List of The L Word cast members

This is a List of The L Word actors.

See also: List of characters from The L Word

Cast members

• Jennifer Beals - Bette Porter
• Laurel Holloman - Tina Kennard
• Mia Kirshner - Jenny Schecter
• Pam Grier - Kit Porter
• Katherine Moennig - Shane McCutcheon
• Leisha Hailey - Alice Pieszecki
• Erin Daniels (Seasons 1—3) - Dana Fairbanks
• Eric Mabius (Season 1) - Tim Hapsel
• Karina Lombard (Season 1) - Marina Ferrer
• Rachel Shelley (Season 2—) - Helena Peabody
• Eric Lively (Season 2) - Mark Wayland
• Sarah Shahi (Seasons 2—3) - Carmen Morales
• Daniela Sea (Season 3—) - Moira/Max Sweeney
• Dallas Roberts (Season 3—) - Angus Partridge
• Cybill Shepherd (Season 4—) - Phyllis Koll
• Marlee Matlin (Season 4—) - Jodi
• Janina Gavankar (Season 4—) - Papi
• Rose Rollins (Season 4—) - Tasha

Guest stars

Below is a list in alphabetical order of guest stars that have appeared, with their respective performances.

• Anne Archer as Lenore (in season one), Alice's vain actress mother
• Rosanna Arquette as Cherie Jaffe (season one and three), a "Hollywood wife" with whom Shane had a romantic fling
• The rock band The B-52s (season two) as themselves
• Sandra Bernhard as Charlotte Birch (season two), a college professor of a creative writing class that Jenny attends
• The rock band Betty as themselves (seasons two & three). They also wrote/performed the theme song used since season two^[1] and a number of tracks for the musical score.^{[citation needed]}
• Elodie Bouchez as Claude (season three), a French writer that becomes romantically involved with Jenny
• Kate Clinton as Dr. Farber, a lesbian sex therapist
• Alan Cumming as Billy Blaikie (season three), a transvestite party promoter.
• Lolita Davidovich as Francesca Wolf (season one), Marina's lover
• Ossie Davis (his final acting role; seasons one and two) as Bette and Kit's conservative father, Melvin Porter
• Dana Delany as Barbara Grisham (season three), a senator (and lesbian in the closet) from Massachusetts
• Holly Dignard as Chandra
• Snoop Dogg as rapper Slim Daddy (season one) for whom Kit appears in a music video
• Charles S. Dutton as the motivational speaker Benjamin Bradshaw (season two) who becomes romantically involved with Kit
• Steven Eckholdt as Henry (season three), a divorced father that becomes Tina's first boyfriend after breaking up with Bette.
• Lisa Gay Hamilton (season one) as a nameless art show attendee that attends Bette's show in New York
• The rock band Heart as themselves
• Alexandra Hedison as Dylan (season three), a documentary director that becomes Helena Peabody's love interest, and later her sexual harassment plaintiff
• Nona Hendryx as herself
• Sandrine Holt as Catherine Rothberg (season four), a rich and poker playing lesbian, who uses Helena Peabody for her games and entertainment
• Arianna Huffington as herself (season two)
• Sharon Isbin as herself
• Irene López as Mercedes Morales, Carmen's mother (season three)
• Dr. Susan Love as herself
• Jane Lynch as Joyce Wischnia, a gay-rights attorney who puts the moves on Tina while representing her against Bette in season two, and who Bette subsequently retains against Tina in the custodial fight of season three.
• Kelly Lynch as 'drag king' Ivan (seasons one and two) who helps Kit with her alcohol recovery
• Camryn Manheim as the egotistical and hot-tempered movie producer Veronica Bloom (season two), who hires Shane as her assistant
• Meredith McGeachie as Tonya (seasons one, two, and three), Dana's celebrity-obsessed temporary fiancée and manager
• Tammy Lynn Michaels as Lacey, Shane's stalker (season one)
• Dan Payne as a policeman (pilot episode)
• The singer Peaches as herself
• Melissa Rivers as herself (season two)
• Eric Roberts as Gabriel McCutcheon, Shane's dysfunctional father (seasons three and four)
• Julian Sands as Nick Barashkov (season one), Jenny's former college professor of Russian literature;
• Helen Shaver as Fay Buckley (season one), the leader of an extreme right-wing activist group bent on shutting down Bette's art gallery;
• Russell Simmons as himself (season three)
• The rock band Sleater-Kinney as themselves
• Lauren Lee Smith as Lara Perkins (seasons one, two and three), a chef that both Dana and later Alice become romantically involved with;
• Cybill Shepherd as Phyllis "Heads Will Roll" Kroll, the university chancellor who hires Bette as dean of Art and confides her nascent lesbianism to Bette as well (season four)
• Gloria Steinem as herself (season two)
• Holland Taylor as Peggy Peabody (seasons one, two and three), the wealthy contributor to Bette's art gallery and Helena's mother
• The indie-pop band Tegan and Sara as themselves
• Guinevere Turner as Gabby Deveaux (seasons one and two), Alice's hot and cold recurrent girlfriend
• The indie-pop band The Organ as themselves.

References

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