Lesbian and Bisexual Celebrities
by epomanic | created - 05 Feb 2012 | updated - 06 Aug 2015 | Publichas made me realize there are not near enough lesbian actresses as half of these girls are either reality show personalities, musicians, models, etc.
and also Jill Bennett needs to be in some more good projects - she is awesome!
If you know of actresses that are not on the list and should be let me know in the comments and I'll add them!
1. Jane Lynch
Actress | Wreck-It Ralph
Jane Marie Lynch is an American actress, comedian and author. She is known for starring as Sue Sylvester in the musical comedy series Glee (2009-2015), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. Lynch also gained recognition for her roles in Christopher Guest's mockumentary films, such as Best in ...
2. Ellen DeGeneres
Producer | Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Emmy-winning talk show host Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb. She is the daughter of Betty DeGeneres (née Elizabeth Jane Pfeffer), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres, Jr., an insurance agent. Her brother is musician and producer Vance DeGeneres...
3. Portia de Rossi
Actress | Arrested Development
Portia de Rossi was born and raised in Geelong, Australia. Originally born Amanda Rogers, at 15 she changed her name to Portia, saying that it was the most daring thing she had ever done up until that point. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Melbourne, and studied ...
4. Kristanna Loken
Actress | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Kristanna Sommer Loken was born in Ghent, New York, to Rande (Porath) and Merlin "Chris" Loken. She is of half Norwegian and half German descent. She began her modeling career at the early age of 15. Encouraged by her mother, who was a model prior to her daughter's birth, Kristanna's modeling ...
5. Leisha Hailey
Actress | The L Word
Born on July 11, 1971 in Okinawa, Japan, she is an American actress and musician, best known for the role of Alice Pieszecki in The L Word (2004) and for being one half of the electropop duo Uh Huh Her. She was born to American parents in the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands...
gotta love Leisha!!!!!
6. Amber Heard
Actress | Aquaman
Amber Laura Heard was born in Austin, Texas, to Patricia Paige Heard (née Parsons), an internet researcher, and David C. Heard (David Clinton Heard), a contractor. She has English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Welsh ancestry.
Heard appeared in the Academy Award-nominated film, North Country (2005), ...
7. Samira Wiley
Actress | Orange Is the New Black
Samira Wiley was born on April 15, 1987 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Orange Is the New Black (2013), The Sitter (2011) and The Handmaid's Tale (2017). She has been married to Lauren Morelli since March 25, 2017.
8. Saffron Burrows
Actress | You
Saffron Burrows, known for her work in critically acclaimed films, this fall reprises her role in the hit Netflix show YOU, season 3. Burrows previously starred in the Golden Globe winning Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle. In 2019 Burrows directed the short films: Michael & Indigo, starring Jason...
9. Tilda Swinton
Actress | We Need to Talk About Kevin
The iconoclastic gifts of the highly striking and ferociously talented actress Tilda Swinton have been appreciated by art house crowds and international audiences alike. After her stunning Oscar-winning turn as a high-powered corporate attorney in the George Clooney starring and critically-lauded ...
10. Heather Matarazzo
Actress | Welcome to the Dollhouse
Heather Matarazzo was born November 10, 1982, in Oyster Bay, New York. She was adopted by Camille and Ray Matarazzo, an Italian-American couple although she is of Irish descent biologically. Heather attended both Oyster Bay High School and Long Island High School for the Arts. In 1997, she made her...
11. Cynthia Nixon
Actress | Sex and the City 2
Cynthia Nixon was born in New York City on April 9, 1966, to Anne Elizabeth Knoll, an actress, and Walter E. Nixon, Jr., a radio journalist. She has German and English ancestry. Nixon made a memorable film debut in Little Darlings (1980). Her Broadway credits include "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," "...
12. Margaret Cho
Producer | Margaret Cho: PsyCHO
Margaret Cho was born on December 5, 1968 in San Francisco. Her grandfather was a Methodist minister who ran an orphanage in Seoul during the Korean War. Ignoring the traditions of her patriarchal culture, her mother bravely resisted an arranged marriage in Korea & married Margaret's father, who ...
