List of television series with lesbian characters

This is a list of characters in live action television that either self-identify as lesbian or have been identified by outside parties to be lesbian. Listed characters are either recurring characters, cameos, guest stars, or one-off characters. For the corresponding page for bisexual characters, see the List of television series with bisexual characters. For information about fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community, please read the lists of trans, bisexual, non-binary, pansexual, asexual, and intersex characters.

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For the names of lesbian characters in fictional works, see List of fictional lesbian characters. For information about how the media portrays lesbianism, see Media portrayal of lesbianism. For lesbian literary works, see Lesbian literature. For the names of lesbian anime characters, see List of lesbian characters in anime. For the names of lesbian animation characters, see List of lesbian characters in animation. For the corresponding page for bisexual characters, see List of television series with bisexual characters.

1980s-1990s
Years Title Network Characters Notes
1981 Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls CBS Vivienne Moray Vivienne is lesbian and an artist.[1]
1985–present EastEnders BBC One Della Alexander
Iqra Ahmed		 Della and her girlfriend Binnie Roberts were the first lesbian couple to be featured in EastEnders. Their inclusion was an attempt to portray positive examples of homosexual characters.[2] Their lesbian kiss accounted for some 45 percent of viewer complaints to the BBC regarding EastEnders in 1994; provoking more complaints than any other television programme that year (according to research published by the Broadcasting Standards Council in 1995).[3]

Upon her coming out in 2019, Iqra became the first Muslim lesbian to featured on EastEnders. She has a relationship with Ash Kaur (Gurlaine Kaur Garcha).[4][5]

1988 - 1989 HeartBeat ABC Marilyn McGrath
Patty		 Marilyn, a nurse practitioner and co-founder of a women's clinic, is the partner of a recurring character named Patty, a chef, making it the first prime time series in the U.S. to include a lesbian (Marilyn McGrath) as a main character.[6][7]
1989 The Women of Brewster Place ABC Lorraine
Theresa "Tee"		 Lorraine is a closeted lesbian, while Theresa is a closeted lesbian but embraces her identity and prefers the company of other gay people, while Lorraine and Theresa are a couple and move into Brewster Place, where they become the subject of malicious gossip.[8]
The relationship between Lorraine and Theresa is the first black lesbian relationship portrayed on American television.[9]
1994 - 1998 Ellen ABC Ellen Ellen came out in 1997 as lesbian, and was one of "TV’s first openly gay main characters," seen with a female lover named Laurie, in the show's final season before the show was cancelled.[10]
1994 - 2004 Friends NBC Susan Bunch
Carol Willick		 Carol Willick and Susan Bunch are lesbians. They marry in episode "The One with the Lesbian Wedding".[11][12]
1995 Courthouse CBS Judge Rosetta Reide Reide is a single mother involved in a lesbian relationship with her housekeeper.[13]
1995 – present Hollyoaks Channel 4 Juliet Nightingale After a relationship with a man, she comes out as lesbian and pursues a relationship with Peri Lomax (Ruby O'Donnell).[14]
1996 – 1997 Relativity ABC Rhonda Roth Rhonda is the lesbian sister of lead character Leo.[15]
This Life BBC Sarah Newly Sarah Newly is lesbian who is attracted to Anna Forbes and tries to seduce her.[16][17]
1997 - 2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer The WB (1997–2001)
UPN (2001–03)		 Willow Rosenberg, Tara Maclay, Kennedy Willow is lesbian character, who is in a relationship with Daniel “Oz” Osbourne in seasons three to four, but later identifies as lesbian when she and Tara enter into a relationship in season 4.[18][19][20][21] Tara and Kennedy are also lesbian characters, the latter who becomes involved with Willow after her introduction in Season 7.[22][23]
1998 – 2004 Stingers Nine Network Christina Dichiera Christina is lesbian (Seasons 6–8) and a young constable recruited into a deep cover unit of the Victorian Police and had a brief affair with the daughter of her unit's commander.[24]
1999 - 2006 Bad Girls ITV Pat Kerrigan Pat is a lesbian prisoner in this series which primarily focusing on the inmates and staff of the fictional women's prison.[25]

