Jen Richards
Jen Richards | |
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| Occupations | writer, actress, producer, activist |
| Website | https://smartassjen.com/ |
Jen Richards is an American writer, actress, producer, and activist.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Richards was born in Mississippi and resides in North Carolina.[1] She graduated from Shimer College with a BA in Philosophy, and studied at Oxford University.[2]
In 2015, she appeared as a supporting cast member of Caitlyn Jenner's reality show I Am Cait. In 2016, she co-starred, co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced the web series Her Story, which was nominated for an Emmy Award.[3][4] Richards also co-produced the series More Than T and wrote the Trans 102 series.[5]
Richards joined the cast of the television series Nashville in 2017.[1] She became the first openly transgender person to appear on a CMT show, playing the first transgender character to appear on that network.[6] Richards also appeared in the 2017 film Easy Living.[7]
In June 2017, Richards wrote and appeared in a video open letter, presented by ScreenCrush and GLAAD, featuring trans actors asking for better representation in film and television.[8][9]
In August 2018, HBO announced a series pickup of Tom Perrotta's Mrs. Fletcher, a half-hour comedy based on Perrotta's 2017 novel of the same name; Richards is cast as Margo Fairchild, a transgender community college writing teacher, as a series regular.[10]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Richards is bisexual and transgender.[11] In August 2020, she announced her engagement to Rebekah Cheyne, a professor from Arizona State University.[12][13]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | I Am Cait | Self | 7 episodes |
| 2016 | Her Story | Violet | Main role, also writer and producer. Nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series |
| 2016–2017 | Nashville | Allyson Del Lago | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Doubt | McKayla | Episode: "Clean Burn" |
| 2017–2022 | Better Things | Jaia | 5 episodes |
| 2018 | Take My Wife | Naomi | Episode 2.1 |
| 2018–2020 | Blindspot | Sabrina Larren | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Tales of the City | Anna Madrigal | 2 episodes |
| Mrs. Fletcher | Margo Fairchild | 7 episodes | |
| 2021 | Clarice | Julia Lawson | 3 episodes |
| 2023-2025 | Mayfair Witches | Josephine "Jojo" Mayfair | 6 episodes |
Film
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Easy Living | Danny | |
| 2020 | Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen | Self | Documentary film |
| Gossamer Folds | Diana | ||
| 2022 | Framing Agnes | Barbara | Documentary film |
| MK Ultra | Laura Stanley |
References
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External links
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- Living people
- Actresses from Mississippi
- Shimer College alumni
- American women television producers
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- American women screenwriters
- LGBTQ people from Mississippi
- American women television writers
- American television writers
- American LGBTQ screenwriters
- LGBTQ television producers
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American women writers
- American bisexual actresses
- American transgender actresses
- American transgender writers
- American bisexual writers