# List of transgender characters in television

This is a list of live action transgender characters in television (includes terrestrial, cable, streaming series and TV movies). The orientation can be portrayed on-screen, described in the dialogue or mentioned. Roles include lead, main, recurring, supporting, and guest.
The names are organized in alphabetical order by the surname (i.e. last name), or by a single name if the character does not have a surname. ‍Some naming customs write the family name first followed by the given name; in these cases, the names in the list appear under the family name (e.g. the name Jung Seo-hyun [Korean] is organized alphabetically under "J").

## List

| Character | Portrayed by | Program | Notes |
| Aaron | Elliot Fletcher | The Fosters | Trans man who later dates Callie. (2013-2018) |
| Candy Abundance | Angelica Ross | Pose | Trans woman who is HIV-positive. (2018–Present) |
| Elektra Abundance | Dominique Jackson | Pose | Trans woman who is a former shrewd house mother and reigning champion within the ballrooms, and takes on the occupation of a dominatrix in secret. (2018–Present) |
| Lucinda "Lulu" Abundance | Hailie Sahar | Pose | Trans woman, also named Lucinda "Lulu" Ferocity, who is an exotic dancer based in New York City who is a member of the House of Abundance. (2018–Present) |
| Unique Adams | Alex Newell | Glee | Trans woman who was introduced as a shy teen boy, later becoming a vocalist, and becoming more confident as her trans woman alter ego, Unique. By the 2013-2014 broadcast season, she had become a series regular. (She is the show's first trans character) (2009-2015) |
| Alex | Presley Anderson | This Is Us | Nonbinary romantic partner of Tess (2016–Present) |
| Ana | Nava Mau | Generation | A trans woman who is attempting to be a positive role figure for her niece. (2021–Present) |
| Angelique | Jonny Beauchamp | Penny Dreadful | A mysterious transgender woman who gains Dorian's attention and becomes one of Dorian's love interests. Angelique encounters Dorian Gray in a cafe, later going to her workplace where it is made clear that she is transgender. (2014-2016) |
| Anna | Valerie Landsburg | 1st & Ten (1984 TV series) | Anna is a trans woman who marries the team's kicker, Zagreb Shkenusky. (1984-1991) |
| Antoine | Brian Michael Smith | Queen Sugar | It's revealed that Ralph's childhood friend, Antoinette "Toine" Wilkins, was bullied for being gender-variant growing up and Ralph came to their defense. When they reunite in Season 2, Antoinette has transitioned and is a transgender man, and goes by the name of Antoine. Toine is played by transgender actor Brian Michael Smith. (2016–Present) |
| Elle Argent | Yasmin Finney | Heartstopper | Yasmin Finney plays Elle, a transgender girl who was in Charlie's original friend group. She moved from the all-boys school to attend an all-girls school. It is said she was being bullied, and even suspended for her hair lenghth. (2016-2020) |
| Ariel | Marina Matheus | 3% | Marina Matheus plays Gloria's friend Ariel in this Brazilian show. (2016-2020) |
| Miss Artiphys | Karen Dior | Xena: Warrior Princess | Trans woman in Season 2 Episode "Here She Comes... Miss Amphipolis". (1995-2001) |
| Maya Avant | Karla Mosley | The Bold and the Beautiful | Trans woman who is married and has a young daughter. Maya is the first trans woman featured on a US daytime soap opera as a series regular and the first transgender bride to be married on a US daytime soap opera. (1987–Present) |
| Cheryl Avery | Kate Moennig | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | In the season 4 episode, "Fallacy," Cheryl appears, with Moening considering the show to be her initiation to New York City and said "You have to do Law and Order if you lived in New York!" (1999–Present) |
| Ivan Aycock | Kelly Lynch | The L Word | Trans man who is in a relationship with Kit Porter. (2004-2009) |
| Angelica Bain | Tom Fisher | Wire in the Blood | The pilot episode "The Mermaids Singing" (an adaptation of Val McDermid's 1995 book of the same name) features Angelica, a trans woman and serial killer. Angelica abducts and brutally tortures homosexual men to death. |
