Trans actors

by djkakarot | created - 01 Sep 2021 | updated - 1 month ago | Public

1. Elliot Page

Actor | Juno

Elliot Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. Page wanted to start acting at an early age and attended the Neptune Theater School. They began their career at the age of 10 on the award-winning television series Pit Pony (1999), for...

2. Josie Totah

Actress | The Buccaneers

Critic's Choice nominated actress Josie Totah is an immensely talented actress, writer, and producer with a gift for bringing dynamic characters to life. As she fearlessly evolves her body of work with each new project, Totah is fast proving to be one of Hollywood's most engaging and sought-after ...

3. Elliot Fletcher

Actor | Shameless

Elliot Fletcher was born in Los Angeles, California. He is an actor, known for Shameless, The Fosters, Faking It, and Young Hollywood. Additionally, Elliot has worked in the theater with several productions and has performed his original music compositions for local audiences. He was selected to be...

4. Tom Phelan

Actor | The Fosters

Tom Phelan is known for The Fosters (2013).

5. Jordan Todosey

Actress | He Never Died

Jordan Todosey was born on February 8, 1995 in Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for He Never Died (2015), The Pacifier (2005) and Santa Baby (2006).

6. Lachlan Watson

Actor | Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Lachlan Watson is an American actor, born and raised in Raleigh, NC. Lachlan was homeschooled from preschool through their graduation from High School. Lachlan got an early start acting in local Raleigh theater companies and working with their family in community theater productions. Lachlan played...

7. Bex Taylor-Klaus

Actress | Voltron: Legendary Defender

Bex Taylor-Klaus (they/them) is a very queer and very kind multi-hyphenate industry professional, absolutely oozing with humility. They've been on such smash hit projects as That Thing You Probably Didn't Watch and That Other Thing That Got Taken Off Streaming And Honestly Might Be A Fever Dream!

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8. Evie Macdonald

Actress | First Day

Evie Macdonald is known for First Day (2017), First Day (2020) and First Day (2017) - Q&A Webinar (2019).

9. Ceci Balagot

Actor | Girl Meets World

Ceci Balagot is an actor who is best known for playing 'Smackle' in "Girl Meets World" for Disney Channel, 'Grace' in "Desperate Housewives" for ABC and most recently as 'Clara' in "Dispatches From Elsewhere" opposite Jason Segel & Sally Field for AMC. Ceci graduated from the Orange County School ...

10. Garcia

Actor | Tales of the City

Garcia was born on October 26, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Garcia is an actor, known for Tales of the City (2019), Party of Five (2020) and Kind Of (2020).

11. Iris Menas

Actor | West Side Story

Iris Menas was born on July 20, 1990. He is an actor, known for West Side Story (2021), Alma's Way (2021) and Monster Ball Homecoming (2023).

12. J.J. Hawkins

Actor | Charmed

JJ Hawkins (he/him) is an actor, producer, and writer based in Los Angeles with extensive film, television, voiceover, and audiobook narrating experience. JJ is also a proud transgender man who was hilariously and tragically raised by six generations of Mormons. In classic rebellion, JJ went on to ...

13. Mareya Salazar

Actress | Verliefd op Cuba

Mareya Salazar is a Canadian/Venezuelan actress from Bathurst, New Brunswick, known for her portrayal of Joséfina Reyes in the third and fourth seasons of Charmed. She discovered her passion for acting at the age of 11 after being inspired by the Broadway production of Phantom of the Opera. Raised ...

14. Ian Harvie

Actor | Transparent

Ian Harvie is an American actor, comedian, and writer known best for his work on "Transparent" on Amazon, "Mistresses" on ABC, "Young and Hungry" on Freeform, and Will & Grace on NBC. Harvie also starred along side Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Jordan Harrison's play "Log Cabin", off Broadway in New York...

15. 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 ...

16. Jake Zyrus

Actor | Here Comes the Boom

Jake Zyrus (known as Charice Pempengco prior to his gender transition) was born in Cabuyao, Philippines. When he was three years old, he witnessed his abusive father point a gun at his mom during an episode of domestic violence. Along with his mother and younger brother Carl, they left their father...

17. Alex Newell

Actor | Glee

Alex Newell was born on August 20, 1992 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Glee (2009), Geography Club (2013) and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020).

18. Nicole Maines

Actress | Bit

Nicole Maines was born on October 7, 1997 in Gloversville, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Bit (2019), Supergirl (2015) and DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016).

19. Anne Austin

Actress | Lockwood Desert, Nevada

Anne Austin is known for Lockwood Desert, Nevada (1986).

20. Dot-Marie Jones

Actress | Glee

Dot-Marie Jones was born on January 4, 1964 in Turlock, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Glee (2009), Bros (2022) and Greener Grass (2019). She has been married to Bridgett Casteen since December 21, 2013.

21. Ann Thomas

Actress | This Little Light of Mine

Ann was awarded US Patent number 9,011,204 under her previous male name.

22. Alex Schmider

Producer | Changing the Game

Alex Schmider is known for Changing the Game (2019), Chasing Chasing Amy (2023) and Disclosure (2020).

