Her film and television appearances include The Brenda and Glennda Show; To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!

Julie Newmar; HBO's Dragtime; TLC's Faking It; Wigstock, The Movie; Project Runway; and Sex and the City.

In Josh Kilmer-Purcell's New York Times Bestselling Memoir I'm Not Myself These Days, one of the first competitions that Kilmer-Purcell's enters is one of Miss Understood's in New York City's "Lucky Chengs", a drag queen theme restaurant.

"[1] The company was developed to showcase some of the outrageous personalities Heimberg encountered in her early days.

Prominent events for which Screaming Queens provided entertainment include George Stephanopoulos's bachelor party,[2] Barbra Streisand's Farewell Concert VIP dinner, the Hugo Boss Christmas party; and New York Magazine's 30th anniversary, amongst others.