Career beginnings Sanchez trained to be a
make-up artist. He created his drag persona in 2009
Cosmopolitan and
Volition Magazine among others. Sanchez developed his drag persona by himself. He does not have a drag mother, nor does he belong to any drag family. The name Nicky Doll is a tribute to
Nicki Minaj and is meant to evoke versatility and reflect the different personalities Sanchez's drag persona exhibits. Sanchez self-describes Nicky Doll as a 90's life-size doll.
2020: ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' Nicky Doll's participation on season 12 of
RuPaul’s Drag Race was announced on January 23, 2020. She is the first
French contestant on the US version of the show. She was described as a ‘look queen’ that she experienced during the show. Nicky Doll was eliminated at the end of episode 5 and placed eleventh overall. During her time on the show, Nicky Doll was in the top once, and in the bottom two times. She successfully lip-synced "for her life" against
Dahlia Sin in episode 3, to
Problem by
Ariana Grande featuring
Iggy Azalea. In episode 5, she was unsuccessful in her performance against
Heidi N Closet to the song "
Heart to Break" by
Kim Petras. As a result of his appearance on
Drag Race, Nicky Doll was hand-picked by
RuPaul to do
Pete Davidson's makeup for a pre-recorded sketch on an episode of
Saturday Night Live which was hosted by RuPaul.
2022-present: Drag Race France, Les Voyages de Nicky and other TV appearances In March 2022, Nicky Doll was announced as the host of
Drag Race France. The first season of
Drag Race France premiered on June 25, 2022.
Drag Race France All Stars was announced in November 2024, after 3 seasons of
Drag Race France. In addition to hosting the show, Nicky Doll has headlined the
Drag Race France Live tour after the airing of each season, with performances in most major French cities as well as a few stops in
Belgium and
Switzerland. The documentary had its international premiere on October 20, 2024 at the
Chelsea Film Festival in New York City. In May 2024, Nicky Doll provided commentary for the French broadcast of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2024 semi-finals on
Culturebox. That same month, Nicky took part in the
2024 Summer Olympics torch relay in
Arles, France, becoming the second drag queen to carry the Olympic torch. On July 26, 2024, Nicky Doll was a part of the fashion runway and dance (
Festivité) segment for the televised
opening ceremony of the
2024 Summer Olympics and performed her newly released single, "I had a dream". Following remarks made by
Laurence Fox calling Nicky Doll and other drag performers "deviant little pedos" on
Twitter during the opening ceremonies, Sanchez filed a
complaint in defamation towards Fox and other social media users on August 2. Sanchez commented "I’m about to sue you again for defamation – the same exact topic that you were sued on and lost," in reference to a case won by Canadian-British drag performer
Crystal against Fox for similar remarks. == Personal life ==