Miss Understood
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Miss Understood (real name: Alex Heimberg) is an American drag queen originally from Levittown, New York, who has been based in New York City since the late 1980s. She was a prominent figure in the East Village drag scene of the early 1990s which revolved around the legendary Pyramid Club and Wigstock, an annual open air drag festival. Her film and television appearances include To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, HBO's Dragtime, Wigstock, The Movie, and Sex and the City. She is currently "CEO and Spokesmodel" of Screaming Queens Entertainment, a New York-based drag booking agency.