Introduction
Maxi Shield is the stage name of Kristopher Elliot, an Australian drag performer who competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.
Career
Maxi Shield performed at the 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony and opened the Gay Games in 2002. She competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under. She impersonated Magda Szubanski during the Snatch Game challenge. Maxi Shield was eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two of the make-over challenge, then losing a lip-sync battle against Scarlet Adams. She has since appeared at RuPaul's DragCon UK.
In 2020, Maxi Shield and fellow Drag Race contestant Hannah Conda attempted to set a new world record for the largest Drag Queen Story Time event at Oxtravaganza.
Maxi Shield plays Maxine Fowler in the film The Winner Takes It All.
Personal life
Elliot is based in Sydney.
Maxi Shield participated in the "We're Better Than That" campaign to prevent domestic violence, having experienced it as a child.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Going Down Under | Transvestite |
| 2023 | The Winner Takes It All | Maxine Fowler |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | All Saints | Drag Queen | Episode: "Outside Looking In" |
| 2018 | You Can't Ask That | Herself | Episode: "Drag" |
| 2021 | RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1) | Herself (contestant) | 6th place |
| 2022 | Bring Back My Girls | Herself | Episode: "RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 1" |
| 2023 | Tongue Thai'd | Herself | Episode: "Maxi Shield at Crispy Pork Gang" |