Famous Cisgender Actors Who Played Transgender Roles

Tom Wilkinson

CIS actors playing trans characters
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Normal (2003): An HBO film starring Tom Wilkinson and Jessica Lange. Tom plays a Midwestern factory worker who has gender reassignment surgery, and it deals with the effects on his wife, played by Jessica Lange. This was nominated for a number of Emmys, Golden Globes, and a GLAAD award. A typical middle-brow ‘worthy’ social issues drama that is nonetheless condescending and incredibly cisheteronormative.

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