2000s
Years Title Network Characters Notes
2000 - 2003 At Home with the Braithwaites ITV Virginia Braithwaite Virginia is infatuated with Megan Hartnoll, her neighbor, and they eventually marry each other.[10]
2001 - 2015 Degrassi: The Next Generation CTV Zoe Rivas
Fiona Coyne		 Zoe struggles with her sexuality until admitting to herself she is lesbian.[26] Though she previously dated a male classmate, Fiona begins to develop feelings for classmate Imogen. She later comes out as a lesbian, and the two briefly date.[27]
2002 - 2003 Firefly Fox Councilor The Councilor is either lesbian or bisexual.[28]
2004 - 2006 Deadwood HBO Joanie Stubbs
Jane Canary		 Joanie is a lesbian and falls in love with Jane, while Jane (aka Calamity Jane) grows in love with Joanie and reciprocates her attention.[29][30]
2005–Present Doctor Who BBC Bill Potts Bill Potts is a lesbian and the first openly gay companion to the Doctor.[31][32]
Grey's Anatomy ABC Arizona Robbins Arizona is a lesbian.[33]
Supernatural The CW Charlie Bradbury Charlie Bradbury is an openly lesbian computer hacker and IT employee who assisted Sam and Dean Winchester in several cases in seasons 7, 8, 9, and 10.[34]
2006 - 2011 Friday Night Lights NBC Devin Boland Devin is a lesbian.[35]
2007 - 2013 Army Wives Lifetime Nicole Galassini
Charlotte "Charlie" Mayfield		 Nicole is lesbian and an Army intelligence captain, while Charlie is lesbian and the civilian partner of Nicole.[36][37] At first reluctant to be out about her relationship with Charlie because of the government's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy, Nicole eventually proposes to her in Season 6.
Skins E4 Naomi Campbell Naomi identifies as a lesbian in the canonical novel, and when people refer to her as a lesbian once she is "out" she confirms it several times. She feigns attraction to males before coming out as Emily's girlfriend, and she self identifies as a lesbian.[38]
2008–Present Murdoch Mysteries CBC Lillian Moss Lillian is lesbian. She was disowned by her family for refusing to marry a hand-picked husband. Lillian's real name was Helen and she had once been involved with a married woman. She was attracted to Emily and they subsequently enter into a romantic relationship.[39]
2009 - 2015 Glee FOX Santana Lopez Santana is a popular cheerleader who loves her best friend.[18]
2009 - 2016 The Good Wife CBS Lana Delany Lana is lesbian and an F.B.I. agent. She has been involved in an on/off relationship with Kalinda for a long time.[40][41] In 2x14, she asked Kalinda why she liked to have sex with men, and was it because she didn't want intimacy.

