Mrs. Kasha Davis (born March 12, 1971) is the stage name of Edward Paul Popil Jr., an American drag queen, actor and television personality from Scranton, Pennsylvania. She is best known for competing on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. After appearing on the reality television show, Mrs. Kasha Davis toured internationally, released several musical singles, and performed in film, television and theatre.
Career Based in Rochester, Mrs. Kasha Davis frequently performs with long-time collaborators and fellow RuPaul's Drag Race alums Pandora Boxx and Darienne Lake. She has performed "Bosom Buddies", a two-woman show with Darienne Lake nationally and internationally. Prior to Drag Race, Mrs. Kasha Davis starred in and co-wrote the film Mrs. Kasha Davis: The Life of an International Housewife Celebrity with Michael Steck (Pandora Boxx). For fourteen years, Mrs. Kasha Davis has co-written and performed with fellow Rochester-based drag queen Aggy Dune in "Big Wigs", a touring diva impersonation theater show.
Mrs. Kasha Davis has performed her one-woman show "There's Always Time for a Cocktail" at Laurie Beechman Theater in New York, as well as venues in San Francisco, Rochester, London and Brighton in the United Kingdom. She is also an advocate for and frequent performer in Drag Story Hour, a national event bringing drag queens into libraries and theaters to read books to children.
Since appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race, Mrs. Kasha Davis is currently starring with Deven Green in WOW Presents Plus series Tails of the City: Pets 4 Pets. She additionally had a supporting role as Vicki Leaks in the film Hurricane Bianca 2: From Russia with Hate and hosted the film's Los Angeles premiere.
In June 2019, Mrs. Kasha Davis was one of 37 queens to be featured on the cover of New York Magazine. In 2021, director Angela Washko's documentary film Workhorse Queen premiered at Slamdance Film Festival. The film focuses on Popil's life before and after getting cast on RuPaul's Drag Race. In 2023, Davis was announced as a competitor on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. During Episode Three, she landed in the bottom two alongside Darienne Lake, and the winner of the week's "lip-sync for the win", Jessica Wild (who beat the episode's "lip-sync assassin”, Ra'Jah O'Hara, to Kim Petras’ “Coconuts”), chose Davis to be eliminated, giving her a placement of 10th out of 12 contestants.
Personal life Popil was born to Ellen, a cosmetics saleswoman, and Edward Paul Popil Sr., a U.S. Marshal. She grew up in Taylor, Pennsylvania. Her grandmother, Mae Miller, was a local celebrity vaudeville whistler in Scranton who hosted a local radio show called The Italian Hour. She is married to Steven Levins, who frequently makes out-of-drag public appearances alongside Davis as "Mr. Kasha Davis". He is a stepfather to his two children, Melissa and Jessica, making him one of the few Drag Race contestants with children.
He and Levins frequently collaborate on music and video content. He graduated from Marywood University with a BA in theatre before becoming a principal dancer at the Ballet Theatre of Scranton. He has been sober since July 13, 2015.
From 1988 to 1998, until coming out as gay, he was married to a woman.
During the Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 semester, Popil taught at SUNY Brockport as a artist-in-residence in partnership with the college.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2008Mrs. Kasha Davis: The Life of an International Housewife CelebrityMrs. Kasha DavisShort film; actor2018Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with HateVicki LeaksFilm; actor 2021 Workhorse Queen Herself Documentary
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2015RuPaul's Drag RaceHerself11th Place (Eliminated in Episode 5)2016Hey Qween!Season 4, Episode 42018RuPaul's Drag RaceSeason 10, Episode 1 The Browns Guest appearance 2023 RuPaul's Drag Race All StarsContestant RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked Drag Me to Dinner Hulu original
Music videos YearTitleArtist2015"Uptown Fish"Shangela
Web series Year Title Role Notes 2015RuPaul's Drag Race: UntuckedHerself2017Transformations with James St. JamesSeason 5, Episode 32018Tails of the City: Pets 4 Pets2019This Is ShitHost, World of Wonder original 2020 The Golden Pandemic Sophia Starring role2023Meet the QueensHerselfStand-alone special RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8 EW News Flash Guest BuzzFeed Celeb Guest
Discography
EPs TitleRelease dateLabelFormatsIt Takes a Lot of Balls to Be a Lady! May 8, 2016Self-releaseddigital download
Singles As lead artist TitleYearAlbum"Cocktail" 2015rowspan="3" "Seasoned Queen" (featuring Adam Barta)"Basic"2018
As featured artist TitleYearAlbum"Can I Get an Amen" 2015RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz 2 "One Last Christmas Card"(Adam Barta featuring Mrs. Kasha Davis, Eureka O'Hara, & Kennedy Davenport) 2016rowspan="2" "Money, Success, Fame, Glamour" 2023
Other appearances Song Year Other Artist(s) Album "Cocktail" (Jared Jones Mojito Radio Mix) 2019 Jared Jones JRED Music Presents... Jared Jones Remixes "Always Time" 2019 Nico Raimont Popstar "Free To Be" (Brian Cua Club Remix) 2023 Various Artist Free To Be (The Remixes)
References
External links
Edward Popil on IMDb Mrs. Kasha Davis singles and albums on iTunes