{"id":2158,"date":"2019-01-31T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.robust.digital\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2021-11-29T19:46:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T19:46:04","slug":"10-gay-actors-and-actresses-portraying-straight-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womentales.com\/10-gay-actors-and-actresses-portraying-straight-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Gay Actors and Actresses Portraying Straight Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Play a role, act like another person or to become one with a fictional character for years-long seasons of series, or even for a length of a movie is a hard job to do. Just think about how difficult it can be if you have to give up your sexual identity and play, that you are attracted to the gender you don’t actually do in real life.<\/p>\n

We’ve brought you a list of gay actors and actresses who brilliantly solved this task.<\/p>\n

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She is a popular actress, successful director, and producer. She has received a number of prestigious awards and recognitions such as a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award.<\/p>\n

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1. Sarah Paulson<\/h2>\n
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Time Magazine named her one of the\u00a0100 most influential people in the world in 2017. Less known that she was diagnosed with melanoma when she was 25, fortunately, the growth was removed before cancer could spread. Since 2015, Sarah has been in a relationship with another actress, Holland Taylor.<\/p>\n

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The 36 years old openly gay Welsh actor has played a number of straight characters. He is well known for his role in the Fast & Furious movies.<\/p>\n

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2. Luke Evans \u2013 Gaston<\/h2>\n
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In Fast & Furious he played Owen Shaw, Michelle Rodriguez’s boyfriend. Most recently he played in Disney’s live-action, Beauty and the Beast, as the narcissistic Gaston.<\/p>\n

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We all know her as the successful and realist lawyer, from Sex and the City.<\/p>\n

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3. Cynthia Nixon – Miranda Hobbes<\/h2>\n
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guestofaguest.com <\/a>– Cynthia Nixon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

In addition to her actress career, Cynthia is an activist, a politician, and an advocate for LGBT rights in the US, particularly the right of same-sex marriage. In 2004 she won the Primetime Emmy Award, in 2013 he received the\u00a0Yale University\u00a0Artist for Equality Award and a Visibility Award from the\u00a0Human Rights Campaign\u00a0in 2018.<\/p>\n

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He became famous in his role as Michael Scofield in the five seasons series, Prison Break, for which he received the Best Actor in a Leading Role Golden Globe Award.<\/p>\n

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4. Wentworth Miller – Michael Scofield<\/h2>\n
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wallpapersite.com – Wentworth Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Firstly in 2007, he denied to Instyle magazine that he was gay, but 6 years later in August 2013, he came out as gay when he declined an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt “deeply troubled” by the Russian government’s treatment of its gay citizens.<\/p>\n

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During her career, she received numerous recognitions and awards, the most important ones: \u00a0two\u00a0Academy Awards, three\u00a0British Academy Film Awards, two\u00a0Golden Globe Awards, and the\u00a0Cecil B DeMille Award. Interesting fact that she has never played \u201cthe girlfriend\u201d or \u201cthe wife character\u201d.<\/p>\n

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5. Jodie Foster<\/h2>\n
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biography.com<\/a> – Jodie Foster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The gorgeous Alicia Christian “Jodie” Foster, one of Hollywood\u2019s shining star, is not only a world-famous American actress but a successful director and producer too. \u201cI was never interested in a career for a career\u2019s sake. I just wanted to tell the stories I find interesting and I wasn\u2019t very good playing the girlfriend, so, nope, I never did that. I just worked when I found something that moved me,\u201d said Foster.<\/p>\n

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He had a few \u201cearly roles\u201d between 2001 and 2004 but his screen debut occurred in 2005 playing in the mystery thriller, Flightplan with Jodie Foster.<\/p>\n

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6. Matt Bomer – Neal Caffrey<\/h2>\n
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White Collar, the famous police procedural drama brought him huge success in which he was starring as one of the main characters. Bomer married Simon Halls, a publicist in 2011. “It was very chill and very small \u2013 just our closest and dear ones. There is a security, a validity. It’s just a feeling, I think – something about saying vows in front of the people around you who love and support you. I think it was good for our family.”- said Bomer.<\/p>\n

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He played \u201cthe hottest and most popular guy\u201d in North Shore High School.<\/p>\n

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7. Jonathan Bennett – Aaron Samuels<\/h2>\n
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Jonathan Bennett
bustle.com<\/a> – Jonathan Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Jonathan was born in Ohio, in 1981. He is known for his role as Aaron Samuels in the comedy movie Mean Girls. The handsome actor came out as gay in October 2017 and announced that he was in a relationship with Celebrity Page host, Jaymes Vaughan.<\/p>\n

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His best-known character is a womanizer from the television series, How I Met Your Mother.<\/p>\n

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8. Neil Patrick Harris – Barney Stinson<\/h2>\n
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Neil Patrick Harris
bustle.com<\/a> – Neil Patrick Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

“Barney” is considered as the series\u2019 breakout character. Neil played a huge womanizer, a manipulative, oversexed businessman in the series, meanwhile, in the real life, he is a proud husband of David Burtka and father of two gorgeous children. Their son, Gideon Scott, and daughter, Harper Grace, were born in October 2010.<\/p>\n

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We all know him as the guy from The Big Bang Theory who does not understand sarcasm.<\/p>\n

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9. Jim Parsons – Sheldon Cooper<\/h2>\n
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Jim Parsons
variety.com<\/a> – Jim Parsons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

James Joseph Parsons, actor was born in the US in 1973. His best-known role is the annoying and compulsive Sheldon Cooper from the CBS sitcom, The Big Bang Theory for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy.<\/p>\n

He got married to an art director called Todd Spiewak in New York in May 2017.<\/p>\n

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The American actor\u2019s father was Italian, his mother is of Irish ancestry.<\/p>\n

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10. Zachary Quinto – Spock<\/h2>\n
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Zachary Quinto
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His most popular role is probably Spock in the reboot Star Trek series. He came out as gay in 2011 but before that he was already an active supporter of gay rights and organizations. \u201cLiving a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.\u201d \u2013 said Quinto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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