# List of lesbian characters in television

This is a list of live action lesbian 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. Jung Seo-hyun [Korean] is organized alphabetically under "J").

## List
### A–D

| Character | Portrayed by | Program | Notes | Ref(s) |
| Simone Abara | Rukiya Bernard | Yellowjackets | Wife of Taissa Turner. | |
| Greta Adam | Jutta Dolle (de) | Rentnercops (de) | Greta is married to Vicky Adam. | |
| Viktoria "Vicky" Adam | Katja Danowski (de) | Rentnercops (de) | Vicky is married to Greta Adam with whom she has a son. | |
| Keeya Adebayo | Elizabeth Ludlow | Peacemaker | Keeya is the wife of Leota Adebayo. | |
| Leota Adebayo | Danielle Brooks | Peacemaker | A skilled marksman, Leota is the secret daughter of Amanda Waller. She is married to Keeya. Leota used to be a veterinarian and becomes a member of Task Force X. | |
| Irene Adler | Lara Pulver | Sherlock | A dominatrix who offers her services to men and women. However, although she identifies as a lesbian, she has shown romantic attraction towards Sherlock. | |
| Iqra Ahmed | Priya Davdra | EastEnders | Iqra is in a relationship with Ash Kaur, and later split apart. | |
| Nyssa al Ghul | Katrina Law | Arrow | Was in a relationship with Sara Lance. It is also strongly implied her father also passed her up on her inheritance because of her sexuality, and ensuing relationship with Sara. | |
| Helô Albuquerque | Thaila Ayala | Girls from Ipanema | A journalist. Has an affair with Thereza Soares (bisexual). | |
| Della Alexander | Michelle Joseph | EastEnders | Della and her girlfriend Binnie Roberts were the first lesbian couple to be featured in EastEnders. Their inclusion was an attempt to portray positive examples of homosexual characters. (Their lesbian kiss accounted for some 45 percent of viewer complaints to the BBC regarding EastEnders in 1994; provoking more complaints than any other television programme that year. | |
| Alice / Tilly | Rose Reynolds | Once Upon a Time | Reveals her true love is Robin (Zelena's daughter) in episode "The Eighth Witch". She enters into a romantic relationship with Robin. | |
| Alice | Leah Renee | The Playboy Club | She is a Playboy Bunny in a marriage of convenience with Sean, a gay man. | |
| Alicia | Naomi Ackie | Master of None | Wife of Denise. | |
| Alisha | Juliana Harkavy | The Walking Dead | Former girlfriend of Tara Chambler. | |
| Mariana Almada | Eréndira Ibarra | Las Aparicio | Mariana has always been openly gay. She is in a relationship with Dany, her long-time girlfriend. Later she becomes involved with Julia Aparicio (bisexual). | |
| Elena Alvarez | Isabella Gomez | One Day at a Time (2017) | In season 1 episode 10, Elena is seen wearing a white suit for her quinces instead of a dress. Earlier in the episode, she comes out to her mother, saying "...I see myself loving a woman". | |
| Ms. Alvarez | Catherine Lazo | East Los High | School principal. Tries to comfort Jocelyn Reyes when she is outed by sharing her own coming-out experience. | |
| Luisa Alver | Yara Martinez | Jane the Virgin | A doctor who artificially inseminated Jane, as well as Rafael's sister and an alcoholic who is in love with her stepmother, Rose, with both having an on and off relationship before spending three years together until Rose is found and arrested. | |
| Frankie Anderson | Katharine Isabelle | Rookie Blue | Frankie is a homicide detective and becomes involved with Gail Peck (season 6). In the series finale episode, she surprises Gail's roommates when she comes out of Gail's bedroom to get a cup of coffee. | |
| Winter Anderson | Billie Lourd | American Horror Story: Cult | Winter recognizes herself as a lesbian. She had a short relationship with Ivy Mayfair-Richards and later assaults Ally Mayfair-Richards, in a scene in a bathtub. | |
| Annamaria | Ambra Angiolini | The Ignorant Angels | Michele's friend and Roberta's girlfriend. | |
| Anne | Hanna van Vliet | Anne+ | As Anne becomes involved with women, she discovers something new about herself and learns about life with each experience. | |
| Ariel ("Ari") | Eden Epstein | Sweetbitter | Ari is a waitress who works at an eatery in Manhattan known as 22 W and likes to gossip. | |
| Arika | Shivani Ghai | Dominion | A woman who pretends she is someone else than who she really is and even acts like she had a boyfriend, and later she has a girlfriend named Uriel. | |
| Ayesha | Juliette Motamed | We Are Lady Parts | Ayesha is the drummer in the band We Are Lady Parts and starts a relationship with Zarina, an influencer recruited to promote the band. | |
| Jojo Baines | Tamzin Malleson | Marcella | Jojo is the partner of Sascha Kyte. | |
| Lily Baker | Jessica Harmon | Supernatural | Mentions accidentally killing her girlfriend. | |
| Baldwin (Nadia Fierro) | Sara Serraiocco | Counterpart | An assassin from Earth Prime world (i.e. alternate dimension). She becomes involved with Greta. Baldwin has an affair with her handler, Prime sleeper agent Clare Quayle (bisexual). Her counterpart (i.e. alternate version) Nadia is a violinist from Earth Alpha world, who also has a girlfriend. Baldwin is ordered to kill her Alpha counterpart but doesn't, and Nadia is killed by another Prime agent. | |
| Regina Barnes | Paula Marshall | Out of Practice | A white E.R. doctor who is infatuated with attractive women. | |
| Sheryll Barnes | Roxy Sternberg | FBI: Most Wanted | Former NYPD detective, now FBI Special Agent in the Fugitive Task Force. Sheryll is married to Charlotte Gaines and they have a daughter. | |
| Susanna Barnett | Megan Ketch | Jane the Virgin | A detective. She develops a romance with Dr. Luisa Alver. | |
| Lena Barnum | Katherine Moennig | Ray Donovan | Lena is a PR agent who was once involved with a woman named Jeannie. | |
| Josephine Barry | Deborah Grover | Anne with an E | Aunt Josephine had a long-term partner, Gertrude (now deceased). | |
| Kate Bashwa | Supinder Wraich | Private Eyes | An investigative reporter and girlfriend of officer Danica Powers. | |
| Thelma Bates | Jemima Rooper | Hex | A woman who is the ghost of Cassandra "Cassie" Hughes's best friend and is in love with her. | |
| Fran Baxter | Sharon Duncan-Brewster | Years and Years | Girlfriend of Edith Lyons. Asked Edith to live with her. | |
| Beatrice | Kristina Tonteri-Young | Warrior Nun | A nun in the Order of the Cruciform Sword who comes out as "gay" and confesses her love for the Warrior Nun, Ava Silva. | |
| Becca | Alison Wandzura | An Unexpected Christmas | A single mom and the sister of Jamie. | |
| Della Bedford | Jayne Atkinson | Bluff City Law | Comes out after she ends her 15-year marriage. | |
| Ayanna Bell | Danielle Moné Truitt | Law and Order: Organized Crime | Sgt. Bell is Elliot Stabler's partner. She has a wife and son. | |
| Alma Beltran | Elise Bauman | Under the Christmas Tree | Alma is the daughter of the land owners that have on their property the Christmas tree Charlie Freemont has been searching for. She becomes flustered when she first meets Charlie. | |
| Judge Lisa Benner | Marg Helgenberger | All Rise | Lisa waited until same-sex marriage became legal to implement Wedding Day at the courthouse. She had been in a four-year relationship when her girlfriend left her on that special day (season 1, episode 5, "Devotees in the Courthouse of Love"). | |
| Diana Berrigan | Marsha Thomason | White Collar | A trained FBI agent. | |
| Grace Billets | Amy Aquino | Bosch | Grace has an affair with a female colleague in the LAPD, Kizmin Rider. She is a lieutenant and supervisor of Harry Bosch, at the Hollywood Station. | |
| Sarah Bishop | Alex Kingston | A Discovery of Witches | Sarah is a witch and she is the partner of Emily Mather. | |
| Carrie "Big Boo" Black | Lea DeLaria | Orange Is the New Black | She fell for Linda Ferguson. | |
| Maggie Blackamoor | David Walliams | Little Britain | She is a woman who is in a relationship with Judy. | |
| Denny Blood | Alicya Eyo | Bad Girls | Has an on/off relationship with Shell Dockley, before dating fellow prisoner Shaz Wiley. | |
| Esther Bloom | Jazmine Franks | Hollyoaks | She is in a relationship with another woman named Tilly Evans. | |
| Cheryl Blossom | Madelaine Petsch | Riverdale | After going to see Love, Simon with Toni Topaz, she admits that she previously loved a friend named Heather when she was in junior high. In 2x17, Cheryl and Toni kiss. In episode 3x12, Cheryl self-identifies as lesbian. (Petsch initially said that Cheryl was "still figuring out what her sexuality is" and thought her to be bisexual; she later revised her opinion and described Cheryl as "definitely a lesbian".) | |
| Peri Boudreaux | Adriyan Rae | Light as a Feather | Dating Alex Portnoy. | |
| Shelley Bower | Alexandra Wescourt | Brookside | She kisses another girl named Lindsey Corkhill. | |
| Charlie Bradbury | Felicia Day | Supernatural | Reveals that she is a lesbian in her first episode, stating she cannot flirt her way past a guard as he is not a girl. She later kisses Gilda and flirts with a girl at her LARPing tournament; and later develops a crush on Dorothy Baum. | |
| Virginia Braithwaite | Julie Graham | At Home with the Braithwaites | Virginia had a long-term affair with Tamsin and was infatuated with Megan Hartnoll. | |
| Amy Breslin | Heléne Yorke | The Good Fight | Her partner is Maia Rindell. | |
| Brigitte | Martina Navratilova | The Politician | Horse trainer. Has an affair with Georgina Hobart (bisexual). | |
| Robin Buckley | Maya Hawke | Stranger Things | Comes out to her friend Steve Harrington when he tells Robin that he has a crush on her. Robin is the first non-straight character to be included in the series. | |
| Brunhilda | Brittney Powell | Xena: Warrior Princess | She fell in love with Gabrielle in the season 6 episode "The Rheingold". | |
| Judy Bryant | Betty Bobbitt | Prisoner | A woman who went through emotions and experiences in a detention center. | |
| Louise Bryant | Kristen Sieh | Boardwalk Empire | While Louise's sexuality is not explicitly stated, the only romantic/sexual relationship she has on-screen is with a woman. | |
| Denise Bullock | Keren Dukes | Law and Order: Organized Crime | Lawyer and wife of Ayanna Bell. | |
| Susan Bunch | Jessica Hecht | Friends | Wife of Carol Willick. They marry in episode "The One with the Lesbian Wedding". | |
| Calliope "Cal" Burns | Imani Lewis | First Kill | Calliope is a monster hunter who becomes romantically involved with vampire Juliette Fairmont. | |
| Samantha Burns | Karen Holness | Travelers | Physicist in a relationship with Amanda Myers. Designed the singularity engine with Myers. | |
| Delia Busby | Kate Lamb | Call the Midwife | In a romantic relationship with nurse Patsy Mount. | |
| Kimberley "Kim" Butterfield | Daisy Wood-Davis | Hollyoaks | She has a relationship with a woman named Esther Bloom. | |
| Mary Jo Cacciatore | Frankie Shaw | Blue Mountain State | Shown in Season 3 as a lesbian. (Executive producer Eric Falconer said that they "decided to change things up" for her and other characters and make fun of "the fact that sexual orientation can change so quickly for college students.") | |
| Helena Cain | Michelle Forbes | Battlestar Galactica | An admiral who had a short-run in the series. | |
| Calamity Jane | Robin Weigert | Deadwood | Jane returns the affection and physical interest that Joanie Stubbs reveals towards her. | |
| Calamity Jane | Robin Weigert | Deadwood: The Movie | The movie is set 10 years later, in 1889, during which time she and Joanie became estranged. Jane returns to Deadwood with the hope of winning Joanie back. They rekindle their relationship. (The character is based on American Old West historical figure Calamity Jane (born Martha Jane Cannary). | |
| Alice Calvert | Samantha Mathis | Under the Dome | In a relationship with Carolyn Hill. | |
| Camila | Jessica Marie Garcia | Diary of a Future President | Camila is closeted and a friend of Elena's widowed mother, Gabriela "Gabi" Cañero-Reed. She is scared to come out to her parents and say that she has a girlfriend. | |
| Valeria Camili | Giulia Bevilacqua | È arrivata la felicità | In a relationship with Rita Nardellli. | |
| Camille | Sirita Wright | 195 Lewis | Girlfriend of Yuri. | |
| Naomi Campbell | Lily Loveless | Skins | Feigns attraction to males before coming out as Emily's girlfriend, and self-identifies as a lesbian. | |
| Spencer Carlin | Gabrielle Christian | South of Nowhere | Struggles with her sexual orientation throughout season 1, with Carmen as her recurring love interest, before eventually concluding that she wasn't straight and entered a relationship with, and later married, Ashley Davies (bisexual). | [140][141][142] [143] |
