All Those Loving Laughing “L Word” Cast Members: Where Are They Now?

janinaJanina Gavankar (Papi)

Twitter: @janinaz, where she recently tweeted: “Hangin w/Ms. Jennifer Beals abt to watch Star Trek chatting abt her charity photo book filled w/behind-the-scenes images from The L Word.”
Interview: Interviewed for BitchBuzz at Comic Con, about  Quantum Quest, The L Word, and so on.
Television: Appeared in recent episodes of The Cleaner & Dollhouse
– currently filming a comedy feature, Men, Interrupted
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elizabethkeenerElizabeth Keener (Dawn Denbo)

Interview: On tello films /pancakes & valium.
Photo: On July 19; with Jaime Lauren from Top Chef
Television: Working on new series for Here! network; playing lesbian FBI agent
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APTOPIX People MatlinMarlee Matlin (Jodi Lerner)

Book: On a book tour in support of autobiography, I’ll Scream Later.
The Future: currently looking to produce a reality show about families with deaf children/adults
Twitter: @marleematlin
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janelynchJane Lynch (Joyce Wyshnia)

Movies: Plays “Dorothy McWilliams” in Julie & Julia opening August 9, “Carmella” in Post Grad (with Alexis Bledel) opening August 21st
Television: Sue Sylvester in Glee, premiering on FOX September 9th! Check out “Meet Jane Lynch,” where she talks about her character Sue, who has an “absolute belief that everything she says is not only truthful, but everyone should listen to her. She’s absolutely confident, righteous, and has no moments of self-doubt.”
Out & About: Photo taken July 18 at Outfest screening of Glee.
In General: The Lynch can Do No Wrong.
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Cybill Shepherd (Phyllis Kroll)

Television: TV movie, Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith airs August 1 on the Hallmark Channelcybill. She plays a woman who reacts to her husband leaving her for a younger woman by going back to college at Smith. Despite the inclusion of Smith this does not appear to be a lesbian film.
Movies: Two movies due for release this year: Barry Munday & Listen To Your Heart
Out & About: Went to “An Evening with Women” with her daughter Clementine Ford in April.

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Angela Robinson (writer & director)

– Movie: currently writing the Girltrash movie with her partner (and L Word writer), Alex Kondracke. Filming will begin in December.
Interview: On SheWired about her work as consulting producer and writer for new HBO series, Hung.
Comic Book: Wrote The Web, a comic book set to hit store shelves in September for DC Comics.

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Daniela Sea (Max Sweeney)daniela

Music: Playing with a new punk band called The Thorns of Life.
Activism: Working to support PETA.
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Picture 4Lauren Lee Smith (Lara the Soup Chef)

Television: Will be returning for a second season on CSI. Is leaving CSI after only one season of glory.
Television: Completed filming for J.J Abrams new HBO show Anatomy of Hope, about life in an oncology ward (no air date yet). Also just wrapped Can Openers, where she plays a surgeon trying to make her mark in a male-dominated hospital.
Movie: Helen will be released on November 26th, 2009 in Germany, stars alongside Ashley Judd. Was in Sundance in January where it won a Leo Award (Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Feature Length Drama) for the role of Mathilda
Movie: Her straight-to-dvd movie, Trick ‘r Treat is due out in October.
Life: Got married to photographer Erik Steingroever on April 4th.
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Holland Taylor (Peggy Peabody)

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– Television: Recurring role on that show Two and a Half Men, which is somehow still on the air and winning awards?
– Movie: The Chosen One is in post-production, directed by Rob Schneider.

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Clementine Ford (Molly Kroll)

Television: Is currently starring as Mackenzie Browning on The Young and the Restless.

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Life: After a controversial coming out story on the cover of Diva magazine, Clementine says she doesn’t want her sexuality to be an issue, but she is gay, and she is dating Linda Perry:

Clementine Ford & Linda Perry

Clementine Ford & Linda Perry

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Rose Rollins (Tasha Williams)roseincurve1

Starfury: Will be appearing at the L6 Convention in Blackpool, England Sept 18th – 20th, along with Kate Moennig, Mia Kirshner, Alexandra Hedison, Pam Grier and Guinevere Turner.
Re-run: Something New, a 2006 film Rose had a small part in, will air on midnight Monday August 3rd on the Oxygen Network.
Why isn’t her beautiful face all over our teevee? Big mystery to me.
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Preston Cook (James)

James-TLW

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Erin DanielsErin Daniels (Dana Fairbanks)

