2023
    • Drag Race Brasil (2023)
      Drag Race Brasil
      7.9
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2023
    • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! (2012)
      RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked!
      7.2
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2023
    • Painted with Raven (2021)
      Painted with Raven
      7.6
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2021–2022
    • Drag Race Philippines (2022)
      Drag Race Philippines
      8.1
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2022
    • Canada's Drag Race (2020)
      Canada's Drag Race
      7.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2020–2022
    • Lawrence Chaney in Tartan Around with Lawrence Chaney (2022)
      Tartan Around with Lawrence Chaney
      7.4
      TV Series
      • svp of talent and casting
      • 2022
    • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (2009)
      RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!
      7.7
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • senior producer
      • 2018–2022
    • Blu Hydrangea in RuPaul & Blu Hydrangea: Champion (Ru x Blu) (2022)
      RuPaul & Blu Hydrangea: Champion (Ru x Blu)
      Music Video
      • co-executive producer
      • 2022
    • Jan, Peppermint, Krysta Rodriguez, Jaymes Mansfield, Ginger Minj, and Brock Hayhoe in The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (2021)
      The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • co-executive producer
      • 2021

    Additional Crew

    • Dear Viv (2025)
      Dear Viv
      8.1
      • svp talent
      • 2025
    • Big Freedia Means Business (2023)
      Big Freedia Means Business
      7.8
      TV Series
      • svp: talent
      • 2023–2024
    • Jimbo in Jimbo Presents: It's My Special Show! (2023)
      Jimbo Presents: It's My Special Show!
      6.1
      TV Series
      • svp: talent
      • 2023
    • Jan, Peppermint, Krysta Rodriguez, Jaymes Mansfield, Ginger Minj, and Brock Hayhoe in The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (2021)
      The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • svp of talent and casting
      • 2021
    • Derrick Barry, Davis Heppenstall, Yvie Oddly, Antwan Lee, Kameron Michaels, and Vanessa Vanjie in RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue (2020)
      RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • svp of talent
      • 2020
    • Stonewall Outloud (2019)
      Stonewall Outloud
      7.8
      Short
      • svp of talent
      • 2019
    • Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts (2019)
      Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts
      7.3
      • senior vp of talent: World of Wonder
      • 2019
    • I'm Coming Home (2018)
      I'm Coming Home
      6.1
      TV Series
      • svp of talent
      • 2018
    • Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova in The Trixie & Katya Show (2017)
      The Trixie & Katya Show
      8.4
      TV Series
      • senior vp of talent: World of Wonder
      • 2018
    • RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
      RuPaul's Drag Race
      8.5
      TV Series
      • senior vp of talent
      • archival stills courtesy of
      • 2009–2017
    • Inside Deep Throat (2005)
      Inside Deep Throat
      6.7
      • researcher
      • 2005
    • Michael Alig in Party Monster (1998)
      Party Monster
      7.1
      • researcher
      • 1998
    • Jerry Springer in The Jerry Springer Show (1991)
      The Jerry Springer Show
      3.8
      TV Series
      • intern
      • 1992

    Casting Department

    • Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Joel McHale, Chris Parnell, RuPaul, Symone, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jujubee, Matt Rogers, Ginger Minj, and Marcia Marcia Marcia in Stop! That! Train! (2026)
      Stop! That! Train!
      5.8
      • casting executive
      • 2026
    • Vanessa Williams, Graham Norton, Michelle Visage, Pierre Alexandre, Jazell Barbie Royale, Alan Geraci, Militia Scunt, Chloe V, Viola, Miss Sistrata, Taiga Brava, Trevor Ashley, Trixie Mattel, and Maxie Andreison in Queen of the Universe (2021)
      Queen of the Universe
      7.1
      TV Series
      • svp of talent and casting
      • 2021
    • Izzy G. in AJ and the Queen (2020)
      AJ and the Queen
      7.5
      TV Series
      • casting consultant for drag cast
      • 2020
    • Roy Haylock in Not Today Bianca (2016)
      Not Today Bianca
      6.8
      TV Series
      • vp of talent
      • 2016

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Thairin

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