Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Amụrụ n'ezinụlọ ndị ọrụ Irish na-arụ ọrụ na Tranmere, Cheshire, O'Grady kwagara London na ngwụsị afọ 1970, na-arụ ọrụ na mbụ dị ka onye nlekọta nlekọta maka Camden Council. N'ebe a ka o mepụtara ihe ngosi drag ya na 1978, na-adabere na njirimara nke Lily Savage na njirimara ndị a hụrụ n'etiti ndị ikwu nwanyị. Na njem nlegharị anya na England dị ka akụkụ nke drag mime duo, ndị Playgirls, O'Grady mechara gaa n'onwe ya dị ka onye na-eme ihe ọchị. Na-eme dị ka Savage ruo afọ asatọ na South London gay pub, Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT), ọ nwetara ndị na-eso ya n'etiti obodo obodo nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke ma jiri agwa ya kwuo okwu maka ikike nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke. Mgbe a họpụtara ya maka ihe nrite Perrier n'afọ 1992
, O'Grady dọtara uche ndị isi wee mee ọtụtụ telivishọn, redio, na ihe nkiri. Dị ka Savage, o gosipụtara ihe ngosi "The Big Breakfast" (1995<unk>1996), "Blankety Blank" (1997<unk>2002), na "Lily Live!" (2000<unk>2001), na-enweta onyinye dị iche iche ma bụrụ onye a maara nke ọma.