2010s

2010-2013
Years Title Network Characters Notes
2010 - 2019 Luther BBC DS Emma Lane Emma is lesbian and Luther's new partner (season four).[42]
2010 - 2015 Rookie Blue Global Gail Peck Gail is lesbian and although she has a history with men in the first three seasons, in season 4 she comes out to herself after she meets forensic pathologist Holly Stewart, and in season 6, Gail meets detective Frankie Anderson and becomes involved with her. Showrunner Tassie Cameron, as well as Charlotte Sullivan, affirmed Gail's sexual orientation,[43][44][45] while co-exec producer/writer Sherry White, who was to become showrunner had the series been renewed for a seventh season, said Gail and Holly would have been reunited.[46]
Holly Stewart Holly, a lesbian character, notes that she creates emergency situations to get out of relationships, and says she doesn't like men because she is a lesbian.[47]
Frankie Anderson Frankie is lesbian, who spent a night together with Gail, with her roommates discovering this when Frankie comes out of Gail's bedroom to get a cup of coffee.[48]
2010–present The Walking Dead AMC Tara Chambler
Alisha		 Throughout the series, Tara has had various relationships, although all are short-lived. Aisha and Denise Cloyd, her first and second girlfriends respectively, both perish in her journeys across the Earth's surface.[10][49] She enters into a brief relationship with former Marine Alisha, while Denise is lesbian who begins a relationship with Tara in the sixth season and is later killed.[50][51]
Yumiko
Magna		 Yumiko and Magna are a couple.[52]
2011 Death Valley MTV Carla Rinaldi Rinaldi is revealed to be lesbian in episode "Zombie Fights", when she makes out with barmaid Julia.[53]
2011 - 2014 The Killing AMC (Seasons 1-3)
Netflix (Season 4)		 Regi Darnell
Rachel "Bullet" Olmstead
Nicole Jackson
Roberta Drays		 Bullet is a homeless teenage lesbian who helps the detectives in their search for the killer of young women (season 3).[54] Nicole is lesbian and in a relationship with Roberta Drays, security chief at the Wapi Eagle Casino.[55] Nicole is the head of the Kalimish tribe and manager of the Wapi Eagle Casino.[56]
2011 - 2018 Once Upon a Time ABC Mulan Mulan is a female warrior who had feelings for Philip and Aurora, with her voice actor, Jamie Chung, confirming that she was a lesbian and in love with Aurora.[57]
2011 – present American Horror Story FX Lana Winters Lana is in a secret relationship with Wendy Peyser before the latter is murdered by a serial killer.[10]
American Horror Story FX Peggy Peggy is described as Chad's "supportive lesbian friend".[58]
Black Mirror Netflix Yorkie
Kelly		 In episode "San Junipero", Yorkie is a lesbian, while Kelly is bisexual and was once married to a man. Yorkie and Kelly fall in love and choose to exist together permanently in San Junipero.[59][60]
2012 - 2013 Bomb Girls Global Betty McRae
Teresa		 Betty is a closeted lesbian with an unrequited love for her best friend Kate Andrews. After being rejected by Kate, Betty meets Teresa and they become romantically involved. Teresa is lesbian and a Women's Army Corps sergeant.[61]
2012 - 2015 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries ABC Dr. Elizabeth 'Mac' MacMillan Mac is a lesbian. She does not conceal her orientation and sports menswear.[62]
2012 - 2016 Last Tango in Halifax BBC One Caroline Dawson
Kate McKenzie		 Caroline and Kate are lesbians, who were married before Kate's untimely death.[63]
2012 - 2017 Saving Hope CTV Sydney Katz Sydney struggled to come to terms with her sexual identity and her faith (Orthodox Judaism). In season 3, Sydney admits to Maggie Lin that she's attracted to women and they kiss. After this she broke up with her fiancé Hershel and came out as a lesbian. She and Maggie grow closer and they have sex. In season 4, it's revealed that she loves Maggie, but departs to Israel with her new girlfriend. In season 5, Sydney and Maggie are reunited and begin a romantic relationship.[64][65]
2013–present The Next Step Family Channel and CBBC Cleo Cleo and Jude, both introduced in season seven, are lesbians.[66]
Jude
2013 - 2015 Hannibal NBC Margot Verger Margot Verger, introduced in season two, is a lesbian.[67]
2013 - 2016 Masters of Sex Showtime Betty DeMillo Betty is a lesbian sex worker and an early research subject in Masters and Johnson's study.[68]
2013 - 2018 The Tunnel Sky Atlantic
Canal+		 Elise Wassermann
Eryka Klein		 Elise (bisexual) has had sex with men out of practical necessity and has not experienced emotional involvement with any sex partner. Until she met Eryka Klein, Elise had never felt romantic attraction for someone. She falls in love with Erykam, while Eryka, a lesbian, falls in love with Elise.[69][70]
2013 - 2019 Orange Is the New Black Netflix Sophia Burset Sophia, played by Laverne Cox, has a complex storyline in this show.[18]
Suzanne Warren Suzanne, otherwise known as "Crazy Eyes", falls for series protagonist Piper Chapman and later as so-so relationship with Maureen Kukudio.[10]
Carrie Black Carrie, otherwise known as "Big Boo," often walks around the prison showing off a tattoo reading "butch" on her forearm, while in a white tank top.[10]
Poussey Washington Poussey first has a crush on Taystee before she begins a relationship with SoSo later in the series.[10]
2013 - 2020 Ray Donovan Showtime Lena Lena helps the show's protagonist, Ray, and his Hollywood clientele, with a no-nonsense approach.[10]