| Wendy Carr | Anna Torv | Mindhunter | Wendy is a psychologist and educator at a Boston university, and was in a relationship with Dr. Annaliese Stilman, the head of her department, until she accepted work as a behavioral science consultant for the FBI. | [144][145] [146][147] |
| Tammy Cashman | Melora Hardin | Transparent | College friend of Sarah, they reunite and marry. | |
| Alice Cassini | Bridget Turner | Doctor Who | Partner of May Cassini (season 3, episode 3). | |
| May Cassini | Georgine Anderson | Doctor Who | Partner of Alice Cassini (season 3, episode 3). | |
| Tina Carter | Luisa Bradshaw-White | EastEnders | A short-lived character who has an abusive ex-girlfriend, Tosh Mackintosh. She once kissed Sonia Fowler. | |
| Silvia Castro | Marián Aguilera | Los hombres de Paco | In a relationship with Pepa. | |
| Tara Chambler | Alanna Masterson | The Walking Dead | Introduced as the first lesbian character on The Walking Dead. Tara was in a relationship with Alisha, who dies during an attack on the prison. Her next lover, Denise Cloyd, is also killed. | |
| Maxine "Max" Chapman | Chanté Adams | A League of Their Own | A talented pitcher with a fastball who is stopped from trying out for a girl's baseball team because she's Black. | |
| Chase | Kiersey Clemons | Easy | She falls in love with Jo. | |
| Clementine Chasseur | Kandyse McClure | Hemlock Grove | A werewolf hunter investigating murders while posing as a Fish and Wildlife agent. | |
| Chenoa | Shein Mompremier | Black Lightning | Was in a one-year relationship with Anissa Pierce. | |
| Suzy Choi | Kim Jung-hwa | Mine | An artist and Seo-hyun's first love. They are reunited. | |
| Denise Christopher | Sakina Jaffrey | Timeless | Special Agent Christopher is married to Michelle and has a daughter and son with her. In season 2, episode 8, "The Day Reagan Was Shot", a young Denise is played by Karen David. | |
| Denise Christopher | Karen David | Timeless | Special Agent Christopher is married to Michelle and has a daughter and son with her. In season 2, episode 8, "The Day Reagan Was Shot", a young Denise is played by Karen David. |
| Christy | Parisa Fitz-Henley | Falling Water | Girlfriend of Alexis "Alex" Simms. | |
| Haley Clark | Susanna Skaggs | Halt and Catch Fire | Finally opens up to her sister, Joanie, about her sexual orientation (season 4). | |
| Dani Clayton | Victoria Pedretti | The Haunting of Bly Manor | Dani always felt uneasy in her relationship with Edmund and breaks up their engagement. After he is killed in an accident, she starts being haunted by him. At Bly Manor she meets Jamie, the estate's gardener, and subsequently comes out to herself. Dani and Jamie become a romantic couple. | |
| Cleo | Dani Verayo | The Next Step | Cleo is in a relationship with Jude. | |
| Dr. Denise Cloyd | Merritt Wever | The Walking Dead | Girlfriend of Tara Chambler. | |
| Bethany Collins | Mugga | Manifest | Bethany is married to Georgia and is a flight attendant on Flight 828. | |
| Dulcie Collins | Kate Box | Deadloch | Dulcie is a former detective and Deadloch's senior sergeant. She is married to Cath York. | |
| Georgia Collins | Eva Kaminsky | Manifest | Georgia is married to Bethany Collins. | |
| Joey Collins | Kate Bell | Home and Away | Joey is in a relationship with Charlie Buckton and they kiss multiple times. | |
| Kate Connor | Faye Brookes | Coronation Street | Kate dates several women. She was engaged to Caz Hammond. | |
| Samara Cook | Claire Holt | Pretty Little Liars | Was in a relationship with Emily Fields. | |
| Helen Cooper | Ingrid Lacey | Drop the Dead Donkey | A single mother. | |
| Tamia "Coop" Cooper | Bre-Z | All American | In a relationship with Patience. | |
| Gina Cortes | Monique Gabriela Curnen | Elementary | After Detective Cortes confronts Joan Watson, Sherlock Holmes posits that she may have been incensed because perhaps Watson slept with Cortes' significant other, to which Watson replied, "Considering she's gay and I'm not, I think that's highly unlikely." | |
| Fiona Coyne | Annie Clark | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Though she previously dated a male classmate, Fiona begins to develop feelings for classmate Imogen. She later comes out as a lesbian, and the two briefly date. | |
| Theodora Crain | Kate Siegel | The Haunting of Hill House | Theo becomes involved with Trish Park and lets Trish touch her. Theo and Trish move in together. | |
| Lana Crawford | Bridget Neval | Neighbours | The first lesbian character in the series, introduced in 2004. | |
| Courtney Crimsen | Michele Selene Ang | 13 Reasons Why | Courtney was closeted until the finale episode of season 2 ("Bye"), when she came out to her adoptive gay parents. | |
| Robyn "Rob" Crisp | Minnie Crowe | Coming of Age | She is a friend of Matthew "Matt" Cobbett and goes to a lesbian bar with Darren "DK" Karrimore in the episode "Lesbian Jumper." | |
| Samantha 'Sam' Black Crow | Devery Jacobs | American Gods | Sam has a girlfriend, Natalie. | |
| Cruz | Maria-Elena Laas | Vida | Friend of Emma Hernandez and her former love interest. | |
| Bridey Cruz | Floriana Lima | The Family | Bridley is a reporter who is trying to uncover information what is happening related to the Warrens, the titular family in this series, dates women, and has a "strong feminine voice." | |
| Jess Damon | Brooke Markham | In the Dark | Roommate and best friend of Murphy Mason. Jess is in a romantic relationship with Vanessa. | |
| Dani | Demi Lovato | Glee | She was Santana Lopez's girlfriend for a while. | |
| Daniella | Tricia O'Kelley | Red Band Society | Married to Sarah Souders. | |
| Kim Daniels | Olivia Hallinan | Sugar Rush | Protagonist of this series, at first in love with her best friend Sugar, but later becomes girlfriend of Saint. | |
| Alexandra "Alex" Danvers / Sentinel | Chyler Leigh | Supergirl | The episodes "Crossfire" and "Changing" deal with Alex's realization that she is attracted to girls and her coming out. (In episode "Medusa", her mother describes Alex as gay.) | |
| Greer Danville | Gracie Dzienny | Chasing Life | A popular rich girl at Brenna's school, it becomes clear that both Greer and Brenna are attracted to each other. They briefly date before her parents become unhappy with her dating a "trouble-maker" like Brenna. They briefly date again before Greer ends up moving. | |
| Teri Darego | Wunmi Mosaku | The End of the F***ing World | Teri is a detective who has a one-night stand with fellow detective Eunice Noon (which Eunice regrets). They go on a trip across the country to catch a male psychopath. | |
| Daria | Florence Kasumba | Dominion | The lover and partner of Arika and appears in three episodes of the series. | |
| Joanne Davidson | Kelly Macdonald | Line of Duty | Senior Investigating Officer of "Operation Lighthouse" (season 6). Was in a secret relationship with her subordinate, Police Constable (now Sergeant) Farida Jatri. | |
| Elodie Davis | Brianna Hildebrand | Trinkets | A shy and quiet shoplifter who becomes infatuated with a band singer named Sabine and runs off with her. After she returns home she becomes involved with Jilllian, who has not completely come out yet. | |
| Shay Davydov | Ksenia Solo | Orphan Black | A holistic healer whom Cosima meets through a dating app called Sapphire, with both going on various dates together. | |
| Caroline Dawson | Sarah Lancashire | Last Tango in Halifax | Married to Kate McKenzie, with show's creator calling her killing a mistake. | |
| DeDe Halcyon Day | Barbara Garrick | Tales of the City | A wealthy socialite that came out publicly after the death of her husband; she has a sexual affair with younger woman Margot Park. | |
| Carmen de La Pica Morales | Sarah Shahi | The L Word | She has been in relationships with various women, including Lucía Torres at age 16, one-night stands with Shane McCutcheon, a serious relationship with Jenny Schecter, and slept with a woman named Robin. | |
| Jo DeLuca | Melanie Field | A League of Their Own | Third base, power hitter, and Greta Gill's best friend. She's caught in a police raid of the underground lesbian bar. | |
| Karolina Dean | Virginia Gardner | Runaways | Karolina has the power to "fly and manipulate solar energy," and develops feelings for Nico Minoru. She initiates a kiss with her crush; which is reciprocated. After her capture and subsequent liberation, she is reunited with Nico. To her delight, Nico initiates their second kiss. Later that night, she falls asleep in Nico's arms. | |
| Deborah (a.k.a. Deb-Deb) | Julie Goldman | The Mindy Project | Deb is married to Dr. Jean Fishman. | |
| Lana Delaney | Jill Flint | The Good Wife | An FBI agent, Lana is one of Kalinda Sharma's lovers. | |
| Demet | Nicole Gulasekharam | Barracuda | Lifelong friend of Danny Kelly. | |
| Denise | Lena Waithe | Master of None | Denise's sexuality and how it impacts her relationship with both her friends and family is explored in season 2, episode 8, "Thanksgiving". She marries Alicia in season 3. | |
| Clare Devlin | Nicola Coughlan | Derry Girls | At the end series one finale, Clare comes out to her friends as a lesbian. | |
| Devon | Vedette Lim | Chicago Fire | Leslie Shay's girlfriend. | |
| Midge Dexter | Julie Kavner | Tracey Takes On... | A character frequently performed by actress Julie Kavner. Midge Dexter is a closeted pro-golfer and girlfriend to Chris Warner (Tracey Ullman). She is forced to come out publicly in season 1, episode "Romance" after Chris gives her an ultimatum. (Tracey Takes On... took home GLAAD Media Awards in 1996 and 1999.) | |
| Betty DiMello | Annaleigh Ashford | Masters of Sex | A prostitute and Helen's lover. | |
| Alessandra (Alex) Di Nardo | Simona Tabasco | The Bastards of Pizzofalcone | Closeted police officer in love with Rosaria Martone. (The scene of Alex and Rosaria kissing and their depiction of homosexuality was met with complaints from a Catholic newspaper and a member of Italy's Parliamentary Commission. | [229][230][231][232] [233][234][235][236] |
| Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon | Jane Hazlegrove | Casualty | An Operational Duty Officer and Paramedic who causes her father a heart attack when he sees her kissing another woman, later entering a relationship with a prison officer named Carol Walcott and later with Jess Cranham, a paramedic. | |
| Marlene Donaldson | Melanie Mayron | Jane the Virgin | Jane's college mentor. | |
| Camilla Donovan | Amanda Arcuri | Hudson & Rex | Camilla is the daughter of Superintendent Joseph Donovan. | |
| Dorka | Ildikó Tornyi | Társas játék | A masseuse. In a relationship with Judit Béres (bisexual). | |
| Franky Doyle | Carol Burns | Prisoner | A nicotine-stained biker who was imprisoned for armed robbery and murder and sentenced to life imprisonment at Wentworth Detention Centre, who was also in a forced romantic relationship with Doreen Anderson. | |
| Franky Doyle | Nicole da Silva | Wentworth | A main character, former protagonist and a former prisoner of Wentworth Correctional Centre, who had two ex-girlfriends (Kim Chang and Jodie Spiteri), was involved with Erica Davidson, and has a girlfriend named Bridget Westfall. | |
| Dr. Maggie Doyle | Jorja Fox | ER | A fictional ER intern and later ER resident who had an unnamed girlfriend. | |
| Roberta Drays | Patti Kim | The Killing | Roberta is the security chief at the Wapi Eagle Casino and is in a relationship with Nicole Jackson, head of the Kalimish tribe. | |
| Dominga "Daddy" Duarte | Vicci Martinez | Orange is the New Black | In a relationship with Officer McCullough, played by Emily Tarver, whom Martinez is dating in real life. | |
| Faith Duluth | Breeda Wool | The Faith Diaries | A contestant who is a shy and insecure Christian virgin, who later realizes she is a lesbian and in love with her female best friend back in her hometown in Mississippi. | |
| Claire Duncan | Zosia Mamet | Tales of the City | A documentarian and Shawna's love interest. | |
| Frances Dunhill | Cassidy Freeman | The Playboy Club | She begins dating Nick Dalton as his beard to provide him a politically acceptable "girlfriend" and to make her appear heterosexual to her father. | |
| Callie Dunne | Tess Frazer | Godless | Callie is the town's schoolteacher and was previously a prostitute in its brothel. She is in love with Mary Agnes McNue. | |

### E–H

| Character | Portrayed by | Program | Notes | Ref(s) |
| Edie | Stephanie Erb | A League of Their Own | Wife of Vi, the owner of the underground lesbian and gay bar. | |
