Transgender star Jen Richards of ‘Mrs. Fletcher’ on Jared Leto, Hollywood life & “Tales of the City”

If you don’t know Jen Richards’ name, you know her work.

As one of the leading, outspoken activists in the transgender rights movement, she’s penned essays and maintained an active social media presence advocating for acceptance of transgender people. Her argument against casting cisgender men as transgender women in films and television started an international movement, waking Hollywood to the talent of transgender performers.

As an artist, Richards created and starred in the popular web series Her Story, beginning in 2016. The series helped launch Richards’ career as a creative writer and actress, as well as that of her costar, Angelica Ross. 

2019 saw Ms. Richards give two widely praised performances, the first as young Anna Madrigal on Netflix’s Tales of the City revival. The second came this fall with the HBO comedy Mrs. Fletcher. In the show, Richards plays Margot, a writing professor and sometime life coach of the title divorcee, played by Kathryn Hahn.

Queerty caught up with Richards just ahead of the Mrs. Fletcher season finale to talk about her rising career, her activism and the state of transgender politics. The final episode of Mrs. Fletcher airs December 8 on HBO.

So the show is amazing. How did Margo come to you?

Well actually, before they made the TV show, I was one of the….

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