Ts Madison

Ts Madison
Ts Madison in 2022
Occupations	Entertainer actress reality star
Years active	2004–present
Website	link.me/tsmadison

Madison Hinton, known professionally as Ts Madison,[1] is an American reality television personality and actress. With the reality show The Ts Madison Experience, she became the first Black transgender woman to star in and act as executive producer of her own reality series.[2] She has appeared in a variety of smaller films and some major television programs.[3]

Biography

A native of Miami, Florida,[2] Madison rose to fame in 2013 after going viral following the release of a Vine clip titled "New Weave 22 Inches.” The video features her exposing her nude body.[4] During this time, Madison was starring in adult films and running a successful production company.[5] On the LGBTQ&A podcast, Madison said she started doing sex work after being fired from multiple jobs for being trans.[5]

Madison signed a recording contract with Pink Money Records in 2014, releasing her debut album The New Supreme.[6]^[independent source needed] Madison published her memoir A Light Through the Shade: An Autobiography of a Queen in 2015.[7]

She appeared with Ellis Miah and RuPaul on the song "Drop" in 2016,[8]^[non-primary source needed] and collaborated with Todrick Hall on the song "DICK THIS BIG" in 2021.[9]^[non-primary source needed]

Madison has had smaller acting roles, such as in Zola and The Perfect Find on Netflix.[5] Madison also appeared in Bros, which was billed as "the first gay romantic comedy from a major studio".[10] Madison has made multiple appearances as a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, later becoming a rotating regular judge in season 15. In 2019, Silky Nutmeg Ganache played Madison in the Snatch Game episode of RuPaul's Drag Race season 11.[11]

In 2021, The Ts Madison Experience debuted on We TV, making Madison the first black trans woman to star in her own reality show. Madison was also an executive producer on the series.[2]

Madison's voice is sampled on the song "Cozy" on Beyoncé's 2022 album Renaissance.[12]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	The Comedy Show Show	Herself	1 episode
2018	Fish Tank	Herself	Amazon Prime Video, co-starred with Isis King and Arisce Wanzer[13]^[non-primary source needed]
2021	The Ts Madison Experience	Herself
2021–present	RuPaul's Drag Race	Herself	Guest judge (seasons 13–14, 3 episodes), Main judge (season 15–present)[3]
2022	Turnt Out with TS Madison	Herself	Fox Soul
2022	Hush	Mona Dee	8 episodes[14][15]
2022–present	Bring Back My Girls	Host	3 seasons, 19 episodes
2023–present	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars	Herself	Main judge (season 8–present)
2023	The Real Housewives of Atlanta	Herself	Episode: "Peach Passion"
2024	Married to Medicine	Herself	Episode: "A Very Powerful Message"

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Trans-Me	Madam Belair	Written by B. Octavious Sims and produced by SimGriggs Productions, directed by Sims and Gregory Griggs
2020	Zola	Hollywood
2022	Bros	Angela	[16]
2023	The Perfect Find	Greta

Works

Selected content featuring Madison includes the following:

Streaming television

• Wait a Minute (through World of Wonder Productions)[17][18]
• Bring Back My Girls (2022–present)[19][20]

Music

• The New Supreme (2014), released on Pink Money Records
• RuPaul's Butch Queen, Drop feat. Ts Madison (2016)[21]
• Khia's Next Caller, feat. Ts Madison (2017)[22]
• The Queens Supreme Court Theme Song (2018)
• Pop That Ass (2020)
• Rigel Gemini's Coffee In My Cup - Music Video (2021)[23]

Books

• A Light Through the Shade: An Autobiography of a Queen (2015), self-published by CreateSpace[7]

Awards

Madison was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Transgender Erotica Awards hosted by Grooby.[24][25] In 2019, she was honored in the Out magazine Top 100 influential LGBT people.[26] In 2022, she won the WOWIE Award for Best Viral Moment.[27] In 2022, Madison and Dominique Morgan were chosen as the Grand Marshals of the NYC Pride Parade.[28]

