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(#1) Sophia Burset
In "Orange is the New Black," Laverne Cox plays Sophia Burset, a transgender inmate who has trouble connecting with her young son. In real life, Cox is openly transgender and a strong advocate for LGBT rights.
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(#2) Hedwig
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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(#3) Bree Osbourne
In the 2005 film Transamerica, Felicity Huffman plays Bree Osbourne, a pre-op transgender woman who is looking to reconnect with her long-lost son. Huffman was nominated for an Oscar for the performance, for which she also won a Golden Globe. -
(#4) Maura Pfefferman
- Transparent
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(#5) Dil
In the 1992 film The Crying Game, Jaye Davidson plays Dil, the transgender love interest of an IRA soldier named Fergus. Davidson was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. -
(#6) Lili Elbe
In the 2015 biographical drama, The Danish Girl, Eddie Redmayne plays Lili Elbe, one of the first known women to receive gender reassignment surgery in Copenhagen in the 1930s. Elbe's wife, Gerda Wegener, is supportive at first, but their marriage becomes strained when she realizes that Elbe is no longer the person she married.
Based on the 2000 novel of the same name by David Ebershoff, The Danish Girl has been selected for the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. -
(#7) Rayon
- Dallas Buyers Club
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(#8) Ray
In the 2015 film, About Ray, Elle Fanning stars as Ray, a transgender teenager who realizes his true identity as a male, and begins the process of transitioning. -
(#9) Cindy McCauliff
In the TV series "Ally McBeal," Lisa Edelstein played a transgender woman named Cindy McCauliff. The series won several Golden Globe awards over the years. -
(#10) Roberta Muldoon
- The World According to Garp
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(#11) Carmen
In "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," Brittany Daniel plays Carmen, a transgender woman who catches Mac's eye. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2013. -
(#12) Patrick "Kitten" Braden
In the 2005 film Breakfast on Pluto, Cillian Murphy plays Patrick "Kitten" Braden, a transgender woman who was abandoned by her mother as an infant. Murphy was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance. -
(#13) Leon Shermer
- Dog Day Afternoon
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(#14) Montana Morehead
In the 1991 film Soapdish, Cathy Moriarty plays a soap opera actress who is later revealed to be transsexual. -
(#15) Luis Molina
- Kiss of the Spider Woman, Kiss of the Spider Woman
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(#16) Zahara
In the 2004 film Bad Education, Gael García Bernal portrays a gay actor who plays a transsexual drag queen in a short film within the film.
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There are already many movies and TV series that have transgender characters. Most of them are funny and humorous, some are serious, and more people have a deeper understanding of trans people and issues. Although everything is far from perfect now, we can clearly know the progress. An important factor is the influence of excellent transgender movies, these great fictional characters are also part of the active movement, which is one of the reasons you should have seen them by now.
The random tool lists 16 of the greatest transgender fictional people on screen, including Hedwig, Bree Osbourne, Lili Elbe, etc. We see more and more representatives in movies and TV shows.
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