Transparent's Alexandra Billings Tells All in New Memoir
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning. She’s appeared in numerous films and TV shows throughout her career (including How to Get Away with Murder and Grey’s Anatomy) and received critical acclaim for her scene-stealing role as Davina on the hit Amazon series Transparent.
She also showed her musical theater chops when she starred as Madame Morrible in the Broadway mega-hit Wicked in 2019.Arguably her work in Transparent has been some of her most groundbreaking.
In addition to being the first out trans actress to do a full-frontal nude scene on TV, she also influenced the show’s writers to include HIV narratives in the series.“[Transparent costar Trace Lysette] and I don’t have to join the revolution.
We are the fucking revolution,” said Billings in a 2018 interview with Plus, commenting on Hollywood’s responsibility to tell queer and trans stories. “We’re loud.
