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Trans actress joins 'Nashville'
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
2016-09-20
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This article shared 627 times since Tue Sep 20, 2016
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Trans actress Jen Richards has joined the cast of the CMT television series Nashville.
The Emmy-nominated writer, actress and producer ( Her Story; Doubt ) is set to join the cast in the recurring role of Allyson Del Lago, a physical therapist who helps a character.
Richards is playing CMT's first transgender character and is the first out transgender actor on the network. Richards' television credits include being series regular on E!'s I Am Cait, Logo's Beautiful As I Want to Be and AOL's True Trans with Laura Jane Grace.
ABC canceled Nashville after four seasons, and it will debut on CMT on Thursday, Jan. 5.
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