Let me just add some color to the wlw side of tumblr…
There’s one actress in this post who has played a queer character on three… not one not two, three different shows
Did us dirty by not posting the shows but Original Cindy was BAE on Dark Angel.
Tbh I didn’t expect many people to know Original Cindy because half the people on this site weren’t even born when Dark Angel aired lol I made a similar post a while back and someone said they thought she was the “original” actress to play Cindy on OITNB lmao Don’t wanna do yall dirty, here are the shows as promised
Poussey – Orange is the New Black
Chantal – Queen Sugar
Lena – The Fosters
Bette – The L Word
Original Cindy – Dark Angel
Nova – Queen Sugar
Maya – Pretty Little Liars
Christina – 90210
Adele – Teenagers Web Series
Lyria – Shannara Chronicles
Amanita – Sense8
Kelly – Black Mirror (S3E4 San Junipero)
Charlie – Army Wives
Tyra – Emily Owens M.D.
Carolyn – Under the Dome
Sophia – Orange is the New Black
Tiana – Empire
Snoop – The Wire
Camilla – Empire
Annalise – How to Get Away with Murder
Tasha – The L Word
Kima – The Wire
Ramona – American Horror Story: Hotel
Tara – True Blood
Angela – American Housewife
Pippy – Rosewood
Cassie – Rosewood
Naeemah – Lipstick the web series
Roz – Guilt
Tabitha – Gotham
Zora – Shannara Chronicles
Max – Black Sails
Kat – The Bold Type
Bird – Finding Carter
Millzz – Women of Atlanta web series
Shana – Pretty Little Liars
Caz – Coronation Street
Suzanne – Orange is the New Black
Rivers – Lipstick the web series
Simone – Passions
Kate – Last Tango in Halifax
Keelin – The Originals
Laura – Underemployed
Roberta – Shameless
Violet – Harlots
Rachel – Family Time
Denise – Master of None
Clementine – Hemlock Grove
Annelise – Grandfathered
Bethany – Blindspot
Sharon – Black-ish
Tasha – APB
Kay – Marry Me
Dr. Jean Fishman – The Mindy Project
Mary Charles – Survivor’s Remose
Alisha – The Last Ship
Billie – Cold Case (S2E22 Best Friends)
Toni – Riverdale
Anissa – Black Lightning
Chenoa – Black Lightning
Neika – Dear White People
Daria – Dominion
Bill – Doctor Who
Moira – The Handmaid’s Tale
Diana – White Collar
Cheryl – The Wire
Diamond – Dark Angel
Veronica – Shameless
(Wasn’t included because it’s Raven Symone bitch ass) Rhonda – Black-ish
Added after the post was made…
Tegan – How to Get Away with Murder
Henrietta – 9-1-1
Karen – 9-1-1
Feel free to add more black wlw characters, I know I didn’t get all of them
Erica Dundee from The Last Man on Earth, played by Cleopatra Coleman!