Life: Erin Daniels is also pregnant.
Movies: Was working on an indie film, Portland, with David Carradine who recently died.
Television: she recently had a guest spot on CSI in April.
-Movie: wrote a short film called Sunday Afternoons which showed at the Newport Beach Film Festival in April
-Out & About: photo is from True Blood premiere in September 2008.
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alexandra1Alexandra Hedison (Dylan Moreland)

Art: Her photography exhibit, ITHAKA, opened at Month of Photography LA at the Frank Pictures Gallery on April 4th, 2009. (Pictured with Halle Berry)
Interview: Interviewed by Rachel Shelley in Diva Magazine: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4.
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pam grierPam Grier (Kit Porter)

Movie: Plays “Zelda” in The Invited with Lou Diamond Philips, currently in production.
Interview: My Dinner with Pam Grier, from Food & Wine magazine, July 2009.
Out & About: Will also be at the L6 Convention in England with Shenny and the gang.
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Karina Lombard (Marina)karinafashionweek

Television: Appeared on Rescue Me for six episodes this year as “Geneviève,” a reporter writing a book on 9/11 needing information from Dennis Leary’s firefighter character.
Music: According to Karinaworld.com, Karina is currently working on her first CD.

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What’s next for these ladies? Plot development? Rock stardom? Obscurity? More girl-on-girl action? Give us your thoughts …

(Special thanks to Intern Nicole & Intern Jess for their help on this round-up!)

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30 Comments

  1. On Kate, you forgot she has a movie coming out in Dec. with Drew Barrymore & Kate Beckinsale and some old man. Oh yeah, Deniro.

    • Got it — looks like Dorothy announced that just today on AE. I’ve updated accordingly. Thanks!

  2. WHERE IS JAMES?!?!?!?!?!?
    i like to think of him as jennifer beals’ assistant in real life.

  3. what about Marina??? and the Manny?

    and what the eff IS James doing???

    also, there’s no way I’m watching Three Rivers. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stomach a straightified Kate.

    • Yes Marina! hah! ok I added Marina! I will look into Dallas Roberts, maybe I should add Eric Mabius too. I didn’t know if there would be interest in the dudes.

    • I actually did look up the Manny, and he wasn’t doing anything – just as James, as of right now

  4. Oh Shane…because she has no other name.
    This hair situation is not working out for me. Neither are the scrubs. I hate CBS for doing this to me.

  5. sometimes i find BETTY to be highly inspirational. as in like “wow, people know who they are?! i can do anything!”

  6. That picture of Kate could be an after picture for one of those de-gayfication places. Quite frightening. Alternative lifestyle haircut stat.

    • I don’t think I would recognized her if it hadn’t sayd “Kate Moennig” underneath. Instead of watching the show I’m just going to assume Kate/Shane is having sex with every woman who has 3 seconds or more of screen time.

      Sidenote, I wrote “sayd” instead of “said” but it’s kind of funny so i’m leaving it.

      • I feel like that was accidentally a photo from the “before shane” archives. Like that’s what she looked like before she got Gayed Over. I feel like that’s a wig. Even pre-Shane Kate was always so wispy. There’s just a lot of things about it that make me feel weird. The weirdest part though is the excruciatingly formulaic script. I might bang my head against the wall praying for a carnival flashback.

        • maybe. maybe sarah chalke will guest star as elliott reid and all my dreams can come true.

  7. In Kate/Shane’s defense, her hair looks a little … tiny bit better actually on screen. Maybe I can trick myself to believe her hair looks like that because she slept with every woman not in the ICU. Sex hair if you will, youknowwhatimean? I just didn’t see any bowchicawowow, that’s all. Also, every time she carries around a cooler containing some sort of “organ”, I will imagine it is beer.
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    *sigh* It’s just so bad…
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    On a happy note new UHH album. Yay! I must see them live at least once in my lifetime.

  8. I am so unhappy about Kate Moennig’s hetro haircut. And all the hetero baby bumps. The L Word is well and truly over!

  9. Thanks for the updates. Ms. Shahi is the only one who matters to me, though! Love that little ~straight~ bitch!

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  11. I am 100% confident Erin isn’t pregnant anymore. Rachel Shelley probably isn’t either. New babies all around!

  12. Is it possible just to pretend it never ended, who wants to move on from the L word to a bunch of lame straight people who are 99% less sexually undesirable. I will keep these characters and sex scenes locked on video and in my dreams.

  13. I wish The L Word could’ve gone on forever. I can never picture these pretty ladies with a man. Ah, it hurts my heart. ahaha

  14. c’mon, don’t knock Betty. Tolerable band. And live they’re better – which isn’t the case with most these days.

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