13. Evan Rachel Wood
Actress | Thirteen
Evan Rachel Wood was born September 7, 1987, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her father, Ira David Wood III, is a theatre actor, writer and director, and her mother, Sara Wood, is an actress and acting coach. She has two older brothers--Dana Wood, a musician, and Ira David Wood IV, who has also acted. ...
14. Jill Bennett
Actress | And Then Came Lola
Jill Bennett is an award-winning Los Angeles producer/writer/actor dedicated to creating opportunities for underrepresented filmmakers.
She began her career in Los Angeles at The Sacred Fools Theatre playing Apemantus, in their award-winning production of Timon of Athens alongside Jon Hamm.
Her viral...
15. Jessica Graham
Actress | The Tangle
Jessica Graham is an actor, producer, writer, and director based in Los Angeles, California. She is known for her work on The Tangle, Chasseur, Monkeys, The Temptation Game, and Murder Made Easy. She has an extensive background in theater, and has been trained in Meisner. She is a co-owner of Damn ...
16. Jessica Clark
Actress | Pocket Listing
Jessica Clark was born in 1985 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Pocket Listing (2015), True Blood (2008) and Chemistry (2011). She was previously married to Lacey Stone.
17. Elena Anaya
Actress | La piel que habito
Spanish actress Elena Anaya impressed the critics with her performance in Sex and Lucía (2001).
Elena was born in Palencia, Spain, on July 17th, 1975. An active child, she excelled in karate and mountain climbing. By the time she was 17 Elena knew that she wanted to channel her energy into ...
18. Daniel Sea
Actor | The L Word
Daniel Sea is an actor, musician and artist. They work in film, theater and TV series. Daniel played the first recurring trans-masculine role in mainstream television, appearing from 2006 - 2009 as Max in Showtime's "The L Word". They acted in John Cameron Mitchell's feature film "Shortbus". They ...
19. Anna Paquin
Actress | The Piano
Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.
She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved ...
20. Ashleigh Sumner
Actress | The Event
Ashleigh Sumner was born on December 22, 1979 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for The Event (2010), And Then Came Lola (2009) and Our RoboCop Remake (2014).
21. Ruby Rose
Actress | Orange Is the New Black
Ruby Rose Langenheim (born 20 March 1986), better known as Ruby Rose, is an Australian model, DJ, boxer, recording artist, actress, television presenter, and MTV VJ. Rose emerged in the media spotlight as a presenter on MTV Australia, followed by several high-profile modelling gigs, notably as the ...
22. Kim Stolz
Actress | Veronica Mars
Kim Stolz was born on June 8, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Veronica Mars (2004), The Freshmen (2002) and Under the Pink Carpet (2000). She has been married to Lexi Ritsch since June 15, 2013.
23. Amanda Bearse
Actress | Fright Night
Amanda Bearse was born on August 9, 1958 in Winter Park, Florida, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Fright Night (1985), Married... with Children (1987) and Bros (2022). She has been married to Carrie Schenken since 2010. They have two children.
24. Jenny Shimizu
Actress | Foxfire
Born in San Jose, California in June 1967, Jenny grew up in Santa Maria, California and attended California State University, Northridge on a basketball scholarship. She later moved to Los Angeles to open a car garage. Soon after, Jenny was approached by a casting director while saddling her ...
25. Sara Gilbert
Actress | Poison Ivy
Sara Gilbert was born on January 29, 1975, as Sara Rebecca Abeles at St. John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, California, to Barbara Cowan and Harold Abeles. Barbara was previously married to the late Paul Gilbert. At the age of six, when Sara saw her sister Melissa Gilbert get a star...
26. Tila Tequila
Actress | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Singapore-born, Houston-raised Tila "Tequila" Nguyen has become a pop culture sensation. She is one of the most popular personalities in cyberspace, breaking records on MySpace, with a record breaking 1.4 million friends, as well as Facebook.
Raised in a Buddhist temple, the Vietnamese teenager soon...
27. Erica Ash
Actress | Scary Movie 5
Erica Ash was born in Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Scary Movie V (2013), Survivor's Remorse (2014) and We Have a Ghost (2023).