| Matty Barton | Grace Cassidy | Emmerdale | Trans man who transitioned in his years away from the village. (Matty is the first transgender character on Emmerdale. He was formerly called Hannah Barton and left the serial in 2012, transitioning off-screen before returning in 2018.) (1972–Present) |
| Matty Barton | Ash Palmisciano | Emmerdale | Trans man who transitioned in his years away from the village. (Matty is the first transgender character on Emmerdale. He was formerly called Hannah Barton and left the serial in 2012, transitioning off-screen before returning in 2018.) (1972–Present) |
| Sheldon Beiste | Dot-Marie Jones | Glee | Trans man who transitions during the series. (2009-2015) |
| Bernadette Wöller | Anton Rubtsov | Dark | Bernadette is a trans woman and prostitute who is Torben's sister. (2017-2020) |
| Max Bernini | Sohan Pague | SKAM (France) | Max is a trans man and Tiffany Prigent's boyfriend. |
| Erica Bettis | Helen Shaver | The Education of Max Bickford | Trans woman with a Ph.D. (2001-2002) |
| Bill | Chris O'Donnell | Two and a Half Men | In the episode "An Old Flame With a New Wick" O'Donnell plays a trans man named Bill and the ex-boyfriend of Charlie Harper. (2003-2015) |
| Sasha Booker | Jamie Clayton | Designated Survivor | The third season features Sasha Booker, a trans woman and the President's sister-in-law. (2016-2019) |
| Hannah Bradford | Evie MacDonald | First Day | Trans girl who is entering middle school and trying to find her "authentic self." (2020) |
| Brandi | Jenny McCarthy | Just Shoot Me | Brandi is a trans woman and an old college friend of Finch's as shown in the episode "There's Something About Allison." (1997-2003) |
| Helen Brears | Bethany Black | Cucumber / Banana | Trans woman who dates a man and has a jealous ex-boyfriend who tries to get revenge on her. (2015) |
| Charlie Briggs | Diana Weston | My Family | Diana Weston plays Charlie Briggs, an old college friend of Ben's who is trans woman. (2000-2011) |
| Cotton Brown | Amiyah Scott | Star | Trans woman who is the daughter of a salon owner and part of the main cast from season 1 forward. (2016-2019) |
| Denise Bryson | David Duchovny | Twin Peaks | Trans woman and FBI agent, who purportedly began presenting as a woman after working undercover. (1990-1991) |
| Sophia Burset | Laverne Cox | Orange Is the New Black | Trans woman and inmate who was incarcerated at Litchfield Penitentiary. (Laverne Cox is transgender, with The Advocate suggesting that this series is the first women-in-prison series that includes a real trans woman playing the role of a transgender person.) (2013-2019) |
| Pat Caddison | Robert Reed | Medical Center | In the two-part Season 7 opener, Dr. Pat Caddison, a former colleague of Dr. Gannon, reveals his intention to transition from male to female. (1969-1976) |
| Robert Calvert | Misia Butler | Casualty | The show featured transgender character Robert in episode 26, "Fatal Error – Part Two," of its 30th season. (2015-2016) |
| Caeneus | Misia Butler | KAOS | The show features the mythological trans man Caeneus, who used to live with the Amazons until he transitioned. (2024–Present) |
| Carla | Eve Lindley | Mr. Robot | A woman who is known as 'Hot Carla' because she is a local pyromaniac in the prison and is played by a trans female actress. (2015-2019) |
| Blessing Chambers | Modupe Adeyeye | Hollyoaks | Trans woman who is a glass collector and works at a strip club. (1995–Present) |
| Charlene | Jim Bailey | Night Court | In the Season 3 episode "Best of Friends", Dan meets up with a college buddy who is no longer living as a man but is a woman, hence a trans woman. (1984-1992) |
| Cecilia Chung | Ivory Aquino | When We Rise | Trans woman who plays the real-life activist, Cecilia Chung. (2017) |
| Cho Hyun-ju | Park Sung-hoon | Squid Game | Former special forces soldier and trans woman who enters the Squid Game to fund her gender-affirming surgery. (2021–Present) |
| Chris | Theo Germaine | Work in Progress | Chris is a young trans man, barista, and boyfriend to the lead character. Germain appears in all episodes of the show but is credited as a special guest star. (2019–Present) |
| Crystal Clark | Krista Allen | Married... with Children | In the episode "Calendar Girl," Beautiful calendar girl Crystal Clark comes out as a trans woman on national TV, to the horror of those who loved her for her body. (1987-1997) |