23. Puppett

Actress | Catfish: The TV Show

Puppett is known for Catfish: The TV Show (2012), Razor Tongue (2019) and Wedlocked (2015).

24. Michelle Ehlen

Editor | Maybe Someday

Michelle Ehlen is an independent filmmaker and actor, best known for creating the first lesbian comedy trilogy - Butch Jamie, Heterosexual Jill, and S&M Sally. Identifying with both the queer and DIY filmmaking movements, much of her work satirizes gender, sexuality, stereotypes, and identity. Her ...

26. Bridger Zadina

Actor | Bosch

Bridger Zadina was born on March 23, 1994 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Bosch (2014), Better Things (2016) and Terri (2011).

28. Joy Sunday

Actress | Wednesday

Joy Sunday was born in Staten Island, New York to Nigerian parents. She completed theatre training at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, graduating from USC's School of Cinematic Arts with an honors degree in Critical Studies. She made her TV debut as a top-of-show guest star on CBS' MacGyver (2016)...

29. Joelle

Actress | Dune

Joelle is an English-Austrian actress and singer born in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Joelle made her feature film debut in Dune (2021). She also appears in the Netflix original film The School for Good and Evil (2022), Amazon's second season of The Wheel of Time (2023) as Joiya ...

30. Ian Alexander

Actor | The Last of Us: Part II

Ian Alexander was born on April 20, 2001 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Last of Us: Part II (2020), The OA (2016) and Daughter (2022).

31. Terry Hu

Actor | Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3

Terry Hu is a Chinese, queer, non-binary, bilingual actor from NJ. Though they majored in Neuroscience at UCLA and got into the nation's top physical therapy schools after graduating, Terry ultimately decided to turn down school to pursue their childhood dream of acting instead.

Since then, they ...

32. Jamie Bloch

Actress | Degrassi: Next Class

Born in Toronto to a South African-Jewish family, Jamie discovered her passion for performing at the tender age of 6. Starting on stage, she appeared in a number of theatre productions that brought her out of her shell and into the spotlight. But it soon became clear that film and television was ...

33. Dylan Mulvaney

Actress | Dylan Mulvaney - Blue Christmas

Dylan Mulvaney (she/they) is a trans actress, comic, and content creator. Her viral videos have received nearly 1 billion views across Tiktok and Instagram. In 2022, she was awarded the Tiktok Trailblazer award for her viral series "Days of Girlhood" documenting her transition journey. Pre-pandemic...

34. Jazz Jennings

Actress | Mean Girls

Jazz Jennings was born on October 6, 2000 in Florida, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Mean Girls (2024), Dangling Hope (2017) and Painting Leah (2016).

35. Caitlyn Jenner

Actress | Can't Stop the Music

Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949 in Mount Kisco, New York and raised in Sleepy Hollow, New York to Esther Jenner & William Jenner. Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Convinced by ...

36. 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 ...

37. Sidney Starr

Actress | The Chi

Sidney Starr is known for The Chi (2018), American Gangster: Trap Queens (2019) and Bad Vs. Wild (2024).

38. Caroline Cossey

Self | Trans Rights Are Human Rights

Caroline 'Tula' Cossey was assigned male at birth but went on to transition and have a successful modeling career.

My Story is Tula's candid thought provoking, enlightening, humorous, heart wrenching and motivational account of her struggles: her troubled childhood being bullied and taunted in East ...

39. Zoe Terakes

Actor | Wentworth

Zoe Terakes is an actor and activist best known for roles in Wentworth, Nine Perfect Strangers and Ellie and Abbie. Zoe starred in the latest seasons of Wentworth as transgender inmate 'Reb Keane.' Zoe has been in several theatre productions, receiving two Sydney Theatre Awards and a Helpmann ...

40. Justine Lindsay

Actress | Ourselves

Justine Lindsay is known for Ourselves (2025).

41. Kim Petras

Soundtrack | Charlie's Angels

Kim Petras (born 27 August 1992) is a German singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Between 2016 and 2020, she released music as an independent artist under her own imprint, BunHead Records, before signing with Amigo and Republic Records in 2021.

Kim Petras was born in the city of Cologne. Her ...

44. Brendan Robinson

Actor | Pretty Little Liars

Brendan Robinson born March 1, 1990 in Portland, Oregon, USA is an American actor known for playing Lucas Gottesman, Cold Case(Evan), Miss Behave(Jordan), Review with Forrest MacNeil (Pilot), How I Met Your Mother(Ned), Weeds(Gordon), Bones(Shane)on the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars. And ...

45. Vanessa Ray

Actress | Pretty Little Liars

Vanessa Ray Liptak is an American actress. She is known for her role on Pretty Little Liars as Charlotte Drake; and also for her roles as Jenny on the legal drama series Suits, Teri Ciccone on the soap opera As the World Turns, Officer Eddie Janko-Reagan on long-running family-police drama Blue ...

46. Bailey De Young

Actress | Faking It

Bailey Marie De Young is an American actress and dancer most well known for playing the characters Ginny Thompson on Bunheads, Lauren Cooper on Faking It, and Imogene Cleary on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She and musician Tyler De Young were married on August 3, 2014.