2014-2017
Years Title Network Characters Notes
2014 - 2015 Heartless Kanal 5 Sofie
Emilie		 Sofie is a succubus lesbian that feeds on the life force of humans, who falls in love with Emilie, who also is attracted to her.[71]
2014 - 2017 Black Sails Starz Max Max is a lesbian. She is Eleanor's lover, then has a romantic relationship with Anne.[72]
2014–Present NCIS: New Orleans CBS Tammy Gregorio Tammy is introduced in season 3. In 3x18 she describes herself as "gay" and has been confirmed as a lesbian by producers.[73]
2015 - 2016 Home Fires ITV Teresa Fenchurch A closeted lesbian in 1940s England, Teresa moved to Great Paxford after the head master at the Liverpool school where she taught discovered the relationship between her and Connie Ward, another teacher at the school.[74]
2015 - 2018 Code Black CBS Malaya Pineda Carla Niven is Malaya's former girlfriend.[75]
2015 - 2019 Jessica Jones Netflix Jeri Hogarth
Wendy Ross-Hogarth
Pam[76]		 Jeri is lesbian, who in season 2, she finds out that she has ALS and deals with the diagnosis by having an orgy with female sex workers.[77][78] Jeri is the first lesbian character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, who had a male character in the comics named Jeryn Hogarth.[79][80] Wendy on the other hand is Jeri's wife, and a lesbian, who is divorcing her,[81] while Pam is lesbian, and Jeri's assistant and mistress.[82]
2015–Present Fear The Walking Dead AMC Studios Althea ("Al") Szewczek-Przygocki
Isabelle		 Althea is lesbian or bisexual, as is Isabelle. In episode "The End of Everything" (s5/ep5), Isabelle meets Althea, and before parting ways she passionately kisses Althea, and Althea reciprocates her kiss.[83][84]
Supergirl CBS (season 1), The CW (season 2–present) Alex Danvers and Maggie Sawyer Alex and Maggie hold important jobs, encourage each other, and are a couple.[18] Alex is the adopted sister of Supergirl and works at the DEO[85] while Maggie is a police detective.[86]
The Magicians Syfy Marina Andrieski Marina might be lesbian since she mentions she has a girlfriend in 4x06.[87]
Rentnercops (de) ARD Viktoria "Vicky" Adam
Greta Adam		 Vicky is a lesbian detective chief and head of her department.[88][89]
Greta is lesbian and Vicky's wife.[90]
2016 - 2018 Falling Water USA Network Alexis Simms
Christine		 Detective Alexis Simms is lesbian. She lives with Christine.
Christine is lesbian and Alexis's girlfriend.[91]
Timeless NBC Denise Christopher Denise is a lesbian and a Special Agent. She's married to Michelle, with whom she has a son and daughter.[92]
2016 - 2019 Easy Netflix Jo
Chase		 Jo and Chase meet, fall in love, and become a lesbian couple in season 1 episode 2, "Vegan Cinderella".[93]
2016–present Wynonna Earp Syfy, CHCH-DT (season 1), Space (seasons 2–3), CTV Sci-Fi Channel (season 4) Waverly Earp and Nicole Haught Nicole Haught, a lesbian, is a deputy sheriff and was immediately captivated by Waverly. The two build a friendship which eventually becomes romantic. Waverly and Nicole Haught as a couple are known by the fan portmanteau "Wayhaught".[94][18]
Lucifer Fox (seasons 1–3)
Netflix (seasons 4–5)		 Eve Eve may be bisexual or lesbian. Although her late husband was Adam and she's focused on Lucifer, when she meets Maze they have "a connection" which Eve mentions in the season four finale.[95]
