FARRAH KRENEK
The gloriously androgynous Farrah Krenek is an up-and-coming performer who has been on the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” and in the films “Sisters,” “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry,” the lesbian drama “Freeheld” (with Ellen Page and Julianne Moore) and “The Skeleton Twins.” (Check her out in the scene where Bill Hader’s character, Milo, is at a gay bar hoping to meet a guy, only to find out it’s dyke night.) “I searched for an actress who looked like me and I never found her,” the New York-born-and-raised Krenek says. “So one day I decided I’m not going to look for her anymore. I’m going to become her. I’m going to become the face that represents LGBTQ cinema [and television], and speaks to gay women and all women just by being myself on screen. I want to be the voice and face that I never found when I was growing up. And so… here I am. And now when you see me, you’ll know I’m here for you all, always.” If Netflix knows what’s good for them, they’ll make her a regular on “Orange Is the New Black.” –GH
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