This list contains information about the greatest fictional transgender characters. Several award-winning films and TV series feature transgender characters. Some transgender characters are seen in a comedic light while others illustrate the difficulties that come with being transgender. One famous actor even won an Academy Award for playing a transgender character.
Who is the most famous fictional transgender character? Roberta Muldoon is one of the notable fictional transgender characters listed here. In the 1982 film The World According to Garp, John Lithgow plays a transsexual ex-football player named Roberta Muldoon. Lithgow was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
In the 1985 film, Kiss of the Spider Woman, William Hurt plays Luis Molina, a gay man who is likely transgender and is in prison for having sex with an underage boy. The film was nominated for four Oscars and Hurt took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
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Roberta Muldoon
In the 1982 film The World According to Garp, John Lithgow plays a transsexual ex-football player named Roberta Muldoon. Lithgow was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
Luis Molina
In the 1985 film, Kiss of the Spider Woman, William Hurt plays Luis Molina, a gay man who is likely transgender and is in prison for having sex with an underage boy. The film was nominated for four Oscars and Hurt took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
Buffalo Bill
In the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, Ted Levine plays the Buffalo Bill killer, a transgender man who is attempting to make a suit out of the skin of his female victims. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, five of which it won, including Best Picture.
Leon Shermer
In the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon, Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) attempts to rob a bank, in part to pay for his wife Leon Shermer's (Chris Sarando) sex reassignment surgery. The film was nominated for six Oscars.
Cindy McCauliff
In the TV series "Ally McBeal," Lisa Edelstein played a transgender woman named Cindy McCauliff. The series won several Golden Globe awards over the years.
Carmen
In "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," Brittany Daniel plays Carmen, a transgender woman who catches Mac's eye. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2013.
Sophia Burset
In "Orange is the New Black," Laverne Cox plays Sophia Burset, a transgender inmate who has trouble connecting with her young son. In real life, Cox is openly transgender and a strong advocate for LGBT rights.
Dil
In the 1992 film The Crying Game, Jaye Davidson plays Dil, the transgender love interest of an IRA soldier named Fergus. Davidson was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance.
Zahara
In the 2004 film Bad Education, Gael García Bernal portrays a gay actor who plays a transsexual drag queen in a short film within the film.
Montana Morehead
In the 1991 film Soapdish, Cathy Moriarty plays a soap opera actress who is later revealed to be transsexual.