Marcella ITV Alex Dier
Sascha Kyte
Jojo Baines		 Alex is an androgynous woman, while her demeanor suggests she's lesbian, although her sexual preference has not been mentioned in the series.[96] Jojo is lesbian and the partner of Sascha Kyte.[96]
Sascha is a lesbian.
Jojo is lesbian and the partner of Sascha Kyte.[97]
Stranger Things Netflix Robin Buckley Robin is lesbian.[98] Steve Harrington thought Robin was into him when they were in high school, but she came out when she revealed that the reason she hung around him was another girl, Tammy Thompson, wanting Tammy to gaze at her the way she stared at Steve.[99][100] Robin, introduced in season 3, is the first non-straight character to be included in the series.[101]
Goliath Prime Video Callie Senate She seduces Michelle McBride (bisexual) and begins a lesbian affair with her.[102]
2017 Doctor Who BBC One Bill Potts A black gay character, Bill is in Season 10 of the show, with no one caring about her sexuality.[18]
195 Lewis One Nine Five Lewis (series website) Yuri
Camille		 Yuri and Camille, two lesbians, are a couple experimenting with polyamory.[103]
The Frozen Dead M6 Irène Ziegler
Greta		 Ziegler is openly lesbian and the captain of the St. Martin detective squad[104] while Greta is Ziegler's partner and owner of a local inn where they live together.[105]
Godless Netflix Marie Agnes MacNue
Callie Dunne		 Callie is a lesbian, who begins a relationship with Mary Agnes,[106] and the town's teacher. She was a prostitute in La Belle's brothel before it was turned into a school.[107]
When We Rise ABC Sally Gearhart Sally Gearhart is a feminist lesbian and political activist.[108][109] The miniseries is about the growth of the LGBT civil rights movement in San Francisco, and America, from the 1970s until the 2010s, with characters based on actual persons.
Gypsy Netflix Dolly Holloway Dolly is Jean's daughter and may be lesbian or transgender.[110]
2017 - 2018 Ghost Wars Syfy Val McGrath-Dufresne
Marilyn McGrath-Dufresne		 Val (the mayor of Port Moore) and Marilyn (the town doctor) are lesbians and married to each other.[111]
2017 - 2019 She's Gotta Have It Netflix Nola Darling
Opal Gilstrap		 Opal is a lesbian in a relationship with Nola, who describes herself as pansexual.[112][113]
2017 - 2020 13 Reasons Why Netflix Courtney Crimsen Courtney is a lesbian. She was closeted until the finale episode of season 2 ("Bye"), when she came out to her adoptive gay parents.[114]
2017–Present Ackley Bridge Channel 4 Nasreen Paracha
Sam Murgatroyd		 Nasreen comes out to her mother as a lesbian and tells her she's in love with another woman in the first series.[115] In the second series, she begins a relationship with Sam Murgatroyd.[116]
Atypical Netflix Casey Gardner
Izzie		 Casey, the sister of an autistic teenager named Sam, has a relationship with Izzie, with both trying to figure out what being lesbian means and discover more about themselves in the process.[117] She leaves her boyfriend, while Izzie also leaves her boyfriend, so they can be together.