| Cole | Tom Phelan | The Fosters | Trans man struggles with his identity and trying to be seen as a boy, both emotionally and physically speaking, and being accepted as such. (2013-2018) |
| Maxine Conway | Socratis Otto | Wentworth | Trans woman who is Bea Smith's bodyguard and was dating Gary until she stabbed him. (2013–Present) |
| Jason Costello | Victoria Atkin | Hollyoaks | Trans man who experienced gender dysphoria and retained an attraction to males. (1995–present) |
| Hayley Cropper | Julie Hesmondhalgh | Coronation Street | Trans woman who later marries a man and is the first regular trans character to be introduced into soap opera. (1960–Present) |
| Davina | Alexandra Billings | Transparent | Trans woman who is HIV-positive. (2014-2019) |
| Dax | Various actors | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | A symbiont, has changed genders throughout their lives. (1993-1999) |
| Allyson Del Lago | Jen Richards | Nashville | Trans woman and nurse who assists Juliette Barnes in the aftermath of her plane crash.(2012-2018) |
| Bailey Delvecchio | Kai Shappley | The Baby-Sitters Club | Bailey is a trans girl, as learned by her babysitter, Mary Anne Spier who stands up for her with medical staff ignorant about this. (2020–Present) |
| Charlotte DiLaurentis | Vanessa Ray | Pretty Little Liars | Alison's sister and a trans woman, who tries to kill herself and her family, which GLAAD called "regrettable." (2010-2017) |
| Barbara Dixon | Steve Pemberton | The League of Gentlemen | Barbara Dixon is the proprietor of the local taxi firm, Bab's Cabs. (1999-2002) |
| Martin Dunbar | Matt Greenwood | Waterloo Road | A shy and stylish trans woman who appears in one episode, resulting in her being bullied by classmates, but still makes some friends. (2006-2015) |
| Erica | Helen Shaver | The Education of Max Bickford | Erica is a trans woman and best friend of Max Bickford, the title character. (2001-2002) |
| Angel Evangelista | Indya Moore | Pose | Trans female sex worker living near Blanca Rodriguez, a former escort, was romantically interested in Stan Bowes and later became romantically involved with Lil Papi Evangelista. (2018–Present) |
| Blanca Evangelista | Mj Rodriguez | Pose | Trans woman who has HIV and is, as such, disabled. (2018–Present) |
| Morgan Finn | Joanne Boland | Strange Empire | Morgan is a trans male miner in love with a married woman, Rebecca Logan. The series is set in 1869. (2014-2015) |
| Frankie Fox | Hannah Alligood | Better Things | Sam's middle child, Frankie, is a transgender boy. (2016–Present) |
| Wendy Garner | Sarah Buxton | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | The fifth-season episode "Ch-ch-changes" focuses on illegal sex reassignment operations in the female transgender community, and features several transgender characters like Wendy, Mimosa, and Mona Lavelle. (2000-2015) |
| Mimosa | Kate Walsh | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | The fifth-season episode "Ch-ch-changes" focuses on illegal sex reassignment operations in the female transgender community, and features several transgender characters like Wendy, Mimosa, and Mona Lavelle. (2000-2015) |
| Dr. Mona Lavelle | Lindsay Crouse | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | The fifth-season episode "Ch-ch-changes" focuses on illegal sex reassignment operations in the female transgender community, and features several transgender characters like Wendy, Mimosa, and Mona Lavelle. (2000-2015) |
| Raspy Transgender Woman | Bijoux Deluxe | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | The fifth-season episode "Ch-ch-changes" focuses on illegal sex reassignment operations in the female transgender community, and features several transgender characters like Wendy, Mimosa, and Mona Lavelle. (2000-2015) |
| Transgender Person | David Michael Fordham | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | The fifth-season episode "Ch-ch-changes" focuses on illegal sex reassignment operations in the female transgender community, and features several transgender characters like Wendy, Mimosa, and Mona Lavelle. (2000-2015) |
| Georgette | Beau Bridges | The Closer | In the episode "Make Over," Bridges plays Georgette, a transgender woman and Provenza's ex-partner. (2005-2012) |