| Isolde Eidsvoll | Ylva Bjørkaas Thedin | Ragnarok | Isolde is an activist who discovers that a rich family is to blame for poisonous levels of cadmium in the town's water system. After coming out, Islode uncovers their conspiracy and they kill her, making it look like an accident. | |
| Adena El-Amin | Nikohl Boosheri | The Bold Type | A Muslim woman, photographer, and Kat Edison's love interest. | |
| Elena | Nicola Correia-Damude | The Boys | Elena is in an off-again/on-again relationship with Queen Maeve (bisexual). | |
| Nicole Ellis | Luna Blaise | Fresh Off the Boat | In season 4 episode 6, she reveals to Jessica and Honey that she is gay. | |
| Emilie | Julie Christiansen | Heartless | Emilie falls in love with Sofie. | |
| Emma | Julia Davis | Sally4Ever | Has sex with another woman. | |
| Kelly Epson | Vanessa Lengies | Hawthorne | A scrub-charge who comes out in episode 7 of season 2 to a fellow patient who is also struggling to recognize her sexual orientation. | |
| Erica | Gemma Chan | Dates | Erica had been hiding her sexual orientation from her traditional Chinese family, until she met Kate. | |
| Darya Esford | Narges Rashidi | The Girlfriend Experience | Esford is the ex-lover of Erica Myles. | |
| Esther | Andia Winslow | A League of Their Own | A pitcher for Red Wright's All-Stars Negro League traveling team who gives Max Chapman the opportunity to pitch in a professional game. | |
| Tilly Evans | Lucy Dixon | Hollyoaks | Girlfriend of Esther Bloom. | |
| Dana Fairbanks | Erin Daniels | The L Word | She was the girlfriend of Alice Pieszecki and Lara Perkins during the series. | |
| Juliette Fairmont | Sarah Catherine Hook | First Kill | Juliette is a vampire. She falls for Calliope Burns, a monster hunter. | |
| Faith | Alicia Vikander | One Red Nose Day and a Wedding | Faith, daughter of Fiona, marries Miranda, the daughter of Charles and Carrie, in this short film sequel to the film Four Weddings and a Funeral. | |
| Carol Farman | Bronagh Waugh | Ridley | DI Farman is Ridley's protégé and leads the investigation team. She has a son, Jack, with her wife Geri Farman. | |
| Hayley Fawkner | Alexandra Adornetto | Playing for Keeps | Dating a cheerleader. | |
| Teresa Fenchurch | Leanne Best | Home Fires | A closeted lesbian in 1940s England, Teresa moved to Great Paxford after the head master at the Liverpool school where she taught discovered the relationship between her and Connie Ward, another teacher at the school. | |
| Joan "The Freak" Ferguson | Maggie Kirkpatrick | Prisoner | An intelligent prison officer at Wentworth Detention Centre who controversially frisked individuals and wore black leather gloves. (She later appeared in the Wentworth series.) | |
| Joan Ferguson | Pamela Rabe | Wentworth | Was in a relationship with inmate Jianna Riley. | |
| Macarena Fernández-Wilson | Patricia Vico | Hospital Central | Plays a pediatrician on the show. | |
| Marina Ferrer | Karina Lombard | The L Word | Jenny Schecter's ex-girlfriend. | |
| Danielle Ferrington | Niamh McGrady | The Fall | Police officer. Comes out to Stella Gibson. | |
| Emily Fields | Shay Mitchell | Pretty Little Liars | Emily comes out in season 1 and is involved in several relationships throughout the seasons. She is engaged to Alison DiLaurentis. | |
| Dr. Jean Fishman | Niecy Nash | The Mindy Project | A doctor and the chief of OB/GYN at the hospital where Dr. Mindy Kuhel Lahiri works. | |
| Emily Fitch | Kathryn Prescott | Skins | Was in a relationship with Naomi Campbell. | |
| Jenny Flint | Catrin Stewart | Doctor Who | Married to Madame Vastra, who mentioned that Jenny's family shunned her for her sexuality. | |
| Amy Flower | Sophia Di Martino | Flowers | Amy is dating Hylda, an older, ex-junkie, lesbian vicar. | |
| Naomi Flynn | Maureen Sebastian | American Gothic | Political campaign manager. Has an affair with Alison Hawthorne-Price (bisexual). | |
| Lena Adams Foster | Sherri Saum | The Fosters | Married to Stef Adams Foster. | |
| Stef Adams Foster | Teri Polo | The Fosters | Married to Lena Adams Foster. | |
| Charlie Freemont | Tattiawna Jones | Under the Christmas Tree | Charlie is searching for the perfect Christmas tree for the governor of Maine. She finds it on Alma Beltran's property. | |
| Cordelia Fried | Isabelle Bonfrer | Pandora | Ex-girlfriend of Jacqueline Zhou (bisexual). | |
| Charlotte Gaines | Fedna Jacquet | FBI: Most Wanted | Law professor and wife of FBI Special Agent Sheryll Barnes. | |
| Nicole Galassini | Kellie Martin | Army Wives | Nicole is a captain and Army intelligence officer. She is in a relationship with Charlotte (Charlie) Mayfield, a black woman. | |
| Dorothy Gale | Teri Reeves | Once Upon a Time | Dorothy is awakened from a sleeping spell with a True Love kiss from Ruby (a.k.a. Red Lucas). She is in love with Ruby and they become lovers. | |
| Robin Gallagher | Julie Benz | Desperate Housewives | A former stripper at Double D's who later becomes roommates with Katherine, who she is romantically interested in, and later move away, together, to Paris. | |
| Quinni Gallagher-Jones | Chloé Hayden | Heartbreak High | Quinni is autistic and a student at Hartley High. | |
| Lupe García | Roberta Colindrez | A League of Their Own | Fastball pitcher nicknamed the "Spanish Striker". Hangs out with Jess McCready at the underground lesbian bar. | |
| Sky Garibaldi | Arielle Kebbel | Grand Hotel | Was in a secret relationship with Yolanda Renna. | |
| Regina George | Seychelle Gabriel | Revenge | She has a crush on Charlotte Grayson where they both once drunkenly kissed. | |
| Marigold Gilchrist | Amara Miller | 1600 Penn | The President's younger daughter. | |
| Greta Gill | D'Arcy Carden | A League of Their Own | A femme baseball player who seduces, and falls in love with, Carson Shaw (bisexual). Greta is cautious about displaying her sexuality in public after a girlfriend in her past was "sent away" by her parents when they discovered the two of them together. | |
| Jen Gilmore | Amy Downham | Hollyoaks | A teacher who became romantically involved with her pupil Tilly Evans (Lucy Dixon). | |
| Sharon Gilmour | Margot Knight | Prisoner | a scheming, spoiled young woman imprisoned for drug dealing, and has a romantic relationship with Chrissie Latham inside the prison, and Judy Bryant, outside the prison, with the latter putting an end to their relationship. | |
| Opal Gilstrap | Ilfenesh Hadera | She's Gotta Have It | The love interest of Opal Gilstrap and later has sex with her. | |
| Arleen Gonzales | Rachel Ticotin | Law & Order: LA | Lt. Gonzales is a Commanding Officer of the LAPD Robbery Homicide Division. She comes out when a defendant in a murder case tries to paint her as a racist. | |
| Mary Goskirk | Louise Jameson | Emmerdale | A journalist who comes out aged 70. | |
| Alice Gove | Pippa Nixon | Cuffs | An artist and partner of Donna Prager. | |
| Alisha Granderson | Christina Elmore | The Last Ship | Lt. Granderson is out of the closet. An officer of the deck on Nathan James and later serves at Naval Station Mayport under Admiral Meylan. She is killed by her girlfriend. | |
| Wren Grant | Candice Coke | Proven Innocent | Inmate and prison girlfriend of Madeline Scott (bisexual). | |
| Shakima "Kima" Greggs | Sonja Sohn | The Wire | A determined and capable uncloseted police detective in the Baltimore Police Department. | |
| Tammy Gregorio | Vanessa Ferlito | NCIS: New Orleans | Tammy is introduced in season 3; in 3x18 she describes herself as 'gay'. (The show's producers confirmed her lesbian orientation. | ) |
| Greta | Liv Lisa Fries | Counterpart | A cafe barista in Earth Alpha world. Becomes involved with Baldwin, and ends their relationship when she cannot trust her. | |
| Greta | Sophie Guillemin | The Frozen Dead | She is the partner of Irène Ziegler. | |
| Bianca Grieve | Anita Hegh | Janet King | Federal Police Sergeant Grieve is assigned to protect Janet King after working undercover on an investigation headed by her. They had both previously shown signs of attraction, but kept it under control. They become sexually involved while Bianca is guarding Janet at home and it develops into a romantic relationship. | |
| Lia Haddock | Jessica Biel | Limetown | Lia is a journalist investigating the disappearance of the population of a small Appalachian town. | |
| Erica Hahn | Brooke Smith | Grey's Anatomy | Had a short romantic relationship with Callie Torres and was later written off the show. | |
| Niko Hamada | Ellen Tamaki | Charmed | Nico is a detective and is dating Melanie Vera. | |
| Beatrice Hamelin | Mylène Dinh-Robic | 19-2 | Main character. Nickamed "Bear", Hamelin is a highly respected officer at the 19th precinct, where she has served for nine years. She is promoted to Acting Sergeant, and finally as Sergeant. She has had romantic and sexual relationships with several women, is infatuated with fellow officer Audrey Pouliot, and begins dating officer Roxanne Dionne, a new member of the Station 19 police force. | |
| Hannah | Hannah Gadsby | Please Like Me | | |
| Jenny Harper | Amber Tamblyn | Two and a Half Men | Charlie Harper's illegitimate daughter and Alan's niece. She briefly dates a girl named Brooke but eventually returns to her promiscuous ways. | |
| Thelma Harris | Laura Mennell | The Man in the High Castle | She's closeted and involved with Nicole Dörme (bisexual). | |
| Alexandra Harrison | Eisa Davis | Blindspot | In a relationship with Bethany Mayfair. | |
| Lydia Hart | Lydia Kelly | Hollyoaks | A seemingly level-headed music lover and friend of Josh Ashworth, who is an opinionated, passionate young student who had a love of music and protecting her family, with her relationship to the sexually confused Sarah Barnes central to the character until Lydia killed her. | |
| Beverly Harris | Estelle Parsons | Roseanne | Roseanne and Jackie's mom. | |
| Jenny Hartmann | Lucy Scherer | Hand aufs Herz | Jenny is a girl in a fictional high school in Cologne. | |
| Sara Harvey | Dre Davis | Pretty Little Liars | Sara and Emily Fields were in a short-lived toxic relationship which went from them being friends to enemies within a season. | |
| Lucienne Hassell | Maimie McCoy | Van der Valk | Lucienne is a detective in Amsterdam's National Police Force and the sidekick of Commissioner Piet van der Valk. | |
| Ruby Haswell | Alicya Eyo | Emmerdale | A woman who is comfortable with herself and her sexuality. She kisses Ali. | |
| Nicole Haught | Katherine Barrell | Wynonna Earp | Officer Nicole Haught was flirtatious but cautious towards Waverly Earp. They became a couple after Waverly confessed to Nicole that she wanted to be with her. In season 2, we find out that Nicole has an estranged wife named Shae whom she married impulsively not long after they had met. In the final episode of the season, Nicole receives signed divorce papers from Shae. | |
| Janis Hawk | Christine Woods | FlashForward | An FBI Special Agent. | |
| Joy Hawk | Tamara Podemski | Outer Range | Native American deputy sheriff running for election as sheriff of the county. In an open same-sex marriage with Martha, with whom she has a daughter named Rose. | |
| Martha Hawk | Morningstar Angeline | Outer Range | Partner of Joy Hawk. | |
| Maddie Heath | Amy James-Kelly | Coronation Street | Sophie Webster's girlfriend. | |
| Heather | Stephanie Hyam | Doctor Who | In episode 1 of series 10, Heather and Bill admit they 'really liked' each other, before they part ways. In the series 10 finale, 'The Doctor Falls', Heather returns to save Bill's life. When Bill requires confirmation of whether or not she is dead, Heather kisses her. From there, they save the Doctor and depart the T.A.R.D.I.S. to have presumably eternal adventures in space and time as a couple at last. | |
| Helen | Sarah Silverman | Masters of Sex | Lover of Betty DeMello. | |
| Emma Hernandez | Mishel Prada | Vida | A type-A personality queer woman who was in love with Cruz. | |
| Greta Hérnandez | Clara Galle | Raising Voices | Greta's sexuality is first mentioned when she tells Alma about a wet dream she had involving a woman walking her like a dog. She later meets and hangs out with Mercedes, a woman 20 years older than her. | |
| Nora Hildegard | Scarlett Byrne | The Vampire Diaries | Nora was in love with Mary Louise at the time of her death and was engaged to her. | |
| Carolyn Hill | Aisha Hinds | Under the Dome | In a relationship with Alice Calvert. | |
| Neika Hobbs | Nia Long | Dear White People | Neika is engaged to her partner Monique. | |
| Isabelle Hodes | Allie Grant | Weeds | Teen daughter of Celia Hodes and openly lesbian, which annoys her mother. Later in the series, Isabelle has sex reassignment surgery to become a trans man named Bruce. | |