One Day at a Time Netflix (2017–19), Pop (2020) Elena Alvarez In this show, Elena, a Cuban girl, age 15, wrestles with her sexuality[118] and other important issues.[18]
The Handmaid's Tale Hulu Moira Moira is forced by the restrictive society she lives under to act straight, although she is not.[18] Later she is able to escape to Canada and her girlfriend Odette was rounded up in a dyke purge, reclassified as un-woman, and died in the Colony.[119]
Ofglen / Ofsteven / Emily Originally part of the resistance, she is captured as a "gender traitor", is able to have children, be "rehabilitated", but also has to watch the person she loves be hanged.[10] Before her capture, her wife Sylvia and son were able to escape to Canada.[120]
American Gods Starz Samantha ("Sam") Black Crow Sam is a lesbian.[121][122]
The Bastards of Pizzofalcone RAI Alex Di Nardo
Rosaria Martone		 Alex and Rosaria, both of whom are lesbians, are in a relationship.[123][124]
The Bold Type Freeform Adena El-Amin
Kat Edison		 Adena is a lesbian Muslim feminist and professional photographer who begins a romance with Kat.[125]
Kat realizes she is bisexual when she falls in love with Adena.[126]
Dear White People Netflix Colandrea "Coco" Conners In season 2, episode 4, Kelsey tells Coco that she is a "gold star" lesbian.[127]
P. Ninny P. Ninny is a butch lesbian character in a show within the show who at first denies her sexual orientation but later admits that she is.[127]
The End of the F***ing World Channel 4
Netflix		 Eunice Noon
Teri Darego		 Noon and Darego are police force partners and are both lesbians.[128]
The Good Fight CBS All Access Maia Rindell
Amy Breslin		 Maia is lesbian while Amy is lesbian and Maia's girlfriend.[129][130]
Harlots ITV Encore
Hulu		 Violet Cross
Amelia Scanwell		 Violet and Amelia are in a romantic relationship.[131]
Mindhunter Netflix Wendy Carr
Annaliese Stilman		 Dr. Wendy Carr, a psychologist at a Boston university, is a lesbian in a relationship with Dr. Stilman, the head of Wendy's university department. She goes into the closet in order to work as a behavioral science consultant for the FBI, and ends her relationship with Annaliese. She later meets Kay, a bartender in a local bar near Quantico, and falls in love with her.[132] Annaliese is more open about who she and Wendy are to each other.[133]
Kay Manz Kay is lesbian and works as a bartender and she lied to her ex-husband about her sexual orientation because she didn't want to risk losing access to her son if he found out about it.[134]
Mr. Mercedes Audience Lou Linklatter Lou is a butch lesbian subjected to overt homophobia.[135]
Riverdale The CW Cheryl Blossom Cheryl a lesbian and in a relationship with Toni. She has described herself as "openly lesbian" in the series, and even though fans, and actress Madelaine Petsch, had previously thought Cheryl might be bisexual, in part due to showing attraction for Archie in season 1, Petsch later described Cheryl as "definitely a lesbian".[136][137]
Runaways Hulu Karolina Dean Karolina is a lesbian and an alien descendant with superpowers[138] and Nico Minoru, who is bisexual, formerly in a relationship with Alex Wilder, now reciprocates Karolina's attraction for her.[139]
The Sinner USA Heather Novack Detective Novack is an out lesbian.[140]

