Transgender and transsexual actors/actresses

1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. Ajita Wilson

Actress | Orinoco: Prigioniere del sesso

Ajita Wilson was a transsexual actress who started out as an entertainer in the red-light district of New York. Wilson had sex reassignment surgery in the mid-1970s. After the operation she started appearing in adult films in New York. Then she was discovered by a European hardcore film producer ...

6. Savannah Burton

Actress | Killjoys

Savannah is a Transgender actress originally from Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada who has been studying acting for 20+ years. She has been a union performer since 2006. She can be seen on Beauty and the Beast on the CW and Killjoys on SYFY and in the award winning short film ...

7. Chaz Bono

Actor | American Horror Story

Chaz Salvatore Bono was born on March 4, 1969 in Los Angeles, California to Cher & Sonny Bono. He is an American character actor & activist and best known for his work on American Horror Story and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

An acclaimed author, Bono has written three books, including NY Times Best ...

8. Casey Mongillo

Actor | LEGO Fortnite

Casey Mongillo was born in Connecticut, USA. They are an actor, known for Red Dead Redemption (2010), Star Trek Online (2012) and Adventure at the Center of the Earth (2008). They occasionally join Rockstar Games (creators of Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption series) as a guest during their ...

9. 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 ...

10. Richard O'Brien

Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Born in Cheltenham, England, Richard Smith's family moved to Tauranga, New Zealand, in 1951 when his father, an accountant, decided to become a sheep farmer. Watching horror and science-fiction double features in nearby Hamilton, Smith added an interest in acting to his love of rock and roll. He ...

11. Bülent Ersoy

Soundtrack | Gegen die Wand

Bulent was already a popular singer in Turkey when he travelled to England to have a sex change in 1981, becoming a woman yet retaining the traditionally male birth name of Bulent. Under a crackdown on "social deviance" by then Turkish leader Kenan Evren, Bulent was banned from public performances ...

12. Jackie Curtis

Actor | Women in Revolt

Jackie's friendship and professional association with Andy Warhol began in the mid-1960s. He appeared in director Paul Morrissey's Women in Revolt (1971) with Candy Darling and Holly Woodlawn and Flesh (1968) with Joe Dallesandro and Candy Darling, presented by Andy Warhol. For these unique films, ...

13. Christine Jorgensen

Writer | The Christine Jorgensen Story

Christine Jorgensen was an actress, nightclub entertainer, and the first transgender person to be widely publicized in America. On December 1, 1952, her transition was the subject of a front-page story in the New York Daily News and she became a celebrity overnight.

Christine sold the exclusive ...

14. 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 ...

15. Alexis Arquette

Actress | Pulp Fiction

Alexis Arquette (born Robert Arquette) (death: September 11, 2016) was an American actress. Arquette was born in Los Angeles, the fourth of five children of Lewis Arquette, an actor and director, and Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (Nowak), a Jewish actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, ...

16. 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 ...

17. Holly Woodlawn

Actress | Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

Woodlawn was born Haroldo Santiago Franceschi Rodriguez Danhakl in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. Her mother, Aminta Rodriguez, married the baby's father, a German-American sailor in the U.S. Navy stationed in Puerto Rico, but they divorced when his military service ended. When Woodlawn was nine, her ...

18. Calpernia Addams

Actress | Transamerica

Calpernia Addams was born on February 20, 1971 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Transamerica (2005), Transproofed (2009) and Casting Pearls (2007).

19. Erika Ervin

Actress | American Horror Story

Erika Ervin, known professionally as Amazon Eve, tours the world modeling and making public appearances. At 6'8" without heels, Amazon Eve has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest model in the world in 2011. She grew up in a small town in central California and was ...

20. Rebecca Root

Actress | The Queen's Gambit

Rebecca Root was born in Woking, Surrey, England in 1969 and was assigned male at birth. She moved to rural Oxfordshire when she was 11 and attended Bartholomew School, Eynsham. As a young person she performed with local drama groups as well as the prestigious National Youth Theatre of Great ...

21. 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 ...

22. Candy Darling

Actress | Women in Revolt

Candy Darling was born on November 24, 1944 in Long Island, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Women in Revolt (1971), The Death of Maria Malibran (1972) and Flesh (1968). She died on March 21, 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.

23. Andrea James

Producer | Transproofed

Andrea James was born on January 16, 1967 in the USA. She is a producer and director, known for Transproofed (2009), Transamerica (2005) and Casting Pearls (2007).

24. Adèle Anderson

Actress | Company Business

Adèle Anderson was born on June 14, 1952 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Company Business (1991), Hotel Babylon (2006) and Lady Jane (1986).

