Belli states he is of Yugoslav and Italian heritage. He lived in Florida for middle school and high school. Belli's father worked at the Kennedy Space Center. His aunt is television director Mary Lou Belli.īelli was overweight when he was young but lost the extra pounds by becoming vegetarian before being emancipated at 16. Belli met his husband Bruce, at nineteen. Career 2000–2008: Beginningsīelli's first acting credit was as the role of a street hustler named Bart Jaker on two episodes of The District (2002) and his first TV appearance was on an episode of the game show Street Smarts. He later appeared in the TV series The District, Boston Public, Cold Case, The Shield, My Name Is Earl and most notably Nip/Tuck as the transgender character Cherry Peck. Throughout the 2000s he would go on to play small roles in many television shows. He also had a small role in the film American Wedding. In 2008, Belli was featured on the single artwork for the song ' Breakin' Up' by Rilo Kiley. He has also modeled as part of the Tranimal Master Class Workshop at the Machine Project, which was photographed by Austin Young.

2009–2010: Drag careerīelli is a member of the band Tranzkuntinental, which made its debut at The Roxy in 2009.

The band was started by Charlie Paulson and Xander Smith and features drag queens Detox, Kelly Mantle, Rhea Litré, and Vicky Vox. In January 2011, he was featured in Rihanna's music video ' S&M' along with Detox and Morgan McMichaels as back-up dancers.

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