De Young is a native of ...

47. Dylan Garza

Actor | Teachers

Dylan Garza is known for Teachers (2016), Pretty Little Liars (2010) and Criminal Minds (2005).

48. Quintessa Swindell

Actress | Black Adam

Quintessa Swindell was born on February 8, 1997 in New York, USA. They are an actor, known for Voyagers (2021), Black Adam (2022) and Euphoria (2019). In December 2020, they were cast in the role of Cyclone in the DCEU film Black Adam, starring Dwayne Johnson in the title role.

Swindell is ...

49. Lee Norris

Actor | Zodiac

Lee Norris was born on September 25, 1981 in Greenville, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Zodiac (2007), Gone Girl (2014) and One Tree Hill (2003). He has been married to Andrea Norris since September 10, 2011.

50. Chanel West Coast

Actress | Chanel West Coast feat. Honey Cocaine: Blueberry Chills

Chanel West Coast was born on September 1, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Chanel West Coast feat. Honey Cocaine: Blueberry Chills (2014), Hollywood Saturday Night (2012) and The Hard Times of RJ Berger (2010).

51. Corinne Reilly

Actress | Legally Blonde

Corinne Reilly was born in California, USA. She is an actress, known for Legally Blonde (2001), Can't Hardly Wait (1998) and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003). She is married to Harry Elfont.

53. Maya Hawke

Actress | Do Revenge

Maya Ray Thurman Hawke (born July 8, 1998) is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. She made her acting debut as Jo March in the 2017 BBC adaptation of Little Women (2017) and starred as Robin in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016) since its...

54. Jack Falahee

Actor | How to Get Away with Murder

Jack Falahee was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he performed in the several stage productions. Since graduation, Falahee appeared in films and television shows, before his breakout role as Connor Walsh in the Shonda ...

55. Lauren Lapkus

Actress | The Wrong Missy

Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus is an American actress, comedian, impressionist and pod-caster. Lapkus is known for portraying Susan Fischer in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013-2014, 2019) and Jess in the HBO comedy-drama series Crashing (2017-2019). She has also appeared...

56. Kelly Mantle

Actor | The Browns

Kelly Mantle recently made Oscars history by being the first openly non-binary person ever to be approved and considered by The Academy for both Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress for their role in the feature film, Confessions Of A Womanizer. Kelly can currently be seen as Sheila, a ...

57. Bret Loehr

Actor | Identity

Bret Loehr was born on July 9, 1993 in Tarzana, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Identity (2003), Cracking Up (2004) and Everwood (2002).

58. Bryan Eid

Actor | New's_Cool

Bryan Eid is known for New's_Cool (2019), The Allnighter (2023) and Dhar Mann (2018).

59. Alex Cooper Cohen

Actress | The Slumber Party

Alex Cooper Cohen is known for The Slumber Party (2023).

60. Morningstar Angeline

Actress | Echo

Morningstar Angeline (she, they), born as Morningstar Angeline Wilson-Chippewa, is a queer Navajo, Chippewa, Blackfeet, Shoshone, and Latinx actor and filmmaker. She was born in Santa Fe, NM, to Rita Rose Wilson and Ethan Shawn Chippewa. They were later adopted by Daniel Harold Freeland and raised ...

61. Karen Dior

Actress | Bi Now, Pay Later

Karen Dior was born on February 14, 1967 in Missouri, USA. She was an actress and director. She died on August 25, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

62. Rob Moran

Actor | You're Next

Rob Moran was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Following his graduation from Emerson College, Moran began an apprenticeship at the Actors Theater of Louisville. In New York City, Moran began his career with roles in films such as Navy Seals, Dumb and Dumber, and Kingpin. An actor and producer, Moran ...

63. Izzi Rojas

Actor | When Men Were Men

Izzi Rojas is known for When Men Were Men (2021), Superkitties (2023) and Crown Lake (2019).

64. Nikohl Spearman

Actress | Crazy Fast

Nikohl Spearman is known for Crazy Fast (2019).

65. Harrison Taylor

Bird Box

Harrison Taylor is known for Bird Box (2018), Babysplitters (2019) and Crazy Fast (2019).

67. Reiley McClendon

Actor | Pearl Harbor

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and raised in Roseland. Reiley McClendon first told his parents that he wanted to be an actor at the age of four. At six years old when he was still interested in acting his parents, Eric and Holly decided to allow and help Reiley to pursue his dream. After getting a...

68. Vico Ortiz

Actor | Our Flag Means Death

Vico Ortiz (They/Them) is a proud Latine/x non-binary/gender fluid actor/activist born and raised in Puerto Rico. They received their education at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. Their first breakthrough role was in the hit Amazon series, "Transparent" which opened their ...

69. Brigette Lundy-Paine

Actor | Bill & Ted Face the Music

Brigette Lundy-Paine is an American actor and Fashion Icon. They consider their acting career to be a side show to their career as a pop star in the Improvisational Voice Band, "Subtle Pride" (ft. Mina Walker, Zach Donovan and Misha Brooks). Brigette's parents, Laura Lundy and Robert Paine, are ...



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