As of 2019, she stars in the TLC transformational makeover television series Dragnificent as the makeup and body image expert.

[11] As Alexis Michelle, Michaels originated a role in the one-act campy comedy show Rags to B***hes: A Battle of Wits & Wigs.

[12] Michelle was announced as one of the fourteen contestants selected to compete on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 2, 2017.

[14] Two episodes later, she was in the bottom-two for her performance in the comedy roast challenge, but ultimately sent-home Farrah Moan to a lip sync-battle of Dolly Parton's "Baby I'm Burning".

[19] In 2023, she was chosen to return and compete on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, in which she placed fourth overall.

[20] In 2024, Michelle performed the role of Albin in the Barrington Stage Company production of La Cage aux Folles.