2018-2019
Years Title Network Characters Notes
2018 Collateral BBC Two
Netflix		 Jane Oliver
Linh Xuan Huy		 Jane is a vicar in a lesbian relationship with an undocumented immigrant, Linh Xuan Huy. Linh is Jane's lover.[141]
Everything Sucks! Netflix Kate Messner Kate spends the season struggling with her sexual orientation and enters a relationship with her friend Luke after a rumour of her being gay is spread around school. After realizing and admitting that she's a lesbian, Kate and classmate Emaline reveal their attraction for each other, and later kiss.[142]
2018–Present 9-1-1 FOX Henrietta "Hen" Wilson
Karen Wilson		 Henrietta is lesbian and married to Karen, who is also a lesbian.[143]
A Discovery of Witches Sky One Sarah Bishop
Emily Mather		 Sarah and Emily are a lesbian couple.[144]
After Forever Prime Video Brenda Brenda is lesbian.[145][146]
All American The CW DS Emma Lane Tamia is lesbian. She is the cousin of main character, Spencer.[147]
Anne+ BNN-VARA
3LAB		 Anne Anne is a lesbian.[148][149]
Black Lightning The CW Anissa Pierce / Thunder
Grace Choi
Chenoa		 Anissa is a lesbian superhero[150][151] while Grace Choi is bisexual and Anissa's love interest.[152] Chenoa, also a lesbian, was Anissa's girlfriend, and they were together for a year before Anissa became involved with Grace.[153]
Charmed The CW Melanie "Mel" Vera
Nico Hamada		 Mel is a lesbian witch and a Women's Studies graduate student while Niko Hamada is lesbian and a police detective. Mel and Nico are in a relationship.[154][155]
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Netflix Mambo Marie Mambo Marie, who shared a kiss with Zelda at the end of the third season,[156] may be lesbian. However, after having a brief relationship with Zelda, it is revealed that Mambo Marie had been a diguised personality and had actually been an underworld ruler named Baron Samedi the whole time. [157]
For the People ABC Kate Littlejohn
Anya Ooms		 Kate is lesbian and a prosecutor while Anya is lesbian and an ATF agent. Kate and Anya are involved romantically.[158]
The Haunting of Hill House Netflix Theodora "Theo" Crain
Trish Park		 Theodora (the middle child of the Crain family) and Trish are a lesbian couple.[159][160]
Legacies The CW Josie Saltzman
Jade		 Jade is lesbian or bisexual and has a budding romance with Josie.[161][162]
Light as a Feather Hulu Alex Portnoy
Peri		 Alex and Peri are both lesbians.[163][164]
Sweetbitter Starz Ariel ("Ari") Ariel is a lesbian and a womanizer.[165]
Vida Starz Eddy Martínez Eddy is a butch lesbian and Vida's widow.[166][167]
You Lifetime
Netflix (Season 2–)		 Peach Salinger While Peach has been interpreted to be either a lesbian[168] or bisexual,[169] in the novel the series is based on she is a lesbian.[170]
Lucy
Sunrise		 Lucy is a lesbian and a literary agent in L.A. married to Sunrise.[171] Sunrise, wife of Lucy, is lesbian and a stay at home lifestyle blogger.[172]
2019–Present Batwoman The CW Katherine "Kate" Kane / Batwoman
Sophie Moore
Julia Pennyworth		 Kate is the lesbian cousin of Bruce Wayne / Batman.[173] Sophie is lesbian and Kate's former girlfriend. After breaking up with Kate and denying her sexuality, she married Tyler. Sophie comes to terms with being lesbian, tells her husband about her past relationship with Kate (s1/ep.7), ends her marriage, and comes out to her mother (s1/ep.14).[174] Julia is lesbian, Kate's ex-girlfriend, and a British spy.[175] Batwoman is the first lesbian superhero to forefront a prime time series.[176]
Bluff City Law NBC Della Bedford Della is lesbian. She comes out after ending her 15-year marriage.[177]
The Boys Prime Video Elena Elena is Queen Maeve's lesbian ex-girlfriend.[178][179]
In the Dark The CW Jess Damon
Vanessa		 Jess is a lesbian veterinarian. She's the roommate and best friend of Murphy Mason.[180] Vanessa is either lesbian, or bisexual (she has been with males in the past).[181] Jess and Vanessa are in a romantic relationship and they admit that they love each other (s1e2). They break up after Jess cheats on Vanessa.
Limetown Facebook Watch Lia Haddock
(Lia's girlfriend)		 Lia is a lesbian journalist investigating the disappearance of the population of a small Appalachian town.[182] Lia's girlfriend is also lesbian.
Nancy Drew The CW Bess Marvin
Lisbeth		 Bess is a lesbian and a waitress at The Bayside Claw. She develops a romantic interest in Lisbeth.[183]
Lisbeth is lesbian and a state police officer working undercover as a driver and transporter.
Trinkets Netflix Elodie Davis
Sabine
Jillian		 Elodie is lesbian and a kleptomaniac. Sabine is a queer singer, she shows interest in Elodie (who is also interested in her) and they kiss.[184] Jillian is the new love interest of Elodie.
Gentleman Jack BBC One Anne Lister Anne Lister lived an open lesbian lifestyle in 19th century Yorkshire. She was nicknamed "Gentleman Jack" by local townspeople.[185][186]