| Jeri Hogarth | Carrie-Anne Moss | Daredevil | Jeri is a high-power attorney. In Jessica Jones, she wanted to divorce her wife Wendy so that she could be with her mistress Pam. In season 3, Jeri is diagnosed with ALS and deals with the news by having a drug-fueled orgy with three call girls. (Jeri Hogarth is the first lesbian character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.) | [360] [361][362] [363][364][365] |
| Jeri Hogarth | Carrie-Anne Moss | The Defenders | Jeri is a high-power attorney. In Jessica Jones, she wanted to divorce her wife Wendy so that she could be with her mistress Pam. In season 3, Jeri is diagnosed with ALS and deals with the news by having a drug-fueled orgy with three call girls. (Jeri Hogarth is the first lesbian character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.) |
| Jeri Hogarth | Carrie-Anne Moss | Iron Fist | Jeri is a high-power attorney. In Jessica Jones, she wanted to divorce her wife Wendy so that she could be with her mistress Pam. In season 3, Jeri is diagnosed with ALS and deals with the news by having a drug-fueled orgy with three call girls. (Jeri Hogarth is the first lesbian character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.) |
| Jeri Hogarth | Carrie-Anne Moss | Jessica Jones | Jeri is a high-power attorney. In Jessica Jones, she wanted to divorce her wife Wendy so that she could be with her mistress Pam. In season 3, Jeri is diagnosed with ALS and deals with the news by having a drug-fueled orgy with three call girls. (Jeri Hogarth is the first lesbian character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.) |
| Cassidy Holland | Anna Silk | Being Erica | Cassidy is a graduate student who was a close friend of Erica's in college. | |
| Jenna Faith Hope | Sarah Desjardins | Impulse | Jenna questions her sexuality throughout season 1, and in season 2 comes out as a lesbian after meeting a girl at a college party and being kissed by her. | |
| Pam Horton | Meghan Leathers | For All Mankind | Secret girlfriend of Ellen Waverly and bartender at the Outpost Tavern. She ended their relationship after Ellen chose to be in a fake marriage in order to save her career at NASA. | |
| Elsie Hughes | Shannon Woodward | Westworld | In the first episode of season 1, after finishing analyzing the 'host' Clementine Pennyfeather, Elsie's colleague leaves the room. Finally alone, Elsie takes this moment to tenderly kiss the dormant Clementine. | |
| Kelly Hurst | Nicky Talacko | Family Affairs | Kelly was a surrogate mother for Karen and Matt. She fell in love with Karen and they became a couple. After the baby was born, Matt killed her by pushing her down the stairs. | |
| Linh Xuan Huy | Kae Alexander | Collateral | Linh, an illegal immigrant, is the lover of vicar Jane Oliver. | |

### I–L

| Character | Portrayed by | Program | Notes | Ref(s) |
| Tara Milly Izikoff | Anna Konkle | Rosewood | Pippy's girlfriend/wife. | |
| Izzie | Fivel Stewart | Atypical | Izzie has a relationship with Casey, who left her boyfriend so she could be with Izzie. | |
| Nicole Jackson | Claudia Ferri | The Killing | Corrupt head of the Kalimish tribe and manager of the Wapi Eagle Casino. She is in a relationship with Roberta Drays, the casino's security chief. | |
| Jamie | Amelia Eve | The Haunting of Bly Manor | Jamie is a gardener at Bly Manor. She becomes romantically involved with Dani Clayton and they enter into a relationship that lasts throughout the series. | |
| Farida Jatri | Anneika Rose | Line of Duty | Police Constable, now Sergeant, Jatri was in a secret relationship with SIO Joanne Davidson, her superior. | |
| Jean | Lois Nettleton | The Golden Girls | Dorothy's college friend, Jean, is visiting Miami and staying at the house. Her partner of eight years, Pat, died the year before. Rose is not told that Jean is an out lesbian. Jean and Rose spend the evening playing cards and talking, and Rose tells Jean that she can share her room. Jean, who has developed a crush on Rose, tells her that she's "quite fond of her" and Rose, realizing what she meant, feigns being asleep. The next day, Dorothy confirms Rose's suspicion about Jean's sexual orientation. Jean decides to leave earlier than planned and tells Rose that she never should have said anything to her; explaining that the last year had been difficult for her, she felt alone, and after meeting Rose became confused about her feelings. Rose replied that she did not understand the kind of feeling Jean felt, but if she were to have been like her, she would have been flattered and proud that she thought of her that way. Rose told Jean that she didn't have to leave and Jean tells Rose that their friendship is enough. Episode "Isn't It Romantic?" (2x05). | |
| Maia Jeffries | Anna Jullienne | Shortland Street | Married her lover Jessica "Jay" Copeland on Valentine's Day 2006. | |
| Candace Jewell | Ion Overman | The L Word | Has an affair with Bette Porter. | |
| Jez | Lindsey Dawson | Shameless (U.K.) | Jez is the owner of the local pub. | |
| Manola Jimenez | Gabrielle Walsh | From Dusk till Dawn | Girlfriend of Kisa (aka Santánico Pandemoniu / La Diosa). Killed by demon Amaru. | |
| Jo | Jacqueline Toboni | Easy | She falls in love with Chase. | |
| Tara Jones | Corinna Brown | Heartstopper | Tara is in a relationship with Darcy Olsson, a fellow student at her all-girls school. She starts becoming confident in her sexual orientation and begins to come out publicly. | |
| Beth Jordache | Anna Friel | Brookside | Beth kissed the family nanny Margaret Clemence, she later dies in prison of a heart condition. (Beth's kiss with Margaret was the first female same-sex kiss to be broadcast before 9 pm on British TV.) | |
| Jude | Molly Saunders | The Next Step | Jude is in a relationship with Cleo. | |
| Naomi Julien | Petra Letang | EastEnders | Lover of Sonia Fowler. | |
| Jung Seo-hyun | Kim Seo-hyung | Mine | Although married to the first son of the Hyowon Group chaebol family, she is in love with Suzy Choi, her first love. She comes out in episode 13, when she tells her husband "I'm a lesbian. The person in my heart, my one and only love, is a woman", admits that she deceived him when they married, and apologizes. (He accepts her sexual orientation and supports her, but doesn't want a divorce because it would be humiliating.) Seo-hyun has lived self-controlled, but after becoming chairwoman of Hyowon Group she calls Suzy to say she missed her and was going to go see her. (The series features the first lesbian lead character in a K-drama.) | |
| Katherine "Kate" Kane / Batwoman | Ruby Rose | Batwoman | In military Academy, Kate was in a secret relationship with Sophie Moore that ended when her sexual orientation was discovered; she was expelled, and Sophie chose to stay behind and said she was not in love with her. She is the first lesbian superhero to head a prime time series. | |
| Karen | Kaya Scodelario | True Love | She is Holly's lover. | |
| Karen | Malkia Stampley | The Chi | Karen is a postal worker, and former girlfriend of Kevin's mom. | |
| Karn | Laura Matthews | EastEnders | Theo's friend from a university. | |
| Carmilla Karnstein | Natasha Negovanlis | Carmilla | Carmilla is in a relationship with Laura Hollis. | |
| Kate | Katie McGrath | Dates | Girlfriend of Erica. | |
| Kati | Julia Richter | Kommt Mausi raus?! | A 20-year old woman who discovers her homosexuality in Hamburg after she moved there from a rural region. | |
| Sydney Katz | Stacey Farber | Saving Hope | Sydney struggled to come to terms with her sexual orientation and her faith (Orthodox Judaism). In season 3, she admits to Maggie Lin that she is attracted to women and they kiss. After this, she broke up with her fiancé Hershel and came out as a lesbian. | |
| Cinta Kaz | Varada Sethu | Andor | The Aldhani rebels medic and healer. She is in a relationship with Vel Sartha. | |
| Keelin | Christina Moses | The Originals | In a relationship with Freya Mikaelson. She states her previous relationship was also with a woman. | |
| Delle Seyah Kendry | Mayko Nguyen | Killjoys | She flirts with Yalena "Dutch" Yardeen and eventually kisses her. She seduces Aneela. | |
| Kennedy | Iyari Limon | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | She is out and has an assertive personality. Kennedy is among the girls who might become endowed with supernatural abilities, destined to battle evil creatures such as vampires and demons. She is a love interest of Willow Rosenberg (which is intended to contrast with the shyness of Willow's deceased girlfriend, Tara). | |
| Taylor Kim | Alli Chung | Coroner | A detective. Told her colleague that she lives with her girlfriend and three dogs (season 1/episode 8). | |
| Janet King | Marta Dusseldorp | Crownies | A Senior Crown Prosecutor, her life partner Ashleigh Larsson, with whom she had two children, was murdered. She later becomes romantically involved with undercover officer Bianca Grieve, who was assigned to protect her from harm. Janet King is the first lesbian lead character in Australian television. | |
| Janet King | Marta Dusseldorp | Janet King | A Senior Crown Prosecutor, her life partner Ashleigh Larsson, with whom she had two children, was murdered. She later becomes romantically involved with undercover officer Bianca Grieve, who was assigned to protect her from harm. Janet King is the first lesbian lead character in Australian television. |
| Ruka Kishimoto | Juri Ueno | Last Friends | Ruka is a motocross racer. | |
| Eryka Klein | Laura De Boer | The Tunnel | Eryka falls in love with Elise Wassermann. | |
| Jocelyn Knight | Charlotte Rampling | Broadchurch | A barrister for the prosecution, she confesses her long-held love for Maggie Radcliffe and becomes romantically involved with her. | |
| Kris | Roxie Johnson | 195 Lewis | Former girlfriend of Yuri. | |
| Krishna | Shelly Bhalla | Jane the Virgin | Petra's assistant. | |
| Phyllis Kroll | Cybill Shepherd | The L Word | Had relationships with Alice Pieszecki and Joyce Wischnia. | |
| Alice Kwan | Sherry Cola | Good Trouble | The manager of The Coterie apartment building. | |
| Sascha Kyte | Victoria Broom | Marcella | Sascha is the partner of Jojo Baines. | |
| Odette LaMar | Leah Lewis / Anja Savcic | Nancy Drew | Vengeful ghost of 18th century French heiress and businesswoman in love with Mary, an English woman. Odette was murdered at sea on a voyage to America, where she sought to establish a home and life for herself and Mary. Her fortune was stolen by the ship's captain with a counterfeit marriage certificate. Odette became bound to the body of Georgia ("George") Fan and coexists with her. Odette finds a connection with Bess Marvin, who is also lesbian, and flirts with her. | |
| Emma Lane | Rose Leslie | Luther | DS Lane is Luther's new partner. | |
| Ashleigh Larsson | Aimee Pedersen | Crownies | The life partner of Janet King for nine years and co-parent of their two children. Ashleigh was murdered. | |
| Ashleigh Larsson | Aimee Pedersen | Janet King | The life partner of Janet King for nine years and co-parent of their two children. Ashleigh was murdered. |
| Charlotte Lau | Amy Yamazaki | Hollyoaks | She debuted on-screen as the ex-girlfriend of Lydia Hart. | |
| Laura | Angel M. Wainwright | Underemployed | Involved with Sophia Swanson. | |
| Danny Lawrence | Sharon Belle | Carmilla | Danny has unrequited romantic feelings for her friend Laura Hollis. This crush is the root of the mutual antagonism between her and Carmilla Karnstein. | |
| Agnes 'Lee' Lebachi | Adelayo Adedayo | Origin | Had a relationship with a female AI. | |
| Dr. Kim Legaspi | Elizabeth Mitchell | ER | A psychiatrist who was later involved in a friendship with Kerry Weaver that turns into more than a friendship after Kerry realizes she is a lesbian. | |
| Skye Leighton | Rahne Jones | The Politician | Dates McAfee Westbrook (bisexual). | |
| Jodi Lerner | Marlee Matlin | The L Word | Bette Porter's ex-girlfriend. | |
| Emily Levinson | Alison Louder | Being Human | She has a girlfriend named Jackie who is recovering in a hospital and later breaks up with her. | |
| Lauren Lewis | Zoie Palmer | Lost Girl | Dr. Lauren Lewis spends years as a pledged servant to The Ash (leader of the Light Fae) so that she can find a cure for her comatose girlfriend's (Nadia) mysterious illness. Lauren and Bo, a succubus Fae, fall in love. In the last episode of the series they pledge themselves to each other and become a permanent couple. (The relationship between Lauren and Bo became known by the portmanteau "Doccubus", a blend of "Doctor" + "Succubus".) | |