28. Jill Sloane Goldstein
Producer | The Untitled Johnny Spain Project
Jill Sloane Goldstein is known for The Untitled Johnny Spain Project, 2010 American Music Awards (2010) and 2009 American Music Awards (2009). She has been married to Nikki Weiss since October 9, 2010. They have two children. She was previously married to Nikki Weiss.
29. Sheryl Swoopes
Actress | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Sheryl Swoopes was born on March 25, 1971 in Brownfield, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019), One and Done and Swoopes on Hoops (1995). She was previously married to Eric Jackson.
30. Melissa Etheridge
Soundtrack | An Inconvenient Truth
Melissa Etheridge was born on May 29, 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Money Train (1995) and The Devil's Own (1997). She has been married to Linda Wallem since May 31, 2014.
31. Sandra Bernhard
Actress | The King of Comedy
Performer, actress, singer and author Sandra Bernhard appeared as a series regular in season three of the immensely popular FX Television/Ryan Murphy show "POSE" reprising her role as brassy but caring Nurse Judy Kubrack, who works with H.I.V. / AIDS patients, following a memorable season one guest...
32. Jasika Nicole
Actress | Fringe
Jasika Nicole grew up in Birmingham, AL and studied musical theatre, dance and studio art at Catawba College in Salisbury, NC before moving to NYC to work in theatre. There she performed in Off and Off-Off Broadway musicals and plays before starting her career in TV and film. Identifying as a queer...
33. Alla Nazimova
Actress | Salomé
The grand, highly flamboyant Russian star Alla Nazimova of Hollywood silent films lived an equally grand, flamboyant life off-camera, though her legendary status has not held up as firmly as that of a Rudolph Valentino today.
Alla Nazimova was born Miriam Edez Adelaida Leventon in 1879, in Yalta, ...
34. k.d. lang
Soundtrack | Twister
k.d. lang was born on November 2, 1961 in Consort, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress and composer, known for Twister (1996), Salmonberries (1991) and Dick Tracy (1990).
35. Cathy DeBuono
Actress | And Then Came Lola
Cathy DeBuono was born on March 20, 1970 in Yonkers, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for And Then Came Lola (2009), Along Came Wanda (2021) and How 'Bout a Cuppa Tea (2020).
36. Wanda Sykes
Actress | Monster-in-Law
Wanda Sykes has been called one of the funniest stand-up comics by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. Her smart-witted stand-up has sent her career in many different areas.
She was previously seen in Comedy Central's Wanda Does It (2004), where she tried ...
37. Lil' Kim
Soundtrack | You Got Served
Kimberly Denise Jones, was born on July 11, 1974, to parents Linwood Jones and Ruby Mae. She is of Native American and African American descent. Standing just 4 feet 11 inches tall Kimberly Jones seems much less than being just your average girl in the hood, but when "Lil' Kim" was introduced to ...
38. Lindsay Lohan
Actress | The Parent Trap
Lindsay Dee Lohan was born in New York City, on 2 July 1986, to Dina Lohan and Michael Lohan. She began her career at age three as a Ford model, and also made appearances in over sixty television commercials, including spots for The Gap, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, and Jell-O (opposite Bill Cosby). Lohan ...
39. Nikki Weiss
Producer | The Untitled Johnny Spain Project
Nikki Weiss-Goldstein represents the industry's leading directors in the commercial, episodic and feature world. She has been a strategic liaison between directors, production companies, and advertising agencies, marrying top tier creative with her roster of filmmaking talent since 1993. She has ...
40. Bridget McManus
Actress | Wanted
Bridget McManus is known for Wanted (2008), 9 (2009) and Maybelle (2015).
41. Tracy Ryerson
Producer | The Senior
Tracy Ryerson was born on April 13, 1980 in New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Senior, Eden (2014) and Ocean Ave. (2002).
42. Samantha Ronson
Soundtrack | Mean Girls
Samantha Ronson was born on August 7, 1977 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Mean Girls (2004), Half Nelson (2006) and The Woodsman (2004).