2020s
Years Title Network Characters Notes
2020 Almost Family Fox Edie Palmer Edie is the main character Julia's prier friend and one of Julia's half siblings who is a criminal defence attorney. She is married to her husband Tim but discovers that she's a lesbian after having an affair with Amanda, the attorney of her court opposition.[187]

Amanda is a lesbian. She has one child, Enzo, from her marriage to her ex-wife.

Curon Netflix Micki Asper Micki is a lesbian.[188]
Deputy Fox Brianna Bishop
Genevieve		 Brianna, a lesbian, is a deputy and Sheriff Bill Hollister's head of personal security.[189] In 1.09, Brianna comes out as non-binary and takes the Bishop surname as the neutral identity name. Genevieve is a lesbian and Brianna's girlfriend.
Tommy CBS Abigail "Tommy" Thomas
Kiley Mills		 Abigail is a lesbian and the first female Chief of Police for the Los Angeles Police Department.[190]
Kiley is lesbian and Tommy's romantic interest.[191]
2020–Present Gentefied Netflix Ana Morales Ana is a lesbian, she is also in a relationship with Yessika.[192]
Hunters Prime Video Millie Morris
Maria De La Ruiz		 Millie is a closeted lesbian FBI agent.[193] Maria is a lesbian and Millie's girlfriend.
Motherland: Fort Salem Freeform Raelle Collar
Scylla Ramshorn		 Raelle is lesbian. In episode "Hail Beltane" (1x04) she tells a male witch at the Beltane festival that she's "not into guys". Unaware of who she really is, Raelle falls for Scylla and they begin a relationship.[194][195]
Nurses Global Ashley Collins
Caro		 Ashley is a lesbian and a nurse, while Caro, a paramedic, is lesbian and Ashley's love interest.[196][197]
Star Trek: Picard Prime Video Seven of Nine
Raffi Musiker
Bjayzl		 Raffi is lesbian or bisexual. Raffi and Seven[198][199] are shown holding hands in the last episode of season 1, "Et in Arcadia Ego".[200] Bjayzl may be lesbian or bisexual, and in episode "Stardust City Rag" (1x05), it becomes evident that she and Seven had been in a relationship in the past.[201]
The Haunting of Bly Manor Netflix Danielle "Dani" Clayton
Jamie		 Jamie, a gardener, who is outwardly lesbian, meets Dani, who was once in a relationship with a man she did not love and his haunted by him.[202] In the fourth episode, Dani and Jamie begin their relationship with each other, and their relationship continues through the rest of the series.
Twenties BET Hattie Hattie is a butch lesbian writer.[203]
Utopia Falls Hulu Brooklyn
Sage		 Brooklyn is described as a "fluid lover" by Humberly González while Sage may be lesbian or also sexually fluid. Brooklyn and Sage are in a romantic relationship.[204]
Vagrant Queen Syfy Elida Al-Feyr
Amae Rali		 When Elida, aformer queen turned scavenger, Amae, a lesbian, and a skilled mechanic and pilot, first meet each other, Elida interuipts a sexual encounter between Amae and a woman. Later, Elida and Amae enter a relationship.[205][206]

See also

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