Jen Richards

Film and Television Writer, Actress & Transgender Activist

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Jen Richards Biography

Jen Richards is a transgender activist, writer, actress, and producer.

Richards was born in Mississippi and resides in North Carolina. She graduated from Shimer College with a BA in Philosophy, and studied at Oxford University.

In 2013, Richards founded the website We Happy Trans. 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, and co-produced the web series Her Story, which was nominated for an Emmy Award. Richards also co-produced the series More Than T and wrote the Trans 102 series.

Richards joined the cast of the television series Nashville in 2017. She became the first openly transgender person to appear on a CMT show, playing the first transgender character to appear on that network.Richards also appeared in the 2017 film Easy Living.

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. 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.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/08/2024.

Jen Richards Videos

  • Jen Richards on “Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen”
    “Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen” explores how trans people have been depicted in film and television for over a century. The documentary...
  • Jen Richards on HB2 and Being "Legislated Out of Existence" | THR
    Jen Richards ('Her Story' 'Nashville') joins THR to talk about North Carolina's infamous bathroom law.

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