Kornbread Jeté is the stage name of Demoria Elise Williams (born January 14, 1992), an American drag queen best known for competing on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2022.
Early life and education Williams was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. She later moved to Los Angeles to study musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).
Career As of 2022, Kornbread works at The Abbey in Los Angeles, and hosts weekly Drag Race watch parties at West Hollywood's Abbey Food & Bar.
In 2022, she competed on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race. She performed an original song routine for the opening episode's talent show and won the challenge, which came with a cash prize of $5,000. In her routine, she used a milk carton with former Drag Race judge Merle Ginsberg depicted as a missing person. In the fifth episode, it was announced that Kornbread had to withdraw from the competition after rolling her ankle the week prior, ultimately coming in 11th Place. At the finale, she was announced as Season 14's Miss Congeniality, having been chosen by her fellow contestants, and won a $10,000 cash prize. Kornbread, along with fellow RuPaul's Drag Race alumni Ginger Minj and Kahmora Hall, appeared in the 2022 film Hocus Pocus 2.
She has appeared in videos with Brandon Rogers and Fine Brothers Entertainment, and has been featured in Thrillist.
Personal life Kornbread is a transgender woman. She is close friends with Kerri Colby, a fellow Drag Race contestant and trans woman. Kornbread has said of Colby, "She's literally walked me through so much of my transition that no one understands how much she's done for me personally. She's not my drag mom, but I tell her she's definitely partly my trans mom."
Kornbread is the drag daughter of Calypso Jeté Balmain who won the first season of Legendary with the House of Balmain. Her "drag sister" is Hershii LiqCour-Jeté, who competed on the sixteenth season of Drag Race.
On September 26, 2022, Kornbread announced via an Instagram post that she had been diagnosed with an early stage adenocarcinoma, a type of intestinal cancer, and used her experience to raise awareness of the disease.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleRef2022Hocus Pocus 2Mary Sanderson impersonator
Television Year Title Role Notes 2019 The Boulet Brothers' Dragula Herself Cameo; season 3, episode 1 2021 Wigs in a Blanket Herself 2022 RuPaul's Drag Race Contestant Season 14, 6 episodes (11th place) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Herself Season 13, 4 episodes Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Herself Guest; season 19, episode 40 2023 RuPaul's Drag Race Herself Guest; season 15, 1 episode;named Miss Congeniality
Music videos Year Title Artist 2019"Freedom"Kameron Michaels2021"Is It Me?"Scarlet Envy2022"C'mon Baby Cry"Orville Peck"Taste So Good" Weedmaps x Cann "Angle" Willow Pill
Internet series Year Title Role Notes 2019Spectrum Herself Episode: "Do All Drag Queens Think The Same?" Blame the Hero H.B. / Queen's Advisor Guest role; 3 episodes 2020Blood & Makeup Dr. Linda Guest role; Episode: "Part3" 2021 Normal British Series The Sacred One Main role 2022Whatcha Packin’ Herself GuestBinge Queens Herself Guest The Awardist Herself Guest Folx Presents Herself Guest EW News FlashHerselfGuest with Ginger Minj and Kahmora HallOut of the Closet Herself Guest 2023Amigas y Amores Herself Guest Starring Sissy That Talk Show with Joseph ShepherdHerselfPodcast; GuestThe Pit Stop Herself Guest BryceGloria Goopty Main role 2024Class Acts Rhoda May Recurring roleGive It To Me StraightHerself Guest 2025Dragged Ink Herself Guest
Awards and nominations Year Award-giving body Category Work Results Ref.2022Critics' Choice Real TV AwardsBest Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series(Shared with the Season 14 cast)RuPaul's Drag Race 2023Queerty AwardsCloset Door Bustdown(Shared with Bosco, Jasmine Kennedie and Willow Pill)Future All-StarHerself
See also List of LGBT African Americans List of people from Los Angeles List of transgender people
References
External links
Kornbread Jete at IMDb