| Gittel | Hari Nef | Transparent | Trans woman living in the 1930s Germany. (2014-2019) |
| Gloria | Vittoria Schisano | The Life You Wanted | Gloria, a transgender woman, lives happily in Lecce, but her life is turned upside down with the arrival of an old friend from Naples. |
| Stephanie Grant | Wilson Cruz | Ally McBeal | Cruz guest stars as Stephanie Grant, a transgender teen arrested for prostitution whom Ally must defend in court. (1997-2002) |
| Barney Guttman | Zach Barack | Dead End (TV Series) | Gay and Transgender teen boy, main character in Dead End/ia. Openly talks about his transness frequently throughout. |
| Mackenzie Hargreaves | Georgie Stone | Neighbours | Trans woman, who is the serial's first transgender character. (1985–Present) |
| Viktor Hargreeves | Elliot Page | The Umbrella Academy | Transgender man; was announced to reveal his own transition in correspondence with Page's own public transition announcement months prior. |
| Jill Hartford | Alexandra Billings | How to Get Away with Murder | Trans woman and a colleague of Annalise, a pansexual attorney, with the latter continuing to defend her friend no matter what. (2014–Present) |
| Hikari Kuina | Aya Asahina | Alice In Borderland | Kuina is a transgender woman and skilled fighter. (2020–Present) |
| Dolly Holloway | Maren Heary | Gypsy | She may be transgender or lesbian. (2017) |
| Alfie Ho-Tan | Laurence Rickard (also played by Clare Thomson briefly in S2E8) | Yonderland | Though this is not said outright, Elder Ho-Tan of the Council of Elders is shown to experience gender dysphoria and states "I wanna be a woman" upon receiving a wish, indicating that she is a trans woman. This was directly confirmed by several production members, including her actor Laurence Rickard in a now-deleted Twitter post. (2013-2016) |
| Michael Hallowell | Ellie Desautels | Rise | Trans male music teacher. (2018) |
| Ms. Hudson | Candis Cayne | Elementary | A trans woman who is an expert in Ancient Greek and makes a living as a kept woman and muse for various wealthy men and asked Sherlock Holmes for help after a relationship break-up. (2012-2019) |
| Imani | Jasmine Davis | The Chi | Imani is a trans woman who has a storyline centered on a romantic relationship. (2018–Present) |
| Janette | Maria Clara Spinelli | Supermax | Trans woman who owns a beauty salon chain. (2016) |
| Tara Jewkes | Ariel Ivo Reid | Casualty | Trans woman who is a mortuary assistant at a local hospital. (1986–Present) |
| Job | Hoon Lee | Banshee | Job is a computer hacker and confidant of Lucas Hood. He has been described as transgender, a transvestite and a drag queen. (Hoon Lee believes that the character is "constantly evolving" and is not interested in "figuring out the label of who he is and every aspect of that.") (2013-2016) |
| Sam Jordan | Elliot Fletcher | Y: The Last Man | A trans man who proves that the main character, Yorick, is not actually "the last man left alive." (2021–Present) |
| María José | Paco León | La Casa de las Flores | Paulina's ex and the family's lawyer, a Spanish trans woman who cares a lot about her family. (2018-2020) |
| Judy | Rebecca Root | Boy Meets Girl | In one episode, she reveals to her date, Leo, that she was assigned male at birth. (2015-2016) |
| Gil Kessler | John Schuck | The Golden Girls | In the Season 3, episode 7, titled "Strange Bedfellows", Gil is a city council candidate who comes out as a trans man. (1985-1992) |
| Kiki | Greg Campbell | Queer as Folk | Later seasons featured a minor transgender character named Kiki (usually described by other characters as "Kiki the Waitress, formerly known as Kenny the Waiter"). This included episodes such as "We Will Survive!," "Bored Out of Ya Fucking Mind" and "Big Fucking Mouth." (2000-2005) |
| Kim | Damon Herriman | Secret City | An Australian drama television series in which a political journalist uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger including her own. Her former spouse, Kim, is a trans woman. (2016–Present) |
| Kyla | Jamie Clayton | Hung | In season 3, Jamie Clayton plays Kyla, a trans woman, in two episodes in the third season in 2011. (2009-2011) |
