10 Celebs Who've Crossed Gender Lines For Roles

Posted by: Nikki Dowling Filed in: celebs, galleries, video
8:00AM, Friday September 18th 2009

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Nicole Kidman

In her upcoming movie “The Danish Girl,” Nicole Kidman will play painter Einar Wegener who was the first person to go through a sex change operation. Wegener went under the knife five times to go from man to woman but died in 1931 after complications. Director Tomas Alfredson said the film will go into production soon and, frankly, I’m pretty excited about it. [News AU]

While Wegener may have been the first person to get a sex change, Kidman is certainly not the first person in Hollywood to cross gender lines for a role. After the jump, check out a few more.

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I Go To 11
wrote on September 18 2009 @ 07:19 am: [report]

No mention of Cate Blanchett playing Bob Dylan in “I’m Not There”?

bogart4017
wrote on September 18 2009 @ 08:04 am: [report]

Brandon Teena was the best movie!

karmakaze
wrote on September 18 2009 @ 08:09 am: [report]

Breakfast on Pluto was an excellent movie! Cillian was so damn PRETTY!!! It kinda made me jealous…

J.D. Bauchery
wrote on September 18 2009 @ 08:26 am: [report]

I know it’s a pretty common usage, but using
“transgender” as a noun really bugs me. Something about calling someone “a transgender” just seems offensive to me, though from what I can tell it’s what people say - even people within the trans community. It’s the same way with “gay” for me. “Oh, he’s a gay.” just comes off to me as someone saying ‘oh, he’s one of them.’ Maybe I’m too sensitive, maybe not, but I’m rallying for them to be adjectives!

Please don’t get me wrong, I’m definitely not chastising or saying that you hate trans people or anything like that, I’m just curious if anyone else agrees.

Also, this post kicks ass and I am super excited to see the Nicole Kidman movie.

Thanks for listening. </rant>

xoxo
-J.D. Bauchery
http://www.hotmoviesforher.com

Milla
wrote on September 18 2009 @ 10:07 am: [report]

@J.D. Bauchery Definitely agreed. I believe the correct term is “trans man” or “trans woman” to describe someone who has made the transition. And I think that’s a pretty important distinction to make, since slurs like “tranny” are constantly seen and used as a way to devalue trans folks.

And while I think movies that draw attention to trans issues are important, I wish we could see some trans actors in these roles rather than cis actors. That seems to be the next big hurdle to cross.

Anniushka
wrote on September 18 2009 @ 04:31 pm: [report]

Damnit! I was looking forward to a slideshow of transsexual people who have encountered success in the entertainment business. Instead I get this. *sigh*

amy1285
wrote on September 18 2009 @ 04:52 pm: [report]

Don’t forget Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a twofer! Miriam Shor, a female, plays Yitzak and spends most of the movie with facial stubble until Yitzak comes out in all his drag queen glory.

impoddity
wrote on September 18 2009 @ 06:43 pm: [report]

@Anniushka: I share in your disappointment. :( The title was misleading. :(

*sam*
wrote on September 18 2009 @ 10:06 pm: [report]

@J.D. Bauchery & @Milla: “transgender” is an acceptable term within the LGBT community. It refers to the trans community as a whole. I have a really good FtM (female to male) trans friend and he uses “tranny” all the time. I don’t think any of it is derogatory unless it’s obviously being used as such. Same goes for “gay” as well.

Anways, Kate Moennig (“Shane” on the L Word) played a MtF trans in an episode of Law and Order: SVU and Julie Andrews played a “woman pretending to be man, pretending to be a woman”, in Victor/Victoria

Milla
wrote on September 19 2009 @ 08:56 am: [report]

@sam From what I’ve seen, though, a lot of trans women find “tranny” derogatory and misogynistic, and find the use of it within the transgender community really problematic.

At any rate, I don’t think it’s ever okay for the cis community to use it.

And I think J.D. Bauchery was referring to the use of gay/transgender as a noun and not an adjective. I would take exception to someone referring to me as “a bisexual.” Uh, I’m a person who happens to be bisexual. And trans people are people who happen to be transgender. The point was that these terms aren’t nouns. They’re descriptors.

stringbeans
wrote on September 20 2009 @ 04:59 am: [report]

Missing ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ and ‘Bad Education’. Gael Garcia Bernal was such a pretty woman.

stringbeans
wrote on September 20 2009 @ 05:02 am: [report]

@karmakaze definately agree on how pretty he was in that. so glad you guys included that film on this list. absolutely amazing.

retro chic
wrote on September 20 2009 @ 09:34 am: [report]

How ‘bout Vanessa Redgrave who played real-life tennis player Renée Richards in “Second Serve?” Eerily great in the role; two awards.

Yes! Brandon Teena.

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