43. Lily Tomlin
Actress | Nashville
Lily Tomlin was born September 1, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, to Lillie Mae (Ford) and Guy Tomlin, who moved to Michigan from Paducah, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Her mother was a nurse's aide and her father was a factory worker. She graduated from Cass Technical High School in 1957, and ...
44. Rose Garcia
Actress | The Social Good Magazine Show
Rose Garcia is known for The Social Good Magazine Show (2023) and The Real L Word (2010).
46. Rosie O'Donnell
Actress | A League of Their Own
Rosie O'Donnell was born into an Irish-American family in Commack, Long Island. She is the third of five children born to Roseann Teresa (Murtha) and Edward Joseph O'Donnell, an electrical engineer for the defense industry. Her mother died when she was 10. She said that she watched TV nearly 24 ...
47. Angelyna Martinez-Boyd
Actress | Rocky Balboa
Angelyna Martinez- Boyd is a 2nd generation Mexican-American born in San Antonio, Texas. Her career in entertainment started as a professional singer in New York City which led her to perform in such iconic venues that include Madison Square Garden, The Beacon Theatre NY, & Radio City Music Hall. ...
48. Nicol Paone
Writer | Friendsgiving
Nicol Paone was born in New Jersey, USA. She is a writer and director, known for Friendsgiving (2020), This Is 40 (2012) and Funny People (2009).
49. Angelina Jolie
Actress | Maleficent
Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become ...
50. Jillian Armenante
Actress | The Sex Lives of College Girls
Jillian Armenante was born on July 5, 1968 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021), Vice (2018) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). She has been married to Alice Dodd since June 24, 2000. They have two children.
51. Kate Clinton
Actress | The Secret Lives of Dentists
Kate Clinton was born on November 9, 1947 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002), Smash (2012) and The L Word (2004). She was previously married to Urvashi Vaid.
52. Clementine Ford
Actress | Cherry Falls
Clementine Ford was born to actress Cybill Shepherd and her first husband, David Ford, in Memphis, Tennessee in 1979. Her parents divorced when she was still a baby, and Cybill went back to California to restart her acting career, becoming a celebrated television star on Moonlighting (1985). She ...
53. Meredith Baxter
Actress | All the President's Men
Meredith Baxter is an American actress from California, better known for television roles. Her most famous roles include Catholic teacher Bridget Fitzgerald in the sitcom "Bridget Loves Bernie" (1972-1973), divorced mother Nancy Lawrence in the family-themed drama "Family" (1976-1980), and ...
54. Suze Orman
Producer | The Suze Orman Show
Suze Orman was born on June 5, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for The Suze Orman Show (2002), 30 Rock (2006) and The Simpsons (1989). She has been married to Kathy Travis since September 2010.
56. Sue Perkins
Actress | Last Christmas
Sue Perkins was born on September 22, 1969 in East Dulwich, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Last Christmas (2019), The Great British Baking Show (2010) and Urban Myths (2017).
57. Nicole Pacent
Actress | Westworld
Nicole Pacent is an actress and producer, known for Westworld (2016), Criminal Minds (2005) and Call Me Kat (2021). She has been married to Gustav Lindquist since October 2017.
58. Liz Feldman
Writer | Dead to Me
Liz Feldman was born on May 21, 1977. She is a writer and producer, known for Dead to Me (2019), 2 Broke Girls (2011) and The Great Indoors (2016). She has been married to Rachael Cantu since April 14, 2013. They have one child.
59. Alexandra Hedison
Actress | Prey
Alexandra Hedison was born on July 10, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Prey (1998), Alok (2024) and The L Word (2004). She has been married to Jodie Foster since April 19, 2014.
60. Alyssa Morgan
Make_up_department | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Alyssa Morgan is known for Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011), Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon (2021) and Barry (2018).
61. Sarah Paulson
Actress | 12 Years a Slave
Sarah Paulson was born on December 17, 1974 in Tampa, Florida, to Catharine Gordon (Dolcater) and Douglas Lyle Paulson II. She spent most of her early years in New York and Maine, before settling in Manhattan to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the High School for Performing Arts. ...