| Maura Lee Karupt | Alan Mingo Jr. | Doom Patrol | Danny is a sentient, genderqueer, teleporting street which is being haunted by the Bureau of Normalcy. Former Bureau agent Morris Wilson has become a drag queen named Maura Lee Karupt who helps keep Danny going by sustaining a party atmosphere. (2019–Present) |
| Micah Lee | Leo Sheng | The L Word: Generation Q | Micah Lee and Pierce Williams are both trans men, with Lee a protagonist and Williams a secondary character. (2019–Present) |
| Pierce Williams | Brian Michael Smith | The L Word: Generation Q | Micah Lee and Pierce Williams are both trans men, with Lee a protagonist and Williams a secondary character. (2019–Present) |
| Denise Lockwood | Alexandra Grey | Chicago Med | Denise Lockwood is a trans woman who appears in episode 3 of season 2, and is the sister of nurse Maggie Lockwood and is portrayed by a trans actress, Alexandra Grey. She is also a recurring character. (2015–Present) |
| Lola | Shakina Nayfack | Difficult People | Trans female waitress at D's Cafe who clashes with Billy Epstein, who struggles with being labeled transphobic by countering some of her controversial views, and is voiced by trans actress, Shakina Nayfack.(2015-2017) |
| Louise | Jessica Crockett | Dark Angel | In Season 1, episode 8, titled "Out", Normal has a date with a woman who is actually transgender. After he finds out, he decides that he doesn't care about her past, only to discover that Louise (played by actress Jessica Crockett) is a lesbian. This was the first time a trans woman was cast to play a trans character on American television. (2000-2002) |
| Louise | Fern Fitzgerald | It's a Living | In Season 3, episode 12, titled "Gender Gap", Fern Fitzgerald plays a transgender woman who dates Sonny. (1986) |
| Sofia Lopez | Jonathan Del Arco | Nip/Tuck | Trans woman who had a romantic relationship with Liz. She appears in the episodes "Sofia Lopez" and "Sofia Lopez Part II." (2003-2010) |
| Luna La | Zión Moreno | Gossip Girl | A trans woman who is part of the regular cast of this series. (2021–Present) |
| Zoe Luper | Jeffrey Carlson | All My Children | Trans woman who was formerly a musician named Zarf. (1970-2011, 2013) |
| Ma Hyun-yi | Lee Joo-young | Itaewon Class | Trans woman who works as the chief cook for DanBam and is saving money so she can have a sex reassignment surgery. (2020) |
| Cindy McCauliff | Lisa Edelstein | Ally McBeal | Trans woman who appears in the fourth season of the show. (1997-2002) |
| Louis McGerry | Tyler Luke Cunningham | Holby City | Series 22 of the show introduced Louis McGerry, the show's first regular transgender character. Louis is a nurse at the titular hospital and the son of CEO and neurosurgeon Max McGerry. (1999–Present) |
| Janet McKay | Shelley Hack | Tales from the Crypt | In the episode "The Assassin", housewife Janet McKay is revealed to once having been a CIA operative named Ronald Wald. (1989-1996) |
| Anna Madrigal | Olympia Dukakis | Tales of the City | A 90-year-old trans woman who lives in San Francisco. (1993) |
| Sam Malloy | Aidan Mitchell | The Riches | Sam, the youngest Malloy child, is transgender and frequently dresses in feminine clothing. The idea for Sam's non-binary gender expression came about before Izzard, a gender non-conforming comedian, joined the show. Sam's gender expression is accepted and respected by the Malloy parents and siblings. (2007-2008) |
| Margo | Jen Richards | Mrs. Fletcher | Margo is the teacher for the title character's creative writing class. (2019) |
| Ben Marks | Isaiah Stannard | Good Girls | Ben Marks, son of Annie and Gregg, is bullied and comes out as a transgender boy in season 2 with the name Ben. (2018–Present) |
| Nomi Marks | Jamie Clayton | Sense8 | Nomi Marks is a computer hacktivist, and lesbian trans woman, living in San Francisco who finds herself mentally linked to 7 other people from around the world and is in a relationship with Amanita Caplan. Nomi is also part of the Cluster. (2015-2018) |
| Mae Martin | Mae Martin | Feel Good | Mae, a recovering addict, does not identify her sexuality. She's had relationships with men and women, and called herself transgender, non-binary, and bisexual in one episode. She is in a same-sex relationship with George, who identified as straight before she started dating Mae and tried to have sex with a man in one episode. (2020–Present) |