| Lexa | Alycia Debnam-Carey | The 100 | After the funeral of Clarke's prior love interest, Lexa mentions that she "had someone special too." Lexa goes on to describe how her love, Costia, had been abducted, tortured, and beheaded by a political enemy. Later, Lexa kisses Clarke in her tent before the battle. In Season 3, Lexa gets on her knees in front of Clarke, and pledges herself to her in no uncertain terms. Later in the season, Lexa and Clarke make love. In the scene after their union, Lexa gets shot and dies. In season 4, Clarke confesses to her mother that she loved Lexa. | |
| Leyla | Shiva Kalaiselvan | New Amsterdam | In a relationship with Lauren Bloom (bisexual). | |
| Vivian Lim | Thaddea Graham | Wreck | Vivian is Jamie's sidekick. She has multiple sexual and non-sexual encounters with women. | |
| Lou Linklatter | Breeda Wool | Mr. Mercedes | An outspoken young woman. | |
| Jo Lipsett | Sarah-Jane Potts | Waterloo Road | Jo neither denies nor flaunts her sexual orientation. | |
| Lisbeth | Katie Findlay | Nancy Drew | State police officer, involved with Bess Marvin. Invited Bess to meet her parents. | |
| Anne Lister | Maxine Peake | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister | Anne Lister lived an open lesbian lifestyle in 19th century Yorkshire. She was nicknamed "Gentleman Jack" by the local townspeople. The character is based on the real life landowner and diarist. | [447][448] [449][450][451] |
| Anne Lister | Suranne Jones | Gentleman Jack | Anne Lister lived an open lesbian lifestyle in 19th century Yorkshire. She was nicknamed "Gentleman Jack" by the local townspeople. The character is based on the real life landowner and diarist. | [447][448] [449][450][451] |
| Kate Littlejohn | Susannah Flood | For the People | Kate is involved with ATF agent Anya Ooms. | |
| Liz | Chelsea Hayes | Complications | Gretchen Polk's girlfriend. | |
| Sandy Lopez | Lisa Vidal | ER | The girlfriend of Kerry Weaver and firefighter, who later has a child with Kerry named Henry Lopez. | |
| Santana Lopez | Naya Rivera | Glee | Previously dated glee club member, Puck. In season 2, she struggles with her feelings for best friend Brittany and later comes out to her as a lesbian. | |
| Olivia Lord | Portia de Rossi | Nip/Tuck | An expert in Eastern medicine and Julia's one-time lover. | |
| Mary Louise | Teresa Liane | The Vampire Diaries | Mary Louise was in love with Nora at the time of her death and was engaged to her. | |
| Lucy | Alyssa Diaz | The Bridge | Girlfriend of Adriana Perez. | |
| Edith Lyons | Jessica Hynes | Years and Years | In an on/off relationship with Fran Baxter, eventually moves in with her (episode 5). | |

### M–P

| Character | Portrayed by | Program | Notes | Ref(s) |
| Lao Ma | Jacqueline Kim | Xena: Warrior Princess | One of the love interests of Xena. | |
| Cat MacKenzie | Laura Fraser | Lip Service | Cat is an architect, with a girlfriend who is a police officer. | |
| Tara Maclay | Amber Benson | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Was romantically involved in a serious relationship with Willow Rosenberg. | |
| Elizabeth "Mac" Macmillan | Tammy MacIntosh | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Dr. 'Mac' is Miss Phryne Fisher's best friend and confidante. She does not conceal her sexual nature and sports menswear in public (fedora, trousers, waistcoat, ascot, two-tone oxfords). | |
| Maggie | Debi Mazar | Younger | Best friend and roommate of Liza Miller. | |
| Magna | Nadia Hilker | The Walking Dead | Partner of Yumiko. | |
| Kay Manz | Lauren Glazier | Mindhunter | Kay is divorced and has a son. When she divorced, she left custody of her son to her ex-husband because she did not want to continue suppressing her identity and sexual preference. Kay meets Wendy Carr and they enter into a relationship, but it is ended by Wendy after Kay forgot that a custodial exchange weekend had been changed, and when Kay told her ex-husband that she was going to introduce their son to a "friend" and he asked if it was someone important, Wendy overheard Kay answer 'no'. | |
| Roz Marchetti | Sharon Duncan-Brewster | Sex Education | Wife of Sofia Marchetti. | |
| Sofia Marchetti | Hannah Waddingham | Sex Education | Wife of Roz Marchetti and mother of Jackson Marchetti. | |
| Melanie Marcus | Michelle Clunie | Queer as Folk (U.S.) | Melanie is in a domestic partner relationship with Lindsay Peterson. They break up after Lindsay has an affair with a man and are later reunited. | |
| Margaux | Kelly Walker | Swamp Thing | Girlfriend of Liz Tremayne. | |
| Marion | Joan Severance | American Horror Story: Asylum | Marion is the love interest of Lana Winters. | |
| Marisa | Sabrina Texidor | Grand Hotel | Dating Yolanda "Yoli" Renna. | |
| Mandy Marquez | Danielle Henry | Doctors | Mandy is in a relationship with Freya. | |
| Deborah "Dee" Marshall | Ashley D. Kelley | Insatiable | An overweight woman who later has a girlfriend named Nonnie. | |
| Edwina "Eddy" Martínez | Ser Anzoategui | Vida | The butch widow of Vida, Lyn and Emma's mother, and co-owner of a lesbian bar. | |
| Rosaria Martone | Serena Iansiti | The Bastards of Pizzofalcone | Coroner in a secret romance with Alex di Nardo. (The scene of Rosaria and Alex kissing and their depiction of homosexuality was met with complaints from a Catholic newspaper and a member of Italy's Parliamentary Commission. | [484][232][233] [234][235][236] |
| Tea Marvelli | Sofia Black-D'Elia | Skins (US) | A self-confident woman from a Jewish-Italian family that does not know she is a lesbian. | |
| Bess Marvin | Maddison Jaizani | Nancy Drew | Waitress at The Bayside Claw. Romantically involved with Lisbeth, but believing that she was going to die, Bess stood up Lisbeth by not going to the dinner date where she was to be introduced to her parents. | |
| Jo Masters | Sally Rogers | The Bill | An out-and-proud police sergeant, in a relationship with a woman named Tess Henry. | |
| Emily Mather | Valarie Pettiford | A Discovery of Witches | Emily is a witch. She is the partner of Sarah Bishop. | |
| Max | Jessica Parker Kennedy | Black Sails | Had a relationship with Eleanor Guthrie and is in a relationship with Anne Bonny. Max is a former sex worker and expresses no sexual or romantic interest towards men whatsoever. In season 4, she faces the difficult choice to either lose everything or marry a man, and she chooses not to marry someone she could never feel attraction towards. | |
| Amanda Myers | Enid-Raye Adams | Travelers | Physicist and partner of Samantha Burns. Designed the singularity engine with Burns. | |
| Bethany Mayfair | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Blindspot | In a relationship with Alexandra. Was previously with Sofia. | |
| Ally Mayfair-Richards | Sarah Paulson | American Horror Story: Cult | Ally is married Ivy Mayfair-Richards. | |
| Charlotte (Charlie) Mayfield | Ryan Michelle Bathe | Army Wives | Charlie is the civilian partner of Captain Nicole Galassini. | |
| Valerie McAllister | Elizabeth McLaughlin | Betrayal | | |
| Kate McBride | Lindsay Crouse | Hill Street Blues | Kate is a police officer. | |
| Dawn McClane | Kristen Bush | The Following | Married Gina Mendez. | |
| Jess McCready | Kelly McCormack | A League of Their Own | A shortstop from Canada. She is constantly being fined by the Rockford Peaches chaperone for wearing pants in public. Hangs out with Lupe García at the underground lesbian bar. | |
| Paige McCullers | Lindsey Shaw | Pretty Little Liars | Emily Field's ex-girlfriend. | |
| Shane McCutcheon | Katherine Moennig | The L Word | Shane has had relationships with Carmen de la Pica Morales, Molly Kroll, Jenny Schecter, Dawn Denbo, Cindi Tucker, and others (original TLW series). | |
| Shane McCutcheon | Katherine Moennig | The L Word: Generation Q | Shane has had relationships with Carmen de la Pica Morales, Molly Kroll, Jenny Schecter, Dawn Denbo, Cindi Tucker, and others (original TLW series). |
| Marilyn McGrath | Gail Strickland | HeartBeat | McGrath is a nurse practitioner and co-founder of a women's clinic. She is in a long-term relationship with Patty. The character of Marilyn McGrath was a groundbreaker as the first main character in a U.S. prime time series that identified as a lesbian. | |
| Marilyn McGrath-Dufresne | Kristin Lehman | Ghost Wars | Marilyn is the town's doctor. She is married to Val McGrath-Dufresne. | |
| Val McGrath-Dufresne | Luvia Petersen | Ghost Wars | Val is the mayor of the small Alaskan town. She is married to Marilyn McGrath-Dufresne. | |
| Greta McGraw | Anna McGahan | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Greta was exiled from home by her father for being a lesbian. She is in a relationship with Marion Quade. | |
| Cat McKenzie | Laura Fraser | Lip Service | | |
| Kate McKenzie | Nina Sosanya | Last Tango in Halifax | Married to Caroline Dawson. | |
| Gloria McManus | Paula Pell | Girls5Eva | Gloria is an out lesbian. (The series explores her history as closeted young popstar, her relationship with her ex-wife, and her hope of being a inspirational queer icon.) | |
| Betty McRae | Ali Liebert | Bomb Girls | Betty is closeted and falls for her straight friend, but is rejected by her. Later, she meets Teresa, who pursues her. They become romantically involved. | |
| Cissy Meldrum | Catherine Rabett | You Rang, M'Lord? | The elder daughter of Lord Meldrum who takes part in men's sports and activities and has a woman named Penelope as a frequent house guest (subtext that Cissy is a lesbian). | |
| Gina Mendez | Valerie Cruz | The Following | An FBI agent. Married to Dawn McClane. Her ex-wife is Jana Murphy. | |
| Kate Messner | Peyton Kennedy | Everything Sucks! | Kate spends the season struggling with her sexual orientation and enters a relationship with her friend Luke after a rumor of her being gay is spread around school. After realizing and admitting that she is a lesbian, Kate and classmate Emaline reveal their attraction for each other, and later kiss. | |
| Julie Meyer | Céline Sallette | Les Revenants | A nurse who adopts the ghost boy Victor. Girlfriend of officer Laure Valère. | |
| Mickey | Dot-Marie Jones | The Faith Diaries | Mickey is in love with a woman named Ruth. | |
| Patricia "Tricia" Miller | Madeline Brewer | Orange Is the New Black | A young inmate in Litchfield Penitentiary, she had a girlfriend named Mercy Valduto. | |
| Miranda | Lily James | One Red Nose Day and a Wedding | Miranda, daughter of Charles and Carrie, marries Faith, the daughter of Fiona, in this short film sequel to the film Four Weddings and a Funeral. | |
| Tara Mohr | Annapurna Sriram | Billions | After a cocaine-snorting lesbian sex tryst that was secretly videotaped, she was blackmailed into spying on her employer, the U.S. Attorney. She was not seen again in the series after being caught snooping by a coworker. | |
| Moira | Samira Wiley | The Handmaid's Tale | Moira is captured in a dyke purge. She is punished for being a lesbian and kept in captivity. She is later able to escape to Canada. We learn that her girlfriend Odette was rounded up in a dyke purge, reclassified as un-woman, and died in the Colony. | |
| Monique | Zee James | Dear White People | Monique is engaged to her partner Neika Hobbs. | |
| Carla Monroe | Lizzy Caplan | Das Boot | Carla is the leader of the Résistance in La Rochelle who falls in love with the German translator Simone Strasser. | |
| Bianca Montgomery | Eden Riegel | All My Children | A periodically recurring character in this drama who has a girlfriend named Reese at one point. | |
| Molly Montgomery | Sophie Isaacs | Hollyoaks | A host who appears at a murder mystery birthday surprise for India Longford and she becomes close to Charlotte Lau, later sleeping with her. | |
| Renee Montoya | Victoria Cartagena | Gotham | Was in a relationship with Barbara Kean (a bisexual woman) in the past. | |
| Sian Moore | Georgia Henshaw | Banana | A hardworking and ambitious woman whose dedication leads to tension with Violet, her girlfriend. | |
| Sian Moore | Georgia Henshaw | Cucumber | A hardworking and ambitious woman whose dedication leads to tension with Violet, her girlfriend. |
| Sophie Moore | Meagan Tandy | Batwoman | Sophie was Kate Kane's girlfriend when the two were cadets in a military academy, but their relationship ended when Kate's sexual orientation was discovered, she was discharged, and Sophie chose to stay in the academy and remain closeted. Sophie later becomes a Crow agent and marries Tyler, another Crow agent, but ended their relationship when she came to terms with her sexual orientation. She came out to her mother in episode "Grinning from Ear to Ear" (1x14). In episode "I'll Give You a Clue" (2x13) she identified herself as lesbian to Ryan Wilder. | |