25. Erica Andrews

Actress | Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives

Erica Andrews was born on September 30, 1969 in Allende, Nuevo León, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives (2010), Jennifer Lopez: Do It Well (2007) and Misperceptions (2013). She died on March 11, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

26. Madeleine Blaustein

Actress | Gekijôban Poketto Monsutâ: Myûtsû no Gyakushû

Madeleine Blaustein was born on October 9, 1960 in Queens, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Pokémon (1997) and Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000). She died on December 11, 2008 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.

27. Alejandra Bogue

Actress | No se aceptan devoluciones

Alejandra Bogue is known for Instructions Not Included (2013), Glitter & Doom (2023) and Que show con Alejandra Bogue (2008).

28. Krystal Summers

Actress | Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives

Krystal Summers was born in Laurel, Mississippi, USA. She is known for Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives (2010), Dead Don't Die in Dallas (2019) and Detour (2019).

29. Eva Robins

Actress | Tenebre

Eva Robins was born on December 10, 1958 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress, known for Tenebrae (1982), The Adventures of Hercules (1985) and Hercules (1983).

30. Treechada Petcharat

Actress | The Cave

Treechada Petcharat is known for The Cave (2019), The White Storm (2013) and From Vegas to Macau II (2015).

31. 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).

32. Si-yeon Lee

Actress | Saek-jeuk-shi-gong

Si-yeon Lee is known for Sex Is Zero (2002) and Sex Is Zero 2 (2007).

33. Catiria Reyes

Self | To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar

Catiria Reyes was born on March 27, 1959 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. She died on May 3, 1999 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

34. Xing Jin

Actress | Tom yum goong

Xing Jin was born in 1967 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. She is an actress, known for The Protector (2005), You Make My Life Beautiful (2018) and Birth of the Dragon (2016).

35. Alina Hernández

Self | Lo que no vio de Premio lo Nuestro 2005

Alina Hernández was born in 1970 in Cuba. She died on October 8, 2016.

36. Stacey Dean

Self | Creature

37. Romy Haag

Actress | Mascara

Romy Haag was born on January 1, 1951 in Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Mascara (1987), House of Boys (2009) and Der Mord mit der Schere (1984).

38. Gigi Lazzarato

Producer | This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous

Gigi Gorgeous is a YouTube star, transgender activist, author, television personality, actress, model and LGBTQ icon. She has nearly 8 million followers across her social platforms and almost half a billion views on her popular YouTube channel. Born Gregory Lazzarato and raised outside Toronto, ...

39. Bb Gandanghari

Actress | ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh

Bb Gandanghari was born on May 15, 1965 in the Philippines. She is an actress and writer, known for ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh (2006), Ngayon at kailanman (1992) and Eto na naman ako (2000). She was previously married to Carmina Villaroel.

40. Dorce Gamalama

Actress | Mas Suka Masukin Aja

Dorce Gamalama was born on July 21, 1963 in Solok, West Sumatra, Indonesia. She was an actress, known for Mas Suka Masukin Aja (2008) and Hantu Biang Kerok (2009). She died on February 16, 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

41. Bibiana Fernández

Actress | Remando al viento

Bibiana Fernández was born on February 13, 1954 in Tánger, Morocco. She is an actress, known for Rowing with the Wind (1988), Law of Desire (1987) and Matador (1986). She was previously married to Asdrúbal Ametller.

42. Florencia de la V.

Actress | Los Roldán

Florencia de la V. was born on March 2, 1976 in Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina. She is an actress, known for Los Roldán (2004), Verdad consecuencia (1996) and Nada x perder (2001). She has been married to Pablo Goycochea since June 28, 2011. They have two children.

43. Bobby Darling

Actor | Navarasa

Bobby Darling is known for Navarasa (2005), Chalte Chalte (2003) and I'm in Love (2007).

44. Elizabeth Coffey

Actress | Pink Flamingos

Elizabeth Coffey is known for Pink Flamingos (1972), Female Trouble (1974) and There's a Zombie Outside.

45. Coccinelle

Actress | Días de viejo color

Coccinelle was born on August 23, 1931 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Días de viejo color (1968), Los viciosos (1962) and The Dark Side of Porn (2005). She was married to Zize Dupanier, Mario Florentin Heÿns and Francis-Paul Bonnet. She died on October 9, 2006 in Marseille, ...

46. Roberta Close

Actress | Mandacaru

Roberta Close was born on December 12, 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Mandacaru (1997), The Scarlet Scorpion (1990) and Zorra Total (1999). She has been married to Roland Granacher since 1993.