| Jazmin Martinez | Hailie Sahar | Good Trouble | Trans woman and sister of Gael. (2019–Present) |
| Matthew | Garcia | Party of Five (2020) | Matthew is Lucia's undocumented trans friend who works at the Acostas' restaurant.(2020) |
| Maxine | Callum Booth-Ford | Butterfly | Three-part miniseries starring Anna Friel and 11-year old Callum Booth-Ford as her daughter Max(ine). (2018) |
| Alexis Meade | Rebecca Romijn | Ugly Betty | Trans woman who returned from the dead as a ruthless yet emotionally complex woman. (Initially portrayed by Elizabeth Penn Payne for the first twelve episodes, when she was listed in the credits as "Masked Lady".) She was later written off the show. (2006-2010) The character was controversial for being played by cisgender actress Rebecca Romijn. According to Romijn, casting a cisgender actress was the only way to get network approval for a trans character. Romijn puts it, “I never would be cast in that role today, but I feel it helped open doors for the trans community. I'd like to think that, anyway. I don't want to pat myself on the back too much.” |
| Molly Milkovich | — | Shameless (US) | Half sister of Mandy, who was assigned male at birth and raised as a girl. (2011–Present) |
| Paul Millander | Matt O'Toole | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | A serial killer who posed as a judge, and serves as Gil Grissom's nemesis, he is featured in multiple episodes. It is later shown that he underwent sexual reassignment in his youth and as a result his relationship with his mother was a complicated one, with him leading a double life, one as Paul Millander and the other as the "Honorable Judge Douglas Mason." (2000-2015) |
| Mo | Alex Newell | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Gender nonconforming, continued to dress as male when at church but later showed "true self"; character created as bisexual woman but changed to reflect Newell's life (2020–Present) |
| Ava Moore | Famke Janssen | Nip/Tuck | Trans woman, with GLAAD criticizing the character as problematic because of her "psychotic and incestuous behavior." (2003-2010) |
| Linda Murkland | Linda Gray | All That Glitters | Linda is a transgender fashion model, who is said to be the first transgender series regular on American television. (1977) |
| Nia Nal / Dreamer | Nicole Maines | Supergirl | Trans woman, said to be the first onscreen transgender superhero. She works at CatCO (introduced in Season 4). (2015–2021) |
| Noah | Elliot Fletcher | Faking It | Gay trans man. (2014-2016) |
| Cassandra O'Brien | Zoë Wanamaker | Doctor Who | Trans woman and villain in the series. (In one review, she was described as an "incidental parody of transgender womanhood," and a "fractured mirror-image of medical transition itself," even as she is "problematic.") (1963–Present) |
| Orlando | Matty Cardarople | A Series of Unfortunate Events | A nonbinary character and part of Count Olaf's acting troupe. Also known as: The Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender. (2017–2019) |
| Casey Parker | Alex Blue Davis | Grey's Anatomy | Trans man and war veteran (introduced as a first-year surgical intern in Season 14). (2005–present) |
| Arun Parmar | Rebecca Hazlewood | Bad Girls | Trans woman and an inmate, she is also hinted to be bisexual as she served time in Larkhall prison. (1999-2006) |
| Patricia Ludmuller | Mark Doerr | Bones | In the 2009 episode "The He in the She," a police teamwork to solve the murder of a transgender pastor named Patricia. (2005-2017) |
| Cherry Peck | Willam Belli | Nip/Tuck | Trans woman who works at a bar, who is later brutally attacked by another character. (2003-2010) |
| Pei | Kayla Blake | China Beach | Pei is a Filipino trans woman who entertains the American troops in Vietnam. (Season 3, Episode 8) (1989) |
| JJ Perry | Blue Chapman | Council of Dads | JJ is Scott and Robin's seven-year-old transgender son, who was assigned female at birth. (Season 1, Episodes 1-10) (2020) |
| Maura Pfefferman | Jeffrey Tambor | Transparent | Trans woman who comes out to her family late in life. She is prevented from transitioning due to her health problems. (2014-2019) |