| Vivienne Moray | Camilla Sparv | Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls | Vivienne is an artist living in Paris. | |
| Ellen | Tien Tran | How I Met Your Father | Ellen moves from Iowa to New York City after separating from her wife. | |
| Ellen Morgan | Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen | The protagonist character of the series whose coming out as lesbian in "The Puppy Episode" (season 4, episode 22/23) became television history. | |
| Lillian Moss | Sarah Mitich | Murdoch Mysteries | A suffragette, Lillian was disowned by her family for refusing to marry a hand-picked husband. Her real name is Helen Walker and she was once involved with a married woman. She was attracted to Dr. Emily Grace from the moment they met, and she subsequently enters into a romantic relationship with her. | |
| Blanche Mottershed | Alex Kingston | Upstairs, Downstairs | Dr. Blanche Mottershead is an independent archaeologist. | |
| Patience "Patsy" Mount | Emerald Fennell | Call the Midwife | In a secret relationship with nurse Delia Busby, with whom she had previously worked with at London Hospital. They both go to the Gateways Club, a private club for lesbians. | |
| Mulan | Jamie Chung | Once Upon a Time | Although earlier episodes hinted at the possibility of Mulan being romantically interested in Phillip, Aurora's beloved, actress Jamie Chung later clarified that such was never actually the case, and that Mulan's heart unequivocally belonged to Aurora. | |
| Emma Muller | Kasia Borek | Hand aufs Herz | A student at a Pestalozzi comprehensive school who is in a relationship with Helena. | |
| Sam Murgatroyd | Megan Parkinson | Ackley Bridge | Introduced in series 2, Sam faces homophobic bullying from students. She then enters a relationship with Nasreen Paracha. | |
| Jana Murphy | Leslie Bibb | The Following | Ex-wife of Gina Mendez. | |
| Francesca "Franki" Murray | Arienne Mandi | Love, Classified | Franki is a cardiologist who posts a message under an anonymous name on the dating section of "Classified", an app for local announcements. She takes a chance on a blind date with an anonymous person that seems to be compatible with her. The date turns out to be Taylor Bloom, who had not expected the blind date to be a woman. | |
| Sam Murray | Heather Peace | Lip Service | A detective sergeant who is cat's girlfriend throughout the series, and a fiercely independent woman who is afraid to show vulnerability. | |
| Raffi Muskier | Michelle Hurd | Star Trek: Picard | Is in a romantic relationship with Seven of Nine. She is also former Starfleet intelligence officer struggling with substance abuse. | |
| Myfanwy | Ruth Jones | Little Britain | Myfanwy is the barmaid of a local pub, and best friend of Daffyd Thomas. | |
| Erica Myles | Anna Friel | The Girlfriend Experience | Erica is the finance director of a Republican super PAC. She enters into a sexual relationship with escort Anna Garner (bisexual), which becomes more serious. She was in a relationship with Darya Esford. | |
| Rita Nardelli | Federica De Cola | È arrivata la felicità | A security guard. Partner of Valeria Camili. | |
| Diane Nash | Vanessa Redgrave | Political Animals | Openly-lesbian member of the U.S. Supreme Court and mentor of Elaine Hammond. | |
| Natália | Amanda Magalhães | 3% | Has a crush on Joanna. | |
| Nicky Nichols | Natasha Lyonne | Orange Is the New Black | Nicky is introduced as a drug addict from a wealthy family and is later shown to be in a complicated relationship with Lorna Morello. | |
| Cosima Niehaus | Tatiana Maslany | Orphan Black | Cosima labeled herself as a lesbian when she accidentally came out while giving a speech as her sister Alison, and had a recurring love interest named Shay. (She was confirmed to be gay. Series creators had at first been inconsistent in identifying Cosima's sexuality. Graeme Manson once said he thought "Cosima's been 'bisexual' (if you had to codify it), but maybe she's ready to self-identify as gay.) | |
| Juliet Nightingale | Niamh Blackshaw | Hollyoaks | Initially shown as straight, Juliet realises she is a lesbian when she develops feelings for Peri Lomax. | |
| P. Ninny | Lena Waithe | Dear White People | Ninny is a butch who at first did not want to admit that she was a lesbian. | |
| Niylah | Jessica Harmon | The 100 | In the premiere of season 3, Niylah makes love to Clarke Griffin. During season 4, Niylah and Clarke are sleeping together, and she comforts Clarke after a brutal decision. | |
| Eunice Noon | Gemma Whelan | The End of the F***ing World | A detective constable and partner of Teri Darego. | |
| Heather Novack | Natalie Paul | The Sinner | Heather is an uncloseted detective. | |
| Allie Novak | Kate Jenkinson | Wentworth | A prison inmate and friend of Kaz Proctor, who is part of vigilante group which has a vested interest in protecting women. She later has a romance with Bea Smith. | |
| Alex Nuñez | Deanna Casaluce | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Paige Michalchuk's girlfriend, and a Latina, who struggles to adjust to life after graduation like Marco. | |
| Odessa | Maddison Jaizani | Into the Badlands | Former Doll (sex slave). Girlfriend of Tilda (bisexual). Saves Tilda's life and helps her escape from The Widow. | |
| Ofglen / Ofsteven / Emily | Alexis Bledel | The Handmaid's Tale | She is forced to watch the hanging of her lesbian lover for gender treachery. Ofglen is also convicted of being a gender traitor, but instead of death, the government punishes her with female genital mutilation to stop her from having "unnatural" urges. Prior to capture, her wife Sylvia and son were able to escape to Canada. | |
| Jane Oliver | Nicola Walker | Collateral | Jane is a vicar in a relationship with Linh Xuan Huy, an illegal immigrant. | |
| Rachel "Bullet" Olmstead | Bex Taylor-Klaus | The Killing | Bullet is a teenager and lives on the street with other runaways. She is trying to find a missing friend and helps the detectives in their search for the killer (season 3). Bullet is murdered by him. | |
| Kelly Olsen | Azie Tesfai | Supergirl | Kelly is Alex Danvers' love interest, and later her wife when they marry in season 6 episode "Kara". | |
| Darcy Olsson | Kizzy Edgell | Heartstopper | Darcy is in a relationship Tara Jones, a fellow student. | |
| Anya Ooms | Caitlin Stasey | For the People | An ATF agent, she is romantically involved with prosecutor Kate Littlejohn. | |
| Faina Orlov | Anastasia Martin | In From the Cold | A young Russian who falls in love with undercover assassin Anya Petrova. | |
| Pam | Susie Abromeit | Jessica Jones | Pam was the mistress of Jeri Hogarth. Her affair with Jeri drove Wendy, Jeri's wife, to file for divorce. She was forced to kill a mind-controlled Wendy to save Jeri's life, then ended her relationship with Jeri. | |
| Nasreen Paracha | Amy-Leigh Hickman | Ackley Bridge | Nasreen comes out to her mother as a lesbian and tells her she is in love with another woman in series 1. | |
| Vannessa "Van" Palmer | Liv Hewson | Yellowjackets | Goalie in elite high school girls soccer team, the Yellowjackets, whose plane crashes in 1996 on the way to a national championship game. She's in a relationship with teammate Taissa Turner. Van survives the plane crash but is wounded. | |
| Sukhwinder "Suki" Panesar | Balvinder Sopal | EastEnders | Suki is a closeted lesbian in an abusive relationship with her husband whom she doesn't love. She tries to kiss her employee Honey Mitchell, and later falls in love, and has an affair, with Eve Unwin. When her son, Kheerat, sees them together she tells him that she has had romantic feelings for women her entire life. | |
| Margot Park | May Hong | Tales of the City | Margot struggled to adapt to the transition of her girlfriend (who changed his name to "Jake"), but eventually left the relationship and became involved with DeDe Halcyon Day. | |
| Trish Park | Levy Tran | The Haunting of Hill House | Trish is Theodora Crain's girlfriend and whom Theo allows to be touched by. They move in together. | |
| Patience | Chelsea Tavares | All American | Girlfriend of Tamia ("Coop"). | |
| Gina Patrick | Dannielle Brent | Hollyoaks | A tomboy who prefers casual clothing, has strong views on environmental issues, and is in a romantic relationship with Emily Taylor. | |
| Patty | Gina Hecht | HeartBeat | Patty is the partner of Marilyn McGrath. | |
| Helena Peabody | Rachel Shelley | The L Word | Director of the Peabody Foundation, she previously has relationships with Winnie Mann, Tina Kennard, Leigh Ostin, Isabella, Dylan Moreland, Papi, and Dusty. | |
| Felicia "Snoop" Pearson | Felicia Pearson | The Wire | A young female soldier in Marlo Stanfield's drug dealing organization. Chris Partlow's earliest protégé, and alluded to being a lesbian. | |
| Gail Peck | Charlotte Sullivan | Rookie Blue | Gail is a police officer. In season 4 she comes out to herself after she meets forensic pathologist Holly Stewart. | |
| Aline Penhallow | Eileen Li | Shadowhunters | Had a secret relationship with a woman named Carolyn. (Actress Eileen Li has stated that Aline is a lesbian.) | |
| Adriana Perez | Emily Rios | The Bridge | Newspaper reporter investigating corruption and the murders of women in Juarez. Tells Daniel that she escaped Mexico because she was a lesbian (season 1, episode 3). Girlfriend of Lucy. | |
| Lara Perkins | Lauren Lee Smith | The L Word | She has dated various women, specifically Dana Fairbanks and Gabby Deveaux, and had a more serious relationship with Alice Pieszecki. | |
| Petal | Georgina Sadler | The A List | One of the campers on Peregrine Island, Petal is carefree and open about being lesbian. She resists Amber's attempts to control her mind, but in the process is hurt and left broken. | |
| Laura Peterson | Julianna Margulies | The Morning Show | In 1997 Peterson was outed and subsequently fired from her job as anchor on morning news program Your Day America. Afterwards, she became a highly respected reporter. Describes herself as “a lesbian” to her girlfriend in season two. She has a sexual relationship with and then dates fellow journalist and morning news anchor, Bradley Jackson (bisexual). | |
| Wendy Peyser | Clea DuVall | American Horror Story: Asylum | Was in a relationship with Lana Winters. | |
| Kelsey Phillips | Nia Jervier | Dear White People | Kelsey described herself as a "gold star lesbian" in season 2, episode 4. | |
| Anissa Pierce / Thunder | Nafessa Williams | Black Lightning | A superhero who has a girlfriend named Chenoa. | |
| Malaya Pineda | Melanie Chandra | Code Black | Dr. Pineda is second-year resident and was once involved in a romantic relationship with a woman when she was a medical school student. | |
| Gretchen Polk | Jessica Szohr | Complications | ER nurse. In a relationship with Liz. | |
| Poppy | Claudia Rocafort | Life Sentence | Poppy is the girlfriend of Ida Abbott. | |
| Bette Porter | Jennifer Beals | The L Word | She had romances with Tina Kennard, Jodi Lerner, Candace Jewell, Alice Pieszecki, among others (original TLW series). | |
| Bette Porter | Jennifer Beals | The L Word: Generation Q | She had romances with Tina Kennard, Jodi Lerner, Candace Jewell, Alice Pieszecki, among others (original TLW series). |
| Alex Portnoy | Brianne Tju | Light as a Feather | Love interest of Peri Boudreaux. | |
| Bill Potts | Pearl Mackie | Doctor Who | Bill is the first openly and exclusively homosexual, full-time companion character in Doctor Who's history. She falls for Heather in episode 1 of series 10, 'The Pilot'. In the finale episode, Heather returns. When Bill questions her status as a living creature, Heather kisses her, asking whether the kiss felt real or not (it did). From there, Heather makes Bill an immortal like her, and they depart the T.A.R.D.I.S. as a couple to have adventures in time and space for eternity. | |
| Danica Powers | Ruth Goodwin | Private Eyes | Out rookie police officer. Becomes trainee detective. In a romantic relationship with reporter Kate Bashwa, whom she marries in season 4. | |
| Sian Powers | Sacha Parkinson | Coronation Street | Was in a relationship with and engaged to Sophie Webster. | |
| Michelle Prado | Floriana Lima | Allegiance | An FBI agent who is part of a joint CIA-FBI task force and is partnered with CIA analyst Alex O'Connor. | |
| Donna Prager | Eleanor Matsuura | Cuffs | A police officer, in a relationship with Alice Gove. | |
