List of The L Word characters

A

• Felicity Adams: Lesbian, portrayed by Latarsha Rose. Generation Q
• * Ex-wife of Tyler Adams.
• * Had an affair with Bette Porter while she was married to Tyler and while she was Bette's employee between the events of The L Word and Generation Q.
• Tyler Adams: Straight man, portrayed by Jeffrey Muller. Generation Q.
• * Ex-husband of Felicity Adams, who had an affair with Bette Porter while she was Bette's employee.
• Coleman Alt: Portrayed by Brendan Penny. Season 3.
• * Slept with Frank in 1985.
• * Slept with Bette Porter in 1985.
• Marcus Allenwood: Portrayed by Mark Gibson. Season 1.
• * Tina Kennard's sperm donor, and the biological father of Angelica Porter-Kennard.
• * Has a relationship with Lei Ling.
• Andrew: Portrayed by Darrin Klimek. Season 1.
• * Went on a blind date with Dana Fairbanks, before finding out she was a lesbian.
• * Had a short-term relationship with Alice Pieszecki during season 1.
• April: "Former" lesbian; character only alluded to during Season 3.
• * Dated Alice's first boyfriend; mentioned during episode "Labia Majora".
• * Had a rebound-affair with Alice Pieszecki; mentioned during episode "Labia Majora".
• Kate Arden: Lesbian film director first chosen to direct the film version of Jenny's book Lez Girls. Portrayed by Annabella Sciorra. Season 4.
• Ivan Aycock: Genderqueer, potentially a trans man, portrayed by Kelly Lynch. Seasons 1 and 2.
• * Has a five-year open relationship with Iris, an exotic dancer. Season 2.
• * Courted Kit Porter during Seasons 1 and 2.

  B

• Nick Barashov: Straight, portrayed by Julian Sands; minor character with appearance in episode 1.05: "Lies, Lies, Lies".
• * College professor who had an affair with Jenny Schecter during her college years.
• Allen Barnes: Portrayed by Sara Botsford; minor character with appearance during season 2.
• * Barnes is an artist who is friends with Helena Peabody.
• * Taught at Yale and Bette Porter took the course in college; Bette wrote a thesis about her work.
• Sonny Benson: Straight, portrayed by Roger Cross; minor character with appearance during season 6.
• * Stage name of Sunset Boulevard, professional female drag performer/dj who falls in love with Kit Porter.
• Billie Blaikie: Bisexual man; portrayed by Alan Cumming; minor character with appearance during season 3.
• * Has an affair with Max Sweeney during season 3.
• * Was hired and then fired as the manager of The Planet in season 3
• Charlotte Birch: Portrayed by Sandra Bernhard; minor character with appearance during season 2.
• * Teaches writing in college which Jenny attends.
• * Friend of Burr Connor.
• Annette Bishop: Straight, portrayed by Sarah Strange; minor character with appearance during season 1.
• * Best friend of Jenny Schecter.
• * Pretended to be dating Jenny Schecter in episode 1.08: "Listen Up".
• Veronica Bloom: Straight, portrayed by Camryn Manheim; Volatile Hollywood producer who hires Shane McCutcheon in season 2.
• Sunset Boulevard: Straight, portrayed by Roger Cross; minor character with appearance during season 6.
• * Stage name of Sonny Benson.
• * Falls in love with Kit Porter.
• Benjamin Bradshaw: Straight, portrayed by Charles S. Dutton; minor character with appearance during season 2.
• * Married man who had an affair with Kit Porter during season 2.
• Josh Brecker: Straight, portrayed by Paul Popowich; minor character with appearance during season 3.
• * Attempted to have an affair with Tina Kennard in episode 3.07: "Lone Star".
• Brooke: Character only alluded to during the "Pilot" episode.
• * Slept with Heather.
• * Slept with Nina.
• Brooke: Straight, portrayed by Chelsea Hobbs; minor character with appearance during season 4.
• * Dated Max Sweeney without knowing Max was a trans man.
• Faye Buckley: Leader of an extreme right-wing activist group bent on shutting down Bette's art gallery, portrayed by Helen Shaver in season one. Faye's daughter became a pornographic actress after running away from home to escape her abusive father. Faye paid off a district court judge to expunge the record.