| Caitlyn "Harper" Poythress | Jordan Kristine Seamón | We Are Who We Are | A drama set on an Italian army base exploring the lives of the characters there, particularly Caitlin and Fraser played by Jack Dylan Grazer. During the course of the series, Caitlyn explores her gender, presenting first as a cross-dressing girl but near the end is learning toward trans man, adopting the name Harper at least tentatively. It's a coming of age story of the teenagers who live there and while the trans storyline is not the main one, it intertwines. (2020) |
| Rosie Preston | Miya Ocego | Wreck | Rosie is trans. |
| Theo Putnam | Lachlan Watson | Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Trans man. In season 1, Theo was known as Susie Putnam and described as non-binary. He is Sabrina's close friend at Baxter High and later transitions, affirming his identity as a trans boy. (2018–Present) |
| Carmelita Rainer | Candis Cayne | Dirty Sexy Money | A trans woman and recurring character in this series romantically involved with the New York District Attorney, General Patrick Darling. She later left the series after another character accidentally shot and killed her. (2008-2009) |
| Alba Recio | Eduardo Espinilla (season 1) | La que se avecina | Alba is the daughter of the homophobic Antonio Recio, who is embarrassed by her, and is a main character after season nine. (2007–Present) |
| Alba Recio | Sergi Ruíz (seasons 2 and 3) | La que se avecina | Alba is the daughter of the homophobic Antonio Recio, who is embarrassed by her, and is a main character after season nine. (2007–Present) |
| Alba Recio | Víctor Palmero (season 8 onward) | La que se avecina | Alba is the daughter of the homophobic Antonio Recio, who is embarrassed by her, and is a main character after season nine. (2007–Present) |
| Drew Reeves | Zelda Williams | Dead Of Summer | Trans man who is gay or possibly bisexual, and ends up in a relationship with another man. (2016) |
| Raymond Reddington | James Spader | The Blacklist | After eight seasons with several leads spread around obscure and ambiguous dialogues, with some episodes themed around transexuality and even a female character with a male name ('Mr Kaplan'), the true identity of the notorious criminal, and main character, Raymond Reddington, is revealed to be of Katerina Rostova, a famous soviet agent. In one episode from the sixth season, Reddington even explains, to his daughter, that he was a complex child, not like the other children, and that his father did not accept him for what he his, thus suggesting that the sex change may not have been solely to hide Katerina's identity from her pursuers, but also rooted in sexual ambiguity. |
| Vera Reynolds | Peter Capaldi | Prime Suspect | Vera is a trans woman and cabaret singer in Season 3. (1991-2006) |
| María José Riquelme | Paulina de la Mora | The House of Flowers | Trans woman who was married to Paulina before transitioning. She remarried Paulina in the final episode of season 3 (3x11). (2018-2020) |
| Rosalind | V. Vieux | Station 19 | Trans woman who is Ben Warren's sister, previously on Grey's Anatomy, and a recurring character. (2018–Present) |
| Miss Robyn Ross | Carlotta | Number 96 | In this series, Carlotta played a showgirl revealed to be transgender. She is the first trans actress to play a trans character on Television. (1972-1977) |
| Naomi Russell | Bel Priestley | Heartstopper | Bel Priestley plays Naomi Russell, a trans girl that Elle meets at an Open House for an art school they both strive to attend. (2016-2020) |
| Ruthie | Patti Harrison | Shrill | An irreverent co-worker and an office assistant who is transgender. (2019–Present) |
| Toni Rykener | Dana Aliya Levinson | American Gods | A trans woman, hostess of The Grand Peacock Inn, who is a demigoddess and protector of queer love. (S3.E8, 2021) |
| Tony Sawicki | Tatiana Maslany | Orphan Black | Trans man who is a clone and criminal introduced in season two, with every other known clone in his "batch" as a female. (2013-2017) |
| Shea | Trace Lysette | Transparent | A HIV-positive recurring character and trans woman. (2014-2019) |
| Simone | Eve Lindley | Dispatches From Elsewhere | Trans woman character, main cast. (2020) |
| David Schreibner | Lukas von Horbatschewsky | Druck (SKAM Germany) | David is a trans man and Matteo Florenzi's boyfriend. |