References

1. Thompson, Martine (February 23, 2022). "Ts Madison is Basking in the Glow of Her Purpose". W. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
2. Jossell, Shar (February 26, 2021). "TS Madison Is About to Make Reality Show History". Them. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
3. Nolfi, Joey (December 19, 2022). "Ts Madison joins RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 as rotating judge". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
4. Nichols, James Michael (March 13, 2016). "Trans Viral Star Ts Madison Opens Up About Fame, Visibility And More". HuffPost. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
5. Masters, Jeffrey (October 19, 2021). "The Future Belongs to Ts Madison". The Advocate. ISSN 0001-8996. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
6. "The New Supreme Has Risen Courtesy Of Pink Money Records American Commission" (PDF) (Press release). Los Angeles: American Commission. October 28, 2014. Archived from the original on April 6, 2018.
7. "TS Madison on her brand new memoir" (video). MSNBC. June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.^[time needed]
8. "Drop (feat. Ts Madison & Ellis Miah)" (audio). March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Spotify.
9. "DICK THIS BIG (feat. TS Madison)" (audio). June 8, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Spotify.
10. Goldberg, Lesley (September 23, 2021). "Billy Eichner Sets Historic LGBTQ Cast (With a Twist) for Universal's 'Bros' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
11. Rogers, Matt (April 18, 2019). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: The Deadliest Snatch". Vulture. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
12. Street, Mikelle (August 29, 2022). "TS Madison Talks Being Sampled On 'Renaissance:' 'You Never Know How Things Line Up'". Essence. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
13. "Fish Tank Season 1 | Prime Video". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
14. Cordero, Rosy (June 2, 2022). "AllBlk Greenlights Drama Series 'Hush' Starring Joyful Drake, Caryn Ward Ross, Erica Mena, More". Deadline. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
15. "T.S Madison". TVGuide.com. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
16. Kacala, Alexander (September 30, 2022). "TS Madison of 'Bros' on going from Vine star to movie star: 'I am where I belong'". TODAY. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
17. Nichols, James (August 6, 2014). "TS Madison Becomes The Star Of 'Wait A Minute' Web Series". HuffPost. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
18. Asea, Adam (December 24, 2014). "Ts Madison in Wait A Minute – Holiday Special". The Wow Report. World Of Wonder Productions. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
19. Yee, Lawrence (March 2, 2023). "Drag Race Series Bring Back My Girls Renewed for Season 2 With Host Ts Madison". TheWrap. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
20. "Bring Back My Girls". WOW Presents Plus. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
21. "Everything we know about RuPaul's Butch Queen so far". Gay Times. Coast Digital. February 27, 2016. ISSN 0950-6101. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020.
22. "Next Caller (feat. Ts. Madison) [Explicit]". Amazon. October 13, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
23. "Rigel Gemini Gets Steamy with Atlanta Queens in 'Coffee In My Cup'". Subvrt. February 11, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
24. Street, Sharan (March 7, 2016). "TEA Show Celebrates 2016 Winners Plus Grooby's First 20 Years". AVN. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
25. Pardon, Rhett (March 7, 2016). "Updated: Winners Are Announced for 2016 Transgender Erotica Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
26. "Here are your Out100 Entertainers of the Year Awards". Out. November 21, 2019. ISSN 1062-7928. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
27. "Here Are World of Wonder's 2022 WOWIE Awards Winners". World of Wonder. May 16, 2022. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
28. Mention, Bry'onna (May 17, 2022). "TS Madison And Dominique Morgan Announced As Grand Marshals For 2022 NYC Pride Parade". Essence. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

Further reading

• Granderson, LZ (August 3, 2022). "Column: Beyoncé embraces Black queer culture. And we live in Beyoncé's world". Los Angeles Times.

External links

• Ts Madison at IMDb
• Ts Madison at Rotten Tomatoes
• Ts Madison at TV Guide