Early in her career, Turner performed atTacoma, Washington's pride festival. In Seattle, she performed at the bar R Place and hosted the Robbie Turner Revue at the Hard Rock Café.[2]
Turner auditioned forRuPaul's Drag Race multiple times before being cast for theeighth season. Fellow Seattle performerJinkx Monsoon endorsed Turner in the submitted audition tape.[1] During the "Snatch Game" competition, Turner portrayedDiana Vreeland.[3] Turner was eliminated fromDrag Race after losing alip sync battle toDerrick Barry.[4][5][6]Vulture ranked Turner number 53 on their list of "Every Snatch Game Impersonation onRuPaul's Drag Race, Ranked".[3]The Independent's Lily Pearson included Turner's lip sync againstCynthia Lee Fontaine in her list of "the most unmissable moments" inDrag Race history.[7] In 2018,Instinct ranked Turner number 80 in the article, "The Definitive List: Ranking All theRuPaul's Drag Race Queens from 1 to 126", and Stephen Daw ofBillboard ranked Les Chicken Wings (a group composed of Turner,Kim Chi, andNaomi Smalls) number 18 on his list of the "50 Best Musical Moments" on the show.[8]
Turner has appeared on the web series "Capitol Hill" withBenDeLaCreme.[9] She appeared onHey Qween in 2017. Turner wrote the book,I'll Tell You for Free.[10]
In addition to performing at Seattle'sQueer/Bar, Turner has served as the bar's entertainment producer. Turner took a "personal leave" in 2018.[11][12]
Turner lived in Seattle'sCapitol Hill neighborhood, as of 2016.[1]
In April 2018, Turner claimed to be involved in a fatalUber accident.[13] She later admitted the accident did not happen, after media outlets noted inconsistencies with her story.[14][15][16]
