7 American Actresses You May Never Know Were Born Males

   Isis King

Isis King is an American actress, model, and fashion designer.

Widely renowned for her outstanding performance as Brooke in the American drama television series, Good Trouble, Isis became one of the most visible transgender people on television. She was born male but later underwent sex reassignment surgery and became female.

Nicole Amber Maines

Nicole Amber Maines is an American actress.

She is best known for portraying Nia Nal in the American superhero television series, Legends of Tomorrow. Prior to her acting career, she was the anonymous plaintiff in the Maine Supreme Judicial Court case, Doe versus Regional School. Maines was assigned male at birth but later underwent sex transformation and became female.

Jamie Clayton

Jamie Clayton is an American actress and model. She is best known for starring as Sasha Booker in the American political thriller drama television series, Designated Survivor. Born male in San Diego, California, United States, Clayton later changed his gender via surgery and became female.

Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Marie Jenner is a 72-year-old American actress, media personality, and former Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. She gained recognition as an actress after playing Skip Bayflick in the American parody film, The Hungover Games.

Initially born as male with a name William Bruce Jenner in New York, United States, Jenner publicly came out as a transgender woman in 2015, announcing her new name in July the same year. Prior to her public gender transition, Jenner had been married three times, and is the father of the world's famous model, Jenner Kylie, with whom she, from 2007 to 2021, appeared on the reality television series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox is an American actress. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series, Orange Is the New Black, making history as the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in any acting category, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer Angela Morley in 1990.

Cox was born male in Alabama, United States, but transitioned into female through surgery.

Michelle Hendley

Michelle Hendley is an American actress and television personality.

She is known for her lead role as Ricky in the 2014 American romantic comedy-drama film, Boy Meets Girl. Michelle was born male but is now female through sex reassignment surgery.

Eve Lindley

Eve Lindley is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the American television drama series, Dispatches from Elsewhere. Lindley was born male but later became female through surgery.