Daniel Hellmann, born in 1985, is a dancer, actor, and performer. He studied philosophy at the University of Zurich, singing at HEMU Lausanne, and theatre at HKB Bern. Since 2018, he has performed with his character Soya the Cow, a vegan drag queen cow. His performances received the June Johnson Dance Prize in 2015 and were presented in the Swiss Selection at the Avignon Festival (2015) and at the Edinburgh Festival (2019).