62. Guinevere Turner
Actress | American Psycho
Guinevere Turner was born on May 23, 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for American Psycho (2000), The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) and Go Fish (1994).
63. Laurel Holloman
Actress | The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Laurel Holloman was born on May 23, 1971 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995), The L Word (2004) and Boogie Nights (1997). She was previously married to Paul Macherey.
probably not...but whatev she was cool back when she was Tina
64. Magda Szubanski
Actress | Kath & Kim
Attended college in Melbourne, Australia. With friends from college, launched an early-80s comedy show on Australian TV called The D Generation (1986). In late 80s/early 90s, appeared in comedy show on Australian TV called Fast Forward (1989).
65. Miriam Margolyes
Actress | The Age of Innocence
A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence (1993), she received Best Supporting Actress at the 1989 LA Critics Circle Awards for her role...
66. Maya Marcel-Keyes
Self | Mission to Matrimony: The Gay Marriage Proposal
Maya Marcel-Keyes was born on May 23, 1985 in New Jersey, USA.
67. Leanna Creel
Actress | Freeway
Leanna Creel began her television career acting in series such as Parent Trap III (1989) and Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991), her most popular role being that of "Tori Scott" in Saved by the Bell (1989). She graduated from UCLA in 1993 with a BA (Honors) in History and, in 1996, ...
68. Rachel Maddow
Actress | The Ides of March
Rachel Maddow was born on April 1, 1973 in Castro Valley, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Ides of March (2011), The Rachel Maddow Show (2008) and Red, White & Royal Blue (2023). She is married to Susan Mikula.
69. Brandi Carlile
Soundtrack | Onward
Brandi Carlile was born on June 1, 1981 in Ravensdale, Washington, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Onward (2020), A Star Is Born (2018) and Safe Haven (2013). She has been married to Catherine Shepherd since September 15, 2012. They have two children.
70. Elliot Page
Actor | Juno
Elliot Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. Page wanted to start acting at an early age and attended the Neptune Theater School. They began their career at the age of 10 on the award-winning television series Pit Pony (1999), for...
71. Cherry Jones
Actress | The Village
Cherry Jones was born on November 21, 1956 in Paris, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for The Village (2004), Signs (2002) and The Perfect Storm (2000). She has been married to Sophie Huber since 2015.
72. Kelly McGillis
Actress | Top Gun
Kelly Ann McGillis was born in Newport Beach, California, to Virginia Joan (Snell), a homemaker, and Donald Manson McGillis, a general practitioner of medicine. She has English, Welsh, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry. McGillis dropped out of high school to pursue a career as an actress, and ...
73. Kirsten Vangsness
Actress | Criminal Minds
Kirsten Vangsness has been widely known as the bespectacled-brainy-tech-kitten Penelope Garcia on the CBS hit drama "Criminal Minds" (and its spin-off "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" and "Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders"). She has long been a fan favorite, beloved for her vibrant personality and ...
74. Jodie Foster
Actress | The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...
75. Mia Kirshner
Actress | Not Another Teen Movie
Mia Kirshner was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Etti, a teacher, and Sheldon Kirshner, a journalist. Her father is of Polish Jewish descent and her mother is a Bulgarian Jewish immigrant. Mia had a middle class upbringing and graduated from McGill University with a degree in English Literature. She ...
76. Lea DeLaria
Actress | Orange Is the New Black
Lea DeLaria was born on May 23, 1958 in Belleville, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Orange Is the New Black (2013), Cars 3 (2017) and Edge of Seventeen (1998).
77. Zoie Palmer
Actress | Godsend
Zoie Palmer is an English-Canadian actress, born in Calne, Wiltshire, England, to parents of Irish and British descent. She earned her B.F.A. at York University in Toronto, Canada, in 2001; and has since been featured in a variety of film and television projects, including the critically acclaimed ...
78. Katharine Hepburn
Actress | The Lion in Winter
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut to a suffragist, Katharine Martha (Houghton), and a doctor, Thomas Norval Hepburn, who both always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential. An athletic tomboy as a ...
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