Mistress Isabelle Brooks

About

Mistress Isabelle Brooks (real first name Israel; born July 14, 1998) is an American drag queen who competed on the fifteenth season of the television show RuPaul’s Drag Race and the tenth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she started doing drag as a teenager and later performed at Hamburger Mary’s, JR’s Bar and Grill, and South Beach prior to competing on Drag Race. In 2023, Mistress Isabelle Brooks was added to the lineup of the touring drag show Werq the World.

Mistress Isabelle Brooks was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She discovered drag at around age 14, when she saw GIFs referencing the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race on social-media platform Tumblr and friends recommended the show. She started doing drag at age 16, and she concurrently attended high school and cosmetology school.

By the time she was 18 years old, Mistress Isabelle Brooks was performing in drag professionally. In Houston, she was an original cast member at the drag-themed restaurant chain Hamburger Mary’s, and has regularly performed at JR’s Bar and Grill, where she hosted weekly Drag Race viewing parties, and the nightclub South Beach…