Acting

Calpernia Addams

Born

1971-02-20 (55)

Place of birth

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

18 titles

Calpernia Addams is an actress, musician, author and activist living in Hollywood, CA. The story of her relationship with murdered Army soldier Barry Winchell, “Soldier’s Girl”, was nominated for a Golden Globe, Emmy and countless other awards, and has gone on to become an LGBT classic around the globe. Calpernia starred in the first television show to examine dating for transsexual women, “Transamerican Love Story” and has an extensive listing of other IMDB credits. She has spoken across the USA and internationally on many topics, most recently at Oxford University.

Known for

Transamerica poster
7.0

A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.

Transamerica

2005

Not So Straight in Silver Lake poster
1.0

Four LGBTQ+ couples navigate their lives while sharing a compound in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles.

Not So Straight in Silver Lake

2022

Dr. Jackie poster
3.3

Failed actress Jackie Beat has finally become a psychotherapist. Using role-playing, primal scream therapy, ink-blot tests and even puppets, she is helping her funny, famous and fabulous "friends" navigate the rocky road of mental health.

Dr. Jackie

2022

Transamerican Love Story poster
1.0

Transamerican Love Story is an American reality television program in which suitors wooed transgender woman Calpernia Addams. Addams chose a suitor by process of elimination. Logo, a digital cable channel with LGBT content, originally broadcast the series in 2008 from February through March. Alec Mapa hosted each episode. Zach Rosen of the Washington Blade praised the series, describing it as "refreshing for its lack of sensationalism".

Transamerican Love Story

2008

Falling for Angels poster
5.0

In this riveting anthology series, modern-day relationships are explored through the lens of each distinct neighborhood in Los Angeles including Silver Lake, Bel Air, Leimert Park, Boyle Heights, Koreatown, and Malibu.

Falling for Angels

2017

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps poster
NR

Part comedy special, part oral history, part love letter to becoming your true self, Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps chronicles two decades of Emmy-nominated creator/performer Scott Turner Schofield’s life as an out transgender man. With a knowing nod to the often-overlooked comedy of transitioning, the film reflects on the many layers of becoming oneself, exploring nuanced truths and breaking important new ground in trans representation. Twice censored (so far) and arriving amid a cultural and legislative reckoning, the film resists simplification in what it explores, how it tells the story, and the form it takes. Instead, Schofield brings vulnerability, wit, and presence to the details of his own life, connecting the personal to the universal and reminding audiences of all we share. Funny, profound, and fiercely honest, Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps celebrates complexity and invites viewers to consider, more deeply and compassionately, what becoming—and being—a man can mean.

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps

2024

Film credits

2000s · 7 titles

Transamerica poster
7.0

A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.

Transamerica

2005

Beautiful Daughters poster
2.3

In February, 2004, with the help of Eve Ensler and Jane Fonda, a group of transgender women put on the first all-transgender production of "The Vagina Monologues", including a new monologue written by Ensler from their own experiences.

Beautiful Daughters

2006

He Likes Guys poster
4.4

This anthology of 8 gay men's shorts offers an eclectic mix of comic, dramatic and erotic films. Includes: Babysitting Andy (2007); Just (2007); Laundromat (2008); Seeing You in Circles (2005); Silver Road (2006); Steam (2009); Traces (2008); Waiting for Yvette (2008).

He Likes Guys

2009

Casting Pearls poster
1.7

A short film that illustrates the difficulties transsexual women face in Hollywood via a hectic series of auditions endured by a transsexual actress.

Casting Pearls

2007

Laundromat poster
4.8

Set in a neighborhood laundromat, "Laundromat" is a Romantic drama-edy that follows a young gay couple, who after a chance encounter with an older man, realize that the little things mean nothing and everything when it comes to love.

Laundromat

2008

Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She poster
3.8

Examines the diversity of human sexual and gender variance around the globe, with commentary by scientific experts and first-hand accounts of people who do not conform to a simple male/female binary.

Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

2005

Tranny McGuyver poster
NR

Our All-Star cast includes LGBT favorites & mainstream primetimers. Willam Belli of nip/tuck, & Another Gay Sequel, Lindsay Hollister & Marshall Cook comprise our bumbling cops. Reno 911's Cathy Shim, Noah's Arc titular Darryl Stephens, Logo's Bachelorette Calpernia Addams, celesbian fave Jill Bennett, & Deal or No Deal's #25 Hayley Marie Norman all add to the comedy with a cameo by Criminal Minds' Kirsten Vangsness.

Tranny McGuyver

2008

Series credits

Behind the camera

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps poster
NR

Part comedy special, part oral history, part love letter to becoming your true self, Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps chronicles two decades of Emmy-nominated creator/performer Scott Turner Schofield’s life as an out transgender man. With a knowing nod to the often-overlooked comedy of transitioning, the film reflects on the many layers of becoming oneself, exploring nuanced truths and breaking important new ground in trans representation. Twice censored (so far) and arriving amid a cultural and legislative reckoning, the film resists simplification in what it explores, how it tells the story, and the form it takes. Instead, Schofield brings vulnerability, wit, and presence to the details of his own life, connecting the personal to the universal and reminding audiences of all we share. Funny, profound, and fiercely honest, Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps celebrates complexity and invites viewers to consider, more deeply and compassionately, what becoming—and being—a man can mean.

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps

2024

Casting Pearls poster
1.7

A short film that illustrates the difficulties transsexual women face in Hollywood via a hectic series of auditions endured by a transsexual actress.

Casting Pearls

2007

Transproofed poster
NR

Friends Ava and Joyce race to hide hints that Ava is transsexual before her unaware date arrives at her over-the-top apartment.

Transproofed

2009

Finding Your Female Voice poster
NR

Those identifying as trans, transgender, transsexual or someone who just desires to feminize their voice can find help in our time-tested, world renowned method FYFV has helped many, many thousands of people wishing to feminize their voice all over the world. It takes work and commitment, but start today and you will get results!

Finding Your Female Voice

2002