The primary two episodes of Physician Who season 14, with Ncuti Gatwa because the Physician, had been launched on Could 12, and reasonably than the Physician himself, everyone seems to be speaking about one character—Maestro. They’re one hell of a villain, however the place have you ever seen that face earlier than?

Plainly irrespective of the place you look presently, you merely can’t keep away from the face of Maestro. The musically gifted villain is the simple star of The Satan’s Chord, the latest episode of this season of Physician Who up to now, they usually’re really a fairly acquainted face to some individuals. 

Within the present, Maestro is hell-bent on their mission to rid the world of music and maintain it for themselves, however in actual life, the actor who performs them is versus this concept because it will get. 

Jinkx Monsoon, whose authorized identify is Hera Hoffer, is an American drag queen, singer, songwriter, actress and comic. It’s protected to say that she’s bought a severe quantity of expertise and is famous for her capacity to carry out off-the-cuff impersonations of celebrities. Up to now, she has launched two studio albums (The Inevitable Album in 2014 and The Ginger Snapped in 2018), so if anybody was good for the position of Maestro, it could be her. 

Nonetheless, familiarity with Jinkx is extra more likely to come from her roles on tv. Whereas she doesn’t have an in depth appearing profession behind her, she was one of many featured drag queens on season 5 of Ru Paul’s Drag Race again in 2013, profitable the season. She got here again to the present in 2022, when she took half in season seven of Ru Paul’s Drag Race All Stars, occurring to win that too and incomes the title “The Queen of Queens”. 

She did have some appearing below her belt earlier than turning into the star of The Satan’s Chord. She voice acted in an episode of Steven Universe, enjoying the principle antagonist of the episode “ Lars of the Stars”, Emerald. She was additionally in an episode of Blue Bloods, enjoying Tallulah, in addition to offering her voice as Normulon and Lemongrab within the gender-swapping Journey Time: Fionna and Cake.