Brita Filter, mononymously known as Brita on the show, is the stage name of Jesse Havea, a drag performer and one of the Season 12 contestants of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Havea grew up as a child performer, and later went on to book national tours with theater companies and eventually studied acting at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He later became a stage actor and performed in various regional and national productions. He landed the role of a stepsister in the musical production of Cinderella. On the last night of his tenure with this production, Havea met a girl named “Brita” and decided to make “Brita Filter” his stage name that night. Havea is a co-chair of Drag Out The Vote, a nonpartisan nonprofit that works with drag performers to promote participation in democracy.