After brief stints in the Houses of Evangelista and Ferocity, she forms the House of Wintour before rejoining the House of Evangelista in the final season. Dominique Jackson as Elektra Evangelista, mother of the former House of Abundance.She is the founder and mother of the House of Evangelista. Michaela Jaé Rodriguez as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista, a trans woman with HIV/AIDS and former member of the House of Abundance.
Others are working as dominatrices and strippers. With the release of songs by Madonna, Malcolm McLaren, and others, some aspects of the ballroom dance styles begin to go mainstream, and members of the community find new opportunities as dancers and dance teachers. Some have become AIDS activists with ACT UP, and everyone is now attending frequent fundraisers, funerals and memorial services for their many friends and lovers in the community that have been hard-hit by the AIDS pandemic. More of the characters are now either HIV-positive or living with AIDS. Pose season 1 is set in 1987–88 and looks at "the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York": the African-American and Latino ball culture world, the downtown social and literary scene, and the rise of the yuppie milieu. On July 13, 2021, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez made Emmy history in becoming the first trans lead ever nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series. The third and final season premiered on May 2, 2021, and concluded on June 6, 2021, to further positive reviews. The second season premiered on June 11, 2019, to further acclaim.
The series was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the same ceremony. In 2019, Porter was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series – the first openly gay black man to be nominated for and win in an Emmy lead acting category.
The first season was met with largely positive reception and subsequently received numerous award nominations including the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for Billy Porter. It stars an ensemble cast including Evan Peters, Kate Mara, James Van Der Beek, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Billy Porter, Indya Moore, Ryan Jamaal Swain, Charlayne Woodard, Hailie Sahar, Angelica Ross, Angel Bismark Curiel, Dyllón Burnside, Sandra Bernhard, and Jason A. Featured characters are dancers and models, who compete for trophies and recognition in this underground culture and who support one another in a network of chosen families known as Houses.Ĭreated by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Steven Canals, the series aired from June 3, 2018, to June 6, 2021, on FX. Pose (stylized as POSE) is an American drama television series about New York City's drag ball culture scene, an LGBTQ subculture in the African-American and Latino communities, throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Touchstone Television (seasons 1–2)ĭisney-ABC Domestic Television (Season 3).