22.Alexandra Billings
Alexandra Billings is a singer, stage performer, and television actress. She has appeared on Grey’s Anatomy, ER, and Eli Stone, among other series. More recently, Billings had in a recurring role in Amazon’s original series Transparent. She is notable for being the first trans-gender actress to play a trans-gender character on television, in ABC’s Romy and Michelle: A New Beginning,which she did in the 2005 made-for-TV movie Romy and Michele.
21.Sharon Cohen
Sharon Cohen, who performs under the name Dana International, is an Isreali pop star, and former winner of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. She began recording and performing music during the ’90s and is currently one of the most recognizable transgender musicians worldwide.
Sharon Cohen, professionally known as Dana International, born Yaron Cohen ירון כהן is an Israeli pop singer of Yemenite Jewish ancestry. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Israel’s most successful musical acts ever. She is best known as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song “Diva”. Assigned male at birth, Sharon discovered that she was trans-gender