Rhys Nicholson

Rhys Nicholson (born 22 April 1990) is an Australian comedian and actor. He gained recognition as a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under starting in 2021. In addition to his work on the show, Nicholson has appeared on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. In 2011, he was featured in the ABC documentary GayCrashers, where he and Joel Creasey performed a stand-up show in Colac, a town where Creasey had previously experienced a homophobic attack. Nicholson is an advocate for marriage equality and publicly married comedian Zoe Coombs Marr in 2016. Nicholson and Coombs Marr were both nominated for the Barry Award for Best Show that year. In 2021, Nicholson also appeared on the panel show Patriot Brains and served as a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.