| Kyle Slater | Riley Carter Millington | EastEnders | Kyle appeared in the serial between 2015 and 2016, and is a trans man. (1985–Present) |
| Julia Smith | Melissa Leo | Veronica Mars | A trans woman who helps a classmate find his father. (2004-2019) |
| Sally St. Claire | Annie Wallace | Hollyoaks | Trans woman who initially keeps her transgender status a secret because of negative past experiences but later comes out. (1995–Present) |
| Stat | Patti Harrison | Q-Force | Trans lesbian hacker criminal, one of the main four characters in Q-Force. |
| Reverend Michael Stills | Dallas Malloy | Eli Stone | In the season two episode, "Two Ministers," Michael is a trans minister who needs legal help when he loses his job after transitioning. (2008-2009) |
| Edith "Edie" Stokes | Veronica Redd | The Jeffersons | Edie is George's old army buddy as shown in the Season 4 episode "Once a Friend" and is a trans woman. (1975-1985) |
| Paul Strickland | Brian Michael Smith | 9-1-1: Lone Star | A black trans man who is one of the fire fighters at Station 126. (2020–Present) |
| Sü | Nyla Rose | The Switch | The series, the first transgender-themed television series produced in Canada, stars Nyla Rose as Sü, an IT manager who comes out as a trans woman, and is forced to rebuild her life after losing her job and her apartment as a result of her announcement. (2016–Present) |
| Max Sweeney | Daniel Sea | The L Word | Bisexual trans man who struggled to figure out his identity, taking this identity "into the working and dating worlds." (2004-2009) |
| Jesse Sweetland | Sadie O'Neil | Bellevue | Teenage trans man killed by a detective after various community members attempted to shame him for his trans identity. (2017) |
| Gray Tal | Ian Alexander | Star Trek: Discovery | A trans man, and orphan, who joined Trill living aboard a generational starship with his Human partner Adira. (2017–Present) |
| Adira Tal | Blu Del Barrio | Star Trek: Discovery | A non-binary human, joined with the Tal symbiont who lived aboard a generational ship with their boyfriend Gray. They later became a member of Starfleet. (2017–present) |
| Elizabeth "Liz" Taylor | Denis O'Hare | American Horror Story: Hotel | Trans female bartender who knows all sorts of secrets and works in the Blue Parrot Lounge at the Hotel Cortez. (2015-2016) |
| Thad | Drew Pillsbury | Married... with Children | In season 9's tenth episode, "Dud Bowl", Thad, a former high school teammate of Al, is now a trans woman, to Al's dismay. Nevertheless, she plays football on Al's re-organized team (1987-1997) |
| Adam Torres | Jordan Todosey | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Trans man, the "only transgender regular or recurring character on scripted television" in 2011, according to GLAAD. (2001-2015) |
| Tracie/Simon | Sean Bean | Accused | Simon is an English teacher who has a female alter-ego named Tracie. He has been described as transgender and a transvestite. (2010–2012) |
| Trevor | Elliot Fletcher | Shameless (US) | Gay trans man who works at a local LGBT center and was the love interest for Ian Gallagher. (2011–Present) |
| Jules Vaughn | Hunter Schafer | Euphoria | Jules is a trans woman who just moved into town. She is new in school, where she meets Rue, a drug addicted who just got out of rehab. They eventually become close friends, and fall in love. (2019–Present) |
| Vera | Lilith Primavera | The Ignorant Angels | A transgender who is befriended with Michele. |
| Buck Vu | Ian Alexander | The OA | An Asian trans male teen. (2016–Present) |
| Whiterose | B. D. Wong | Mr. Robot | Trans woman who is the leader of a hacking collective, the Dark Army. (2015-2019) |
| Cameron Wirth | Laverne Cox | Doubt | Ivy League-educated attorney, mentor, and trans woman. (2017) |
| Marci Wise | Isis King | When They See Us | A young trans woman who is Korey's sister. (2019) |
| Transgender Woman | Kenneth Kynt Bryan | NCIS: New Orleans | In the Season 6 episode, "Judgement Call," Bryan voices a character titled "Transgender Woman," but was uncredited for the performance in the episode. (2014–Present) |
| Ysela | Daniela Vega | Tales of the City | Trans woman. She became Anna Madrigal's first friend when Anna moved to San Francisco. (2019) |