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7 Names to Know in Transgender Hollywood

Clayton beat out every other transgender actress for a mysterious role as one of eight leads in the Wachowski siblings’ Netflix series “Sense8.”
These newcomers star in Sundance darling “Tangerine,” which was shot on an iPhone.
Previously seen as Shea on “Transparent,” Lysette plays the head waitress in the NBC pilot “The Curse of the Fuentes Women.”
The 14-year-old headlines her own TLC series, “All That Jazz,” airing this summer.
The second-unit director on “Transparent” is developing a TV series with a transgender teen set in high school.
The MSNBC.com host recently shared her transgender story with Oprah.
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Jamie Clayton

Clayton beat out every other transgender actress for a mysterious role as one of eight leads in the Wachowski siblings’ Netflix series “Sense8.”

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Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez

These newcomers star in Sundance darling “Tangerine,” which was shot on an iPhone.

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Trace Lysette

Previously seen as Shea on “Transparent,” Lysette plays the head waitress in the NBC pilot “The Curse of the Fuentes Women.”

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Jazz Jennings

The 14-year-old headlines her own TLC series, “All That Jazz,” airing this summer.

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Rhys Ernst

The second-unit director on “Transparent” is developing a TV series with a transgender teen set in high school.

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Janet Mock

The MSNBC.com host recently shared her transgender story with Oprah.

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