| Prisha | Shalini Bathina | Little Voice | She loves a woman in her band and fights with her parents who try to set her up with a man. | |

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| Character | Portrayed by | Program | Notes |
| Marion Quade | Madeleine Madden | Picnic at Hanging Rock | She is in a relationship with Greta McGraw. |
| Jacqueline "Jackie" Quiñones | Monica Raymund | Hightown | National Marine Fisheries Service Agent in Provincetown, Massachusetts. At the same time that she is trying to solve the murder of a woman, and organized crime involving opioids, she is also struggling with her sobriety. |
| Rachel | Ashly Burch | Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet | A video game tester. |
| Maggie Radcliffe | Carolyn Pickles | Broadchurch | Editor of the local newspaper, she becomes romantically involved with Jocelyn Knight. |
| Ramona | Judy Reyes | One Day at a Time | Member of Penelope's therapy group. |
| Jane Ramos | Rosario Dawson | Jane the Virgin | Is in a relationship with Petra. |
| Cate Randa | Anna Sawai | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | Schoolteacher and survivor of G-Day, Cate discovers that her father had a secret family in Tokyo, and that it has a secret connection to the Titans. Cate ended her relationship with Dani, a fellow teacher at her school, after Dani asked Cate to move in with her, but she could not make such a commitment. |
| Logan Rawlings | Ashley Tisdale | Young and Hungry | A magazine editor who is romantically attracted to a straight woman named Gabi. |
| Reagan | Yvette Monreal | Faking It | A edgy, hip, and rebellious waiter who is fiercy out and proud. |
| Jocelyn Reyes | Andrea Sixtos | East Los High | She is outed. |
| Eva Rhodes | Alex Paxton-Beesley | The Bold Type | A conservative Republican lawyer and Kat Edison's love interest. |
| Kizmin Rider | Rose Rollins | Bosch | The girlfriend of Grace Billets and a detective with the LAPD. |
| Carla Rinaldi | Tania Raymonde | Death Valley | Rinaldi is revealed to be lesbian in episode "Zombie Fights", when she makes out with barmaid Julia. |
| Maia Rindell | Rose Leslie | The Good Fight | She is in a relationship with a woman named Amy Breslin. |
| Liz Ritschard | Delia Mayer | Tatort | Ritschard is a police inspector that investigated between 2008 and 2019 in the episodes set in Lucerne. |
| Yolanda "Junkchain" Rivas | Shakira Barrera | GLOW | Also known as Yo-Yo, she is a stripper who joins GLOW after Cherry departs for another television series, and Arthie becomes attracted to her and the two later become a couple. |
| Zoë Rivas | Ana Golja | Degrassi: Next Class | Briefly dates two male friends, Miles and Drew. Zoë realizes she is gay when she falls in love with Grace Cardinal, although she is only seen as a friend. She comes out to boyfriend Winston in season 3. She later becomes Rasha Zuabi's girlfriend. Her mother does not accept her sexual orientation and kicks her out. |
| Zoë Rivas | Ana Golja | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Briefly dates two male friends, Miles and Drew. Zoë realizes she is gay when she falls in love with Grace Cardinal, although she is only seen as a friend. She comes out to boyfriend Winston in season 3. She later becomes Rasha Zuabi's girlfriend. Her mother does not accept her sexual orientation and kicks her out. |
| Arizona Robbins | Jessica Capshaw | Grey's Anatomy | She had several relationships, the main one with her ex-wife Callie Torres. She also had relationships with Lauren Boswell (with whom she cheated on Callie), Eliza Minnick and currently has a relationship with Carina DeLuca. In season 9, Arizona and Callie raise a baby together. |
| Roberta | Anna Ferzetti | The Ignorant Angels | Michele's friend and Annamaria's girlfriend. |
| Roberta "Bob" | Carlease Burke | Shameless | A truck driver. She becomes involved with Monica Gallagher. |
| Binnie Roberts | Sophie Langham | EastEnders | Binnie is in a relationship with Della. |
| Tess Roberts | Fiona Button | Lip Service | Tess is in a relationship with Cat. |
| Maya Robertson | Laura Donnelly | Hex | She is killed by Malachi. |
| Robin | Tiera Skovbye | Once Upon a Time | Revealed to be in love with Alice (the daughter of Captain Hook and Mother Gothel) in episode "The Eighth Witch". She begins a relationship with her. |
| Christine Rodd | Trudy Hellier | Neighbours | After the break up of her marriage to Allan, Christine realizes that she is gay and has a hard time telling her ex-husband and their daughter, Pepper. |
| Maddie Rooney | Dove Cameron | Liv and Maddie | Liv's identical twin sister and the second eldest child of the Rooney family. (She was confirmed as a lesbian by Cameron in a Twitter post.) |
| Root | Amy Acker | Person of Interest | A psychopathic hacker who is determined to gain access to The Machine, whose real name is Samantha "Sam" Groves. |
| Willow Rosenberg | Alyson Hannigan | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Though only showing attraction to and having relationships with male characters in the first three seasons, she begins dating Tara Maclay in season 4. Identifies as a lesbian in Season 5. In two long-term lesbian relationships during the series, including the first long-term lesbian relationship of a lead character on network television. |
| Pippy Rosewood | Gabrielle Dennis | Rosewood | A pathology expert who is a relationship with TMI. |
| Molly Ross | Sara Thompson | Burden of Truth | Molly is in a relationship with Luna Spence. |
| Wendy Ross-Hogarth | Robin Weigert | Jessica Jones | Wife of Jeri Hogarth. She filed for divorce when she discovered Jeri's affair with her secretary, Pam. Wendy was a doctor at a free clinic and financially supported Jeri while the latter was in law school. |
| Eve Rothlo | Famke Janssen | How to Get Away with Murder | Notably had a past relationship with fellow defense attorney Annalise Keating. When talking about their past and how a part of her is still in love with Annalise, Eve remarks that she has "been with plenty of other women" since the end of their relationship years ago. |
| Dalia Oprah Royce | Carly Chaikin | Suburgatory | In the show, it was revealed that she dated a woman. |
| Simone Russell | Lena Cardwell / Chrystee Pharris / Cathy Jenéen Doe | Passions | Said to be the first African-American lesbian character in broadcast daytime drama. |
| Ruthie | Lily Newmark | Sex Education | Has sexual relationship problems with her girlfriend Tanya, with whom she has been best friends since childhood. Turns to Otis' sex clinic for help. |
| Sabina | Jeananne Goossen | Coroner | Dating Alison Trent. |
| Sabrina | Lulu Brud | Pretty Little Liars | Briefly dated Emily Fields and was a manager of a local restaurant, but later drifted apart from Emily. |
| Saint | Sarah-Jane Potts | Sugar Rush | Kim's girlfriend in season 2. |
| Layla Salim | Nicole Chamoun | Kick | Layla is a college student in a relationship with Jackie. |
| Peach Salinger | Shay Mitchell | You | A wealthy and influential closeted socialite and Beck's best friend, whom she met at Brown University, and is secretly in love with her. |
| Sally | Catherine Shepherd | Sally4Ever | Sally comes out when she meets Emma and becomes involved in a relationship with her. |
| Sam | Jeanna Han | Scream Queens | Known by the nickname "Predator Lez". In love with Chanel #3. She is killed by the Red Devil. |
| Samantha | Tara Joshi | Shadowhunters | Girlfriend of Ollie Wilson. |
| Jessie Sammler | Evan Rachel Wood | Once and Again | Daughter of Rick Sammler. She is shy and emotionally fragile and later begins dating an upperclassman named Katie Singer. Their romance has been called the first teen lesbian romance on American network television. |
| Talia Sandoval | Miranda Rae Mayo | Pretty Little Liars | A cook at a local restaurant who had feelings for Emily Fields but actually had a husband named Eric Mendoza, implying she may be bisexual. |
| Vel Sartha | Faye Marsay | Andor | Vel is the leader of the rebels on planet Aldhani. She is in a relationship with Cinta Kaz. |
| Maggie Sawyer | Floriana Lima | Supergirl | She has a girlfriend in one of the episodes, and acts as Alex's love interest and the catalyst to her coming out. (The comics character she is based on is lesbian as well.) |
| Jackie Schneider | Romi Trower | Kick | Jackie is in a relationship with Layla. |
| Vivienne "Scotty" Scott | Letitia Wright | Cucumber | Scotty, while caring for her sick mother, falls in love with a girl who works at a supermarket. |
| Vivienne "Scotty" Scott | Letitia Wright | Banana | Scotty, while caring for her sick mother, falls in love with a girl who works at a supermarket. |
| Rose Seithathi | Florence Kasumba | Deutschland 86 | She is in a relationship with Lenora Rauch. |
| Callie Senate | Molly Parker | Goliath | She seduces Michelle McBride (bisexual) and begins a lesbian affair with her. |
| Ava Sharpe | Jes Macallan | Legends of Tomorrow | Mentions that she is 'not really the husband kind' and has a relationship with Sara Lance. |
| Irena Shaw | Zoie Palmer | Dark Matter | In episode 3x10, Dr. Irena Shaw is seen as having been in love, and in a romantic relationship, with Rebecca (a.k.a. Portia Lin / Two). Rebecca used Irena's image to create the Android. |
| Leslie Shay | Lauren German | Chicago Fire | An EMT in a relationship with Devon. Was once in a relationship with Clarice, a bisexual woman. |
| Siobhan Sheehan | Angourie Rice | Mare of Easttown | The teenage daughter of Mare, Siobhan is dating Becca, a member of her band. She also goes on a date with Anne Harris, the college radio dj. |
| Sharla Shepard | Christina Moses | Condor | An FBI agent. Girlfriend of Sarah Tan. |
| Alexis Simms | Sepideh Moafi | Falling Water | NYPD homicide detective. In a relationship with Christy. |
| Ximena Sinfuego | Lisseth Chavez | The Fosters | In episode 5x10, "Sanctuary", Ximena comes out to Callie. |
| Katie Singer | Mischa Barton | Once and Again | She dates a shy and emotionally fragile girl named Jessie Sammler. |
| Bea Smith | Danielle Cormack | Wentworth | Bea has a romance with a woman named Allie Novak. |
| Sofie | Julie Zangenberg | Heartless | Sofie is a succubus that must feed from the life force of humans to survive. If she feeds too much and drains her prey, her victim bursts into flames and is incinerated. She meets Emilie and for the first time in her life feels attraction and falls in love. |
| Rose Solano | Bridget Regan | Jane the Virgin | A crime lord who falls in love with Luisa, and the main antagonist of the series. |
| Veronica "Vero" Sole | Carolina Cerezuela | Hospital Central | Vero is a psychiatrist who dated a woman named Maca. |
| Sarah Souders | Andrea Parker | Red Band Society | Mother of Kara. Married to Daniella. |
| Serena Southerlyn | Elisabeth Röhm | Law & Order | An assistant district attorney who has some conservative viewpoints. In her last episode, she explicitly states she is a lesbian to Arthur Branch. |
| Luna Spence | Star Slade | Burden of Truth | Luna is a First Nation native in a relationship with Molly. |
| Ali Spencer | Kelli Hollis | Emmerdale | She leaves her husband and flat on the Hotten estate for a new start in the village with her children and her girlfriend, Ruby Haswell. |
| Karen Spencer | Joanna Johnson | The Bold and the Beautiful | In a relationship with a woman named Danielle and later a main stakeholder in a publishing company. |
| Maya St. Germain | Bianca Lawson | Pretty Little Liars | The first serious girlfriend of Emily Fields. Her other girlfriends included Sara Harvey, who was struggling to recognize her sexuality, and they were together until Sara was killed off. |
| Stacy-Anne | D. Ajane Carlton | 195 Lewis | |
| Norma Starkey | Dystin Johnson | Shameless (U.K.) | A lorry driver who was previously Monica Gallagher's lover after her split from Frank Gallagher. |
| Niki Stevens | Kate French | The L Word | A closeted famous movie star who had relationships with Jenny Schecter, Shane McCutcheon, Jimmi, and Paris Hilton. |
| Holly Stewart | Aliyah O'Brien | Rookie Blue | Holly is a forensic pathologist and becomes involved in a romantic relationship with Gail Peck (seasons 4 and 5). |
| Annaliese Stilman | Lena Olin | Mindhunter | Dr. Annaliese Stilman is the head of the psychology department at a Boston university. She was in a relationship with Wendy Carr until Wendy accepted the FBI's offer to join their team as a behavioral science consultant at Quantico. Annaliese was more open in public with her feelings for Wendy and what they were to each other. |
