Nicholas Fry (born May 29, 2001), known professionally as Lydia B Kollins, is an American drag performer, filmmaker, and model who competed on the seventeenth season of ''

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'', where she finished in 7th place. On April 23, 2025, Kollins was announced as one of the contestants competing on the tenth season of ''

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.''

Early life and education

Fry was raised in

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, attending

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and graduating in 2019. They attended

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for film and graduated in 2023.

Career

Fry's drag persona Lydia B Kollins is derived from the ''

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'' character Lydia Deetz. Lydia B Kollins is a

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, and cites

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, and

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as inspirations. She started drag in the online drag community at the age of 15, competing on the web series ''Drag Showdown,'' as well as winning the third season of ''The Drag Ball'' web series. Her first time performing in public was for a

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event at

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in 2021. Prior to performing in drag full-time, she worked as a server at the

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in Pittsburgh. She auditioned only once for ''Drag Race''. As a model, she walked for

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’s "Bartsch Summer Camp Pride" event in 2021. Kollins opened for singer

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's Pittsburgh show as a part of The Midwest Princess Tour in April 2024. Her "home bars" are P*Town Bar in

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and Blue Moon in Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh. Kollins describes her drag as " grungy", "alternative", "eerie", and "vampy". Her Instagram following grew by 1,283 percent as the show aired. She is the only ''Drag Race'' contestant to compete on a second season before their first has aired, sharing that she was invited to participate again 3 weeks after filming of ''Drag Race Season 17'' finished, and that she had about 5 days to prepare for ''Drag Race All Stars 10.''

Personal life

Fry is based in

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. As of February 2025, Fry is dating fellow ''Drag Race'' contestant

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Filmography

Television

Web series

* ''Flammable Drag Race 1 (2017)'' , Contestant * ''Drag Showdown 3 (2018)'' , Contestant * ''The Drag Ball 2 (2019)'' , Contestant * ''The Drag Ball 3'' (2020) , Winner * ''DSDivas (2021)'' , Contestant *''

Whatcha Packin' ''Whatcha Packin'' is an aftershow for ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and its RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, ''All Stars'' and RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, ''Down Under'' spin-offs, hosted by Michelle Visage, who acts as a main judge for all three serie ...

'' (2025), hosted by

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, World of Wonder

References

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