Jonathan Van Ness

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Jonathan Van Ness (April 2018)

Jonathan Van Ness (* 28. March 1987 in Quincy , Illinois ) is an American hairdresser , podcasters , television personality and known for Webserien- parody Gay of Thrones and as a nursing expert in Netflix telecast Queer Eye .

Life

Origin and education

Van Ness was born and raised in Quincy, Illinois, USA. He was the first male cheerleader in Quincy Senior High School and continued cheerleading in college. He lost his cheerleading scholarship because his grades dropped due to his habit of skipping classes to watch reruns of the Golden Girls series. Van Ness then attended the University of Arizona with a focus on political science , but dropped out after one semester to train as a hair stylist at the Aveda Institute in Minneapolis .

Career

After training as a stylist, Van Ness worked in Arizona for five years before moving to the West Coast of Los Angeles in 2009 , where he found a job as a personal assistant at the Sally Hershberger Salon. He works at MoJoHair and Stile Salon, both in Los Angeles, which he co-founded with Monique Northrop at Arte Salon in New York City .

In 2013, Van Ness did the hair of his then girlfriend Erin Gibson, who worked for the comedy website Funny or Die . Gibson asked him to do a rerun of a Game of Thrones episode as a parody for Funny or Die ; this subsequently became the Gay of Thrones web series. In 2018 Van Ness was nominated for an Emmy Award for this web series.

Since 2015 Van Ness moderates the weekly podcast Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness and Netflix plays 2018 revival of Queer Eye on the role of nursing experts.

In 2018 Van Ness alternated between Los Angeles and New York.

Private life

Van Ness has always been openly gay and has been harassed and even received death threats throughout school. He used humor as a coping mechanism and relied on a small group of close friends to help him do this. In June 2019 Van Ness declares one's own gender identity to be non-binary (genderqueer) , meaning "sometimes feeling like a boy and sometimes like a girl"; nevertheless he would like to continue to be referred to with masculine pronouns .

Van Ness had already publicly stated in 2018 that he had psoriasis and wanted to help other sufferers. In September 2019, Van Ness came out as HIV positive as part of the publication of his autobiography . He writes about a traumatic rape he suffered in childhood and his past as a drug addict and prostitute .

Filmography

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year title role Remarks
2013-2017 Gay of Thrones Jonathan regular appearances, 45 episodes
2014 I love the 2000s oneself regular appearances, 10 episodes
2016 Last Will and Testicle Follow acceptance
from 2018 Queer Eye regular appearances, 33 episodes
2018 The yellow of the egg Participation: episode 3, 2, 1 ... you are not finished!
2019 Lip Sync Battle Participation: Season 5, Episode 1

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Van Ness  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ jvn: Jonathan Van Ness on Instagram. In: Instagram . March 27, 2018, accessed on November 26, 2019 (English): “97,120 likes: I turn 31 tomorrow, what a year it's been. The reoccurring theme I've been shown is to advocate for yourself. Even when it means you may not please everyone, or it feels inconvenient. #selflove “ .
  2. ↑ Gerrad Hall: “Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness on the moment that made him “super-duper uncomfortable”. In: Entertainment Weekly . February 8, 2018, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Matt Dutton: Life Stories: Van Ness on whirlwind journey as one of Fab Five on “Queer Eye” reboot. In: Whig.com. March 5, 2018, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Video from 92nd Street Y: Netflix's Queer Eye in Conversation on YouTube, June 21, 2018, accessed November 26, 2019 (English; 95 minutes; discussion with Jonathan Van Ness).
  5. ↑ a b David Yi: The irresistible charm of “Queer Eye's” resident sassy queen Jonathan Van Ness. In: VeryGoodLight.com. February 26, 2018, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Editor: Jonathan Van Ness's First Financial Principle: "I'm a girl who has to stop herself from shopping". In: Wealthsimple.com. June 15, 2018, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Chris Thomas: Meet the Five Fab Men of Netflix's “Queer Eye” Reboot. In: Out.com . December 8, 2017, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Jonathan Van Ness, interviewed by the WereaBigDeal editorial team: You're A Big Deal: Jonathan Van Ness, LA Hair Stylist. ( Memento of October 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: WereaBigDeal.com. 2012, accessed on November 26, 2019.
  9. ↑ Jonathan Van Ness, interviewed by Eric Diaz: A Chat with Jonathan Van Ness. ( Memento from January 18, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) In: Nerdist.com. July 14, 2014, accessed November 26, 2019.
  10. ↑ Overview: Awards & Nominations: “Gay Of Thrones”. In: Emmys.com . Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Erin Ben-Moche: Jonathan Van Ness is nominated for “Gay of Thrones” and “Queer Eye” - and he “can't even”. In: Los Angeles Times . July 12, 2018, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Spotify : Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness. List of episodes, accessed November 26, 2019.
  13. ↑ Netflix press release: Queer Eye. In: netflix.com. February 18, 2018, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Caitlin Gallagher: Who Is Jonathan Van Ness From “Queer Eye”? "Gay of Thrones" Fans May Recognize This Hilarious Stylist. In: Bustle.com. February 7, 2018, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Layne Adams: Queer Eye 15 Facts About the New Fab Five. In: TheThings.com. February 28, 2018, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Message (dk): Jonathan Van Ness: “Queer Eye” star comes out as non-binary. In: Queer.de. June 11, 2019, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Fran Tirado: Lifestyle - Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness: “I'm Nonbinary”. In: Out.com . June 10, 2019, accessed November 26, 2019; Quote: "Van Ness describes himself as" nonbinary "and" genderqueer, "also clarified that he prefers he / him pronouns, but does not identify as a" man. " [...] The older I get, the more I think that I'm nonbinary - I'm gender nonconforming. Like, some days I feel like a man, but then other days I feel like a woman. I don't really - I think my energies are really all over the place. "
  18. ↑ Kayleigh Fasanella: Jonathan Van Ness Opens Up About Psoriasis, Skin Care, and Self-Acceptance With Allure. In: Allure.com . March 23, 2018, accessed November 26, 2019 .
  19. ^ Announcement (dk): Autobiography: Jonathan Van Ness comes out as HIV-positive. In: Queer.de. September 23, 2019, accessed November 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Van Ness, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American barber, podcaster, and television personality
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Quincy , Illinois