| Frankie Stone | Elizabeth Hendrickson | All My Children | A wisecracking tomboy with feminine sex appeal, and was killed off. (The character was brought back as her twin sister, Maggie Stone). |
| Maggie Stone | Elizabeth Hendrickson | All My Children | She fell in love with Maggie, with Maggie initially maintaining that she is only interested in men, and the two eventually become girlfriends, though heartbreak follows. |
| Simone Strasser | Vicky Krieps | Das Boot | Simone is a translator for the Gestapo who falls in love with Carla Monroe, the leader of the Résistance. |
| Della Street | Juliet Rylance | Perry Mason | Street is Mason's loyal secretary and a closeted lesbian. (A reinterpretation of the original character from the 1950s series.) |
| Joanie Stubbs | Kim Dickens | Deadwood | Falls in love with Jane Canary (Calamity Jane). |
| Joanie Stubbs | Kim Dickens | Deadwood: The Movie | In the movie, set in 1889, she and Jane became estranged during that passage of time. Jane returns to Deadwood in search of Joanie and to try to win her back. They are reunited and their relationship is rekindled. |
| Sophia Swanson | Michelle Ang | Underemployed | An aspiring writer who has sex with a woman named Lauren and later with a woman named Miles, while dating a bartender named Natalie. |
| Sylvia | Clea DuVall | The Handmaid's Tale | Wife of Ofglen, she escaped to Canada with their son. |
| Judy Talbot | Daisy Head | The Sandman | Judy has been trying to reconcile with her girlfriend (Donna) after an argument that turned physical, but has not been able to contact her. She becomes one of John Dee's victims. |
| Tamika | Clarke Hollingsworth | 13 Reasons Why | Girlfriend of Courtney Crimsen. |
| Sarah Tan | Ellen Wong | Condor | Girlfriend of FBI agent Sharla Shepard, and work confidante of Joe Turner. |
| Tanya | Alice Hewkin | Sex Education | Has hangups about sex with Ruthie, her girlfriend and best friend since childhood. |
| Lucy Tara | Yasmine Al-Bustami | NCIS: Hawaiʻi | An NCIS agent. Had a girlfriend in high school named Marcella. Lucy is in a relationship with FBI Special Agent Kate Whistler. |
| Zoe Tate | Leah Bracknell | Emmerdale | Involved in many major storylines during her time on the show, including coming out as gay and a battle with schizophrenia. (Zoe became the first lesbian character in a British soap opera when she came out in 1993.) |
| Tathiana | Lorenza Izzo | Casual | Girlfriend of Laura Meyers (bisexual). |
| Emily Taylor | Lorna Pegler | Hollyoaks | At university studying to be a veterinary surgeon, later came out, and battles with schizophrenia. |
| Teresa | Rachel Wilson | Bomb Girls | Teresa is a Women's Army Corps sergeant. She flirts with and seduces Betty McRae. They eventually become involved in a romantic relationship. |
| Mandy Thomas | Rachael Blake | Home and Away | A professional writer who meets with Shannon. |
| Rae Thomas | Jossara Jinnaro | Passions | Simone Russell's first and only girlfriend. |
| Nonnie Thompson | Kimmy Shields | Insatiable | Nonnie is attracted to Patty. |
| Ezri Tigan | Nicole de Boer | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | The mirror universe lesbian version of Ezri Dax, is referred to as not being interested in men and has a romantic and sexual relationship with the mirror universe's version of Kira Nerys, who is bisexual. The two women share an on-screen kiss and Ezri flirts with other female characters. |
| Camilla Torres | Tatiana Maslany | Orphan Black | She asks Dr. Delphine Cormier out to dinner. Delphine confirms this to a mirthful Cosima when she enters the room after Camilla leaves. |
| Liz Tremayne | Maria Sten | Swamp Thing | In a relationship with Margaux. |
| Alison Trent | Tamara Podemski | Coroner | Assistant to Coroner Jenny Cooper. In a relationship with Sabina. |
| Taissa Turner | Jasmin Savoy Brown (teenager) Tawny Cypress (adult) | Yellowjackets | In high school she was in a relationship with Yellowjackets teammate Vannessa Palmer. Twenty-five years later, Taissa is an out politician married to Simone. |

### U–Z

| Character | Portrayed by | Program | Notes |
| Desiree Upton | Simone Robertson | Home and Away | She had a romantic attraction on a woman named Gypsy. |
| Uriel | Katrine De Candole | Dominion | An archangel who is one of the eldest of the Archangels and is later revealed to be Arika's lover. |
| Eve Unwin | Heather Peace | EastEnders | Eve joins the show as Stacey Slater's prison wife and later falls in love with Suki Panesar. |
| Laure Valère | Alix Poisson | Les Revenants | A constable of the town and former ex-girlfriend of Julie Meyer. |
| Saray Vargas | Alba Flores | Vis a vis | Ex-girlfriend of Estefania "Rizos" Kabila. When her family learns of her sexual orientation, they shun her for a period before forcing her to marry a man. Once she is released from prison, she is shown to be living with a female romantic partner (Season 4, episode 8: "La marea amarilla"). |
| Madame Vastra | Neve McIntosh | Doctor Who | She is married to Jenny Flint. This is confirmed in the episode The Snowmen. |
| Alex Vause | Laura Prepon | Orange Is the New Black | Piper Chapman's principal love interest. Alex and Piper were ex-girlfriends prior to their imprisonment in Litchfield Penitentiary. In season 5, episode 12, Piper asks Alex to marry her and Alex accepts. |
| Melanie "Mel" Vera | Melonie Diaz | Charmed | Mel, a graduate student, is in a relationship with Nico Hamada, then Jada Shields and Ruby. She has the ability to "freeze time". |
| Margot Verger | Katharine Isabelle | Hannibal | A patient of Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Has a wife named Alana Bloom. |
| Veronica | K Callan | All in the Family | Veronica was the long time partner of Edith's cousin Liz. |
| Vi | Rosie O'Donnell | A League of Their Own | Butch owner and bartender of the underground lesbian and gay bar in Rockford. |
| Violet | Hannah John-Kamen | Cucumber | Violet is Sian's girlfriend. |
| Violet | Hannah John-Kamen | Banana | Violet is Sian's girlfriend. |
| Saskia Vogels | Leen Roels | Professor T. | Saskia is an Inspector with the Federal Judicial Police Antwerp. |
| Anna Volovodov | Elizabeth Mitchell | The Expanse | Minister and head pastor of UN congregation. In a same-sex marriage with Namono 'Nono' and has a daughter, Nami. |
| Nikki Wade | Mandana Jones | Bad Girls | In a relationship with Officer Helen Stewart. |
| Hannah Wagner | Jana Klinge | Nord bei Nordwest | Police inspector. After arriving in Schwanitz, she's asked if her husband is coming and replies "I don't have a husband, I like women." ("Ich hab' keinen Mann, ich mag Frauen.") |
| Ann Walker | Christine Bottomley | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister | Ann is Anne Lister's lover. She accepts Lister's proposal to live together as partners, followed by a Church blessing in which she becomes her "wife". |
| Ann Walker | Sophie Rundle | Gentleman Jack | Ann is Anne Lister's lover. She accepts Lister's proposal to live together as partners, followed by a Church blessing in which she becomes her "wife". |
| May-Li Wang | Stacy Liu | The Dumping Ground | May-Li is a care worker and in series 3, May-Li is revealed to be in a relationship with another woman and had adopted children. |
| Connie Ward | Rachael Elizabeth | Home Fires | Connie was in a secret relationship with colleague Teresa Fenchurch. |
| Chris Warner | Tracey Ullman | Tracey Takes On... | A character written and frequently performed by actress-comedian Tracey Ullman. Chris is girlfriend to pro-golfer Midge Dexter (Julie Kavner). Chris and Midge come out publicly in season 1, episode "Romance"; Chris is kidnapped and sent to a "homosexual de-programming center" Straight Ways in season 3, episode "Religion." (Tracey Takes On... took home GLAAD Media Awards for both episodes (1996, 1999).) |
| Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren | Uzo Aduba | Orange Is the New Black | Susanne fell for Piper Chapman when Piper arrived in the prison. She is in a romantic relationship with Maureen Kukudio. |
| Poussey Washington | Samira Wiley | Orange Is the New Black | Poussey's feelings for Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson were unrequited. She developed a relationship with Brook Soso. She dies in a later season of the show. |
| Crickett Watts | Brandi Burkhardt | Hart of Dixie | Crickett came out to everyone just as she was about to renew her vows with Stanley Watts. After this, she started dating Jaysene. |
| Ellen Waverly (m. Wilson) | Jodi Balfour | For All Mankind | Closeted astronaut. In a marriage of convenience with closeted gay astronaut Larry Wilson. Was involved with Pam Horton, but the relationship ended when Ellen chose to marry WIlson so she could hide her sexual orientation and save her career. |
| Kerry Weaver | Laura Innes | ER | The only lesbian character on NBC at the time she was included in the series. |
| Sophie Webster | Brooke Vincent | Coronation Street | Sophie has been in relationships with Sian Powers and Maddie Heath. |
| Wen-fang Weng | Hsieh Ying-xuan | Wave Makers | Weng is a political consultant married to Chu Li-ya, a well-to-do successful businesswoman. Although Weng's father joined his political party in supporting same-sex marriage, he has difficulty accepting Weng's homosexuality and her relationship with Li-ya. |
| Bridget Westfall | Libby Tanner | Wentworth | A forensic psychologist who works with the inmates at Wentworth and she has feelings for Franky Doyle, which Franky reciprocates. |
| Amanda Weston | Anna Akana | Stitchers | The girlfriend of Camille Engelson. |
| Kate Whistler | Tori Anderson | NCIS: Hawaiʻi | An FBI agent. Had a girlfriend named Cara, and is now in a relationship with NCIS agent Lucy Tara. |
| Mimi Whiteman | Marisa Tomei | Empire | A wealthy venture capitalist who invests $250 million in the hostile takeover of Empire Entertainment. |
| Ryan Wilder / Batwoman | Javicia Leslie | Batwoman | Finds the Batwoman suit after Kate Kane disappears, and assumes the Batwoman identity. |
| Lisa Williams | Kate Lyn Sheil | House of Cards | Involved with Rachel Posner. |
| Nina Williams | Tyla Abercrumbie | The Chi | The former girlfriend of Karen and later married a woman named Dre. |
| Carol Willick | Jane Sibbett | Friends | Girlfriend of Susan Bunch. They marry in the season 2 episode "The One with the Lesbian Wedding". |
| Devonne Wilson | Gia Crovatin | Hightown | Ex-girlfriend of agent Jackie Quiñones. |
| Freya Wilson | Lu Corfield | Doctors | Dr. Wilson is in a relationship with Mandy Marquez. |
| Henrietta "Hen" Wilson | Aisha Hinds | 9-1-1 | "Hen" is married to Karen Wilson. They are together raising the son of Hen's ex-girlfriend (Eva). |
| Karen Wilson | Tracie Thoms | 9-1-1 | Karen is married to Henrietta Wilson. |
| Olivia 'Ollie' Wilson | Alexandra Ordolis | Shadowhunters | Ollie is a detective and in a relationship with Samantha. |
| Lana Winters | Sarah Paulson | American Horror Story: Asylum | Lana was locked in Briarcliff Asylum for being a lesbian and was in a secret relationship with Wendy Peyser. |
| Hillary Winthrop | Ashley Hinshaw | Workaholics | In a relationship with Jackie and brings along a "disgusting boyfriend" so that her father will accept her lesbian relationship. |
| Camile Wray | Ming-Na Wen | Stargate Universe | Her character searches for a way back to Earth and her partner, Sharon. |
| Hailey Yarner | Chanelle Peloso | The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco | Comes out to Iris Bearden in episode "Iron in War" (1x06). She tells her, "I like women. In ways that I shouldn't." |
| Joanne Yates | Kimberley Sustad | Travelers | FBI agent in a same-sex marriage. |
| Meh Yewll | Trenna Keating | Defiance | An Indogene and doctor in the town of Defiance. Her wife Lev, a scientist, killed herself (season 2, episode 5). |
| Cath York | Alicia Gardiner | Deadloch | Cath is a veterinarian. She is married to Dulcie Collins. |
| Yorkie | Mackenzie Davis | Black Mirror | Yorkie is living in a simulated reality within which she meets Kelly, a bisexual woman. They fall in love and Yorkie enters into a romantic relationship with her. |
| Yumiko | Alexandra Wilcke | Kommt Mausi raus?! | Partner of Kati |
| Yumiko | Eleanor Matsuura | The Walking Dead | Partner of Magna. |
| Yuri | Rae Leonne Allen | 195 Lewis | A philandering playgirl. |
| Irène Ziegler | Julia Piaton | The Frozen Dead | Ziegler is the captain of the St. Martin detective squad and openly lesbian. She is in a committed relationship with Greta. |
| Zoe | Jeanne Balibar | Irma Vep | Costumer designer for the TV production. |
| Rasha Zuabi | Dalia Yegavian | Degrassi: Next Class | Zoë Rivas' Muslim girlfriend. |