Transgender Actresses
by daisia-lewis | created - 06 Feb 2017 | updated - 11 Feb 2020 | PublicA list of transgender actresses in Hollywood.
1. Alexandra Grey
Actress | MacGyver
Alexandra Jordan Grey is an actress, writer, and singer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. Raised in seven foster homes, she was determined not be a stereotype and to always follow her dreams of making it on the small screen. After high-school, she relocated to California where she began studying ...
2. Laverne Cox
Actress | Promising Young Woman
Laverne Cox is a three time Emmy-nominated actress, Emmy winning documentary film producer and a prominent equal rights advocate. Laverne's role of Sophia Burset in the critically acclaimed Netflix original series "Orange is The New Black" brought her to the attention of diverse audiences all over ...
3. Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez
Actress | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Mj Rodriguez is an actress, best known for her work in Nurse Jackie (2011), Carrie Diaries (2013), Dear Pauline (2014), new internet series [Blank] My Life (2016) and Netflix show Luke Cage (2016). She is also known for her Musical Theater credit as Angel Dumont Schunard in the Original ...
4. Amiyah Scott
Actress | Star
Amiyah Scott was born on January 11, 1988 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Star (2016), Sugar Baby (2021) and When We Grow Up (2021).
5. Indya Moore
Actress | Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Indya Moore is an actress, writer, director, model, social activist and founder of Beetlefruit Media, Inc., a production company focused on storytelling in various mediums. Born and raised in the Bronx, they have appeared in Vogue and OUT, as well as assignments for GQ, Gucci and Christian Dior. ...
6. Candis Cayne
Actress | Candis for President
Candis was born in Maui, Hawaii. Candis Cayne has become one of the United States' most popular and sought-after transgender actresses. Candis first made a name for herself at the famed NYC gay hot-spot "Boy Bar", where her performances drew raves. A classically trained dancer, Candis has thrilled ...
7. Jamie Clayton
Actress | Hellraiser
Jamie Clayton's big break was playing Kyla on season three of the hit HBO series Hung alongside Thomas Jane. After her multi-episode arc on Hung, Jamie joined actors Mary Lynn Rajskub and Hank Harris as a lead in the Emmy winning digital series, Dirty Work, playing crime scene cleanup maven ...
8. Mya Taylor
Actress | Tangerine
Mya Jeanette Taylor is an American actor/singer. She is a rising transgender woman in the entertainment business well known for her leading role in Sean Baker's film Tangerine (2015). Her career began its rise when the film became one of the biggest films at the 2015 Sundance Festival. It will be ...
9. Trace Lysette
Actress | Monica
Trace Lysette is an actress and producer best known for her recurring role as Shea in all 5 seasons of Amazon's critically acclaimed series Transparent and for the feature film Hustlers alongside Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B and Constance Wu.
She has also guest starred and recurred in other productions ...
10. Jen Richards
Actress | Her Story
Jen Richards was born on January 30, 1976 in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Her Story (2015), Mrs. Fletcher (2019) and The Acolyte (2024).
11. Angelica Ross
Actress | American Horror Story
Angelica Ross was born on November 28, 1980 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for American Horror Story (2011), Pose (2018) and Claws (2017).
12. Rain Valdez
Actress | Razor Tongue
Born in the Philippines and raised on the island of Guam, Rain Valdez is a trailblazing force in the entertainment industry, breaking boundaries as an accomplished actress, writer, and producer. Rain made history with her stellar performance in the groundbreaking series Razor Tongue, catapulting ...
13. Isis King
Actress | With Love
Isis King, an American actress, model and activist, is one of this generation's most influential transgender women. She rose to fame as the first woman of transgender experience to compete on both the 11th and 17th (All-Star) cycle of America's Next Top Model while living in New York in the Ali ...
14. Roxy Wood
Actress | Leave It on the Floor
Roxy Wood is known for Leave It on the Floor (2011), Station 19 (2018) and Supergirl (2015).
15. Jazzmun
Actor | Blast from the Past
Originally from San Diego, California, Jazzmun made her first national television appearance on the 1980s talent variety show Puttin' on the Hits (1984), in which she split her body half in male drag and half in female drag, lip-syncing as a "duet". Finding work immediately after that appearance ...
16. Ivory Aquino
Actress | Batgirl
Ivory Aquino is known for Batgirl, Lapsis (2020) and Lingua Franca (2019).
17. Harmony Santana
Actress | Gun Hill Road
Harmony Santana is an American film actress. She is most noted for her appearance in the 2011 film Gun Hill Road, for which she garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and became the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for a major acting award in ...
18. Carmen Carrera
Actress | Ricki and the Flash
Carmen Carrera is a trailblazer, performing artist, actress and fashion Muze. Getting her start on RuPauls Drag Race as a drag performer before transitioning into the woman she is today, she became the first openly trans model to be signed to the prestigious modeling agency, Elite Model Management ...
19. Alexandra Billings
Actress | The Peripheral
Alexandra Billings is an American actress, singer, and teacher. Billings, a trans woman, played one of TV's first openly transgender characters in 2005 made-for-TV movie Romy and Michele: In the Beginning. She is also known for portraying the recurring character Davina in the Amazon series ...
20. Shakina
Actress | Connecting...
Originally from Southern California, Shakina is a performer, director, writer, producer, and social activist living in New York City. She is most known for her work as Lola on the Hulu comedy series Difficult People (seasons 2 and 3) and as the Founding Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory,...
21. Hari Nef
Actress | Barbie
Hari Nef was born on October 21, 1992 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Barbie (2023), Assassination Nation (2018) and Transparent (2014).
22. Quei Tann
Actress | American Horror Story
Quei Tann is an actress known for They/Them (2022) American Horror Story (2022) and How To Get Away With Murder (2019) She was born in Los Angeles, California. Tann began her career, submitting herself to America's Next Top Model (2018). After being cast in Cycle 23 of the modeling franchise, she ...
23. Dominique Jackson
Actress | Pose
Dominique Jackson was born on March 20, 1975 in Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago. She is an actress and producer, known for Pose (2018), In Every Dream Home and The Patience of Vultures. She was previously married to Al Jackson.
24. Hailie Sahar
Producer | Beyond Ed Buck
Hailie Sahar is an award-winning Actor, Producer, Director, Singer, and Writer.
Sahar made history as one of the five transgender lead actors to star in Ryan Murphy's culturally groundbreaking FX series, Pose. Staring as Lulu, the Mother of the House of Ferocity, the ensemble went on to be globally ...
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