  C

• Melanie Caplan: Lesbian, minor character alluded to during season 1 and appearance in season 2.
• * Former girlfriend of Dana Fairbanks; mentioned during the "Pilot" episode.
• * Slept with Heather; mentioned during the "Pilot" episode.
• Jean-Paul Chamois: Portrayed by Robert Gauvin; minor character with appearance during the "Pilot" episode.
• * Was contacted by Bette Porter and Tina Kennard as a possible sperm donor for Tina's insemination.
• Chandra, portrayed by Holly Dignard
• Adele Channing: Portrayed by Malaya Drew; Bisexual; introduced in season 5
• * Jenny Schecter's personal assistant/saboteur/stalker/doppelgänger
• * Kissed Niki Stevens while impersonating Jenny
• * Blackmails Tina's studio into letting her take over directing Jenny's movie
• * Dates the actress portraying "Karina", A.K.A. Begonia, in Lez Girls
• Jamie Chen: Lesbian, portrayed by Meiling Melançon; minor character appearing in season 6 episodes 3 through 9.
• * Is a social worker at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Center
• * Becomes best friends with/a third wheel to Alice Pieszecki and Tasha Williams
• * Admits she has fallen in love with Tasha Williams in the series finale, season 6, episode 8
• Lover Cindy: Lesbian; portrayed by Alicia Leigh Willis, generally referred to as "my lover Cindy" or "her lover Cindy"
• * Has long-term, open relationship with Dawn Denbo.
• * Had a three-way with Dawn and Shane
• * Had a tryst with Shane without Dawn's permission or knowledge
• * Revealed that her name is actually Cindi Tucker.
• Claybourne: Lesbian, portrayed by Jill Christensen; minor character with appearance in episode 2.02: "Lap Dance".
• * Married to Robin in 2002. She cheated on her during her wedding celebration.
• * A connection to Lara Perkins is shown on the final chart that appears in the third season finale.
• Katherine Claymore: Lesbian, minor character only alluded to during season 1.
• * Was the first girlfriend of Alice Pieszecki after college; mentioned in episode 1.03: "Let's Do it".
• Clive: Gay, portrayed by Matthew Currie Holmes; minor character with appearance during season 1.
• * Friend of Shane McCutcheon.
• * Slept with Harry Samchuk.
• Roberta Collie: Portrayed by Cynthia Stevenson; minor character with appearance during season 3.
• * Roberta was the adoption-case social worker assigned to evaluate the petition placed by Bette Porter and Tina Kennard.
• Burr Connor: Portrayed by Tony Goldwyn; minor character with appearance in 2.08: "Loyal" and 2.09: "Late, Later, Latent".
• * Was deeply closeted movie star.
• * Friend of Charlotte Birch.
• * Hired Jenny Schecter to get to ghost write his memoir; fired her, re-hired her, confessed his sexuality to her, then fired her again, feeling that she had greater things to write for herself.

  D

• Slim Daddy: Straight, portrayed by Snoop Dogg; minor character with appearance during episodes 1.10: "Luck, Next Time" and 1.11: "Liberally".
• * Recorded a song with Kit Porter.
• Gillian Davis: Portrayed by Kelly McGillis; minor character with appearances during episodes 5.7: "Lesbians Gone Wild" and 5.8: "Lay Down the Law".
• * Was a Colonel in the Army National Guard and a JAG officer.
• * Was the lead Army investigator in Tasha Williams' homosexual conduct investigation.
• * While not explicitly stated, showed strong signs of being a closeted lesbian or bisexual woman herself.
• * Called Alice Pieszecki to testify during Tasha's separation board but backed off from her attempts to prove Tasha was a lesbian after Alice made a comment about the possibility of an unwilling person being outed.
• Dax: Lesbian, portrayed by Luvia Petersen; minor character with very brief appearance in Season 1.
• * Friend of Ivan who works with him in the mechanic shop.
• * Appeared as the dancing cowboy in the Kings of the Night at The Planet.
• Carmen de la Pica Morales: Lesbian, portrayed by Sarah Shahi; main character during seasons 2 and 3.
• * Daughter of Mercedes Morales.
• * Niece of Begonia Morales.
• * Her first lesbian experience was with Lucía Torres when she was 16.
• * Had some one-night stands with Shane McCutcheon before starting a relationship with Jenny Schecter.
• * Had a relationship with Jenny Schecter that started and ended in season 2.
• * Admitted to have slept with someone named "Robin" during episode 3.10: "Losing the Light", while dating Shane.
• * Was engaged to Shane McCutcheon until Shane left her at the altar in episode 3.12: "Left Hand of the Goddess".
• Dawn Denbo: Lesbian, portrayed by Elizabeth Keener; minor character appearing in season 5.
• * Miami-based club promoter and owner of Shebar.
• * Long term open relationship with Lover Cindy
• * Had three-way with Shane McCutcheon and Lover Cindy
• * Business rivalry with Kit Porter. Later bought out Ivan Aycock's 51 per cent of The Planet and became majority owner.
• * Vowed vengeance on Shane for seducing "my lover Cindy", and by extension all of Shane's friends
• Gabby Deveaux: Lesbian, portrayed by Guinevere Turner; also known as 'Lesbian X'; minor character with appearances in seasons 1 and 2, and allusions in seasons 1 through 4.
• * Dated Alice Pieszecki during part of season 1 and before of show line story begins.
• * Simultaneously dated Nadia while she was dating Alice during season 1.
• * Dated Lara Perkins during part of season 2.
• * Also involved with Eva "Papi" Torres at the start of season 6.
• Dusty, portrayed by Lucia Rijker, Helena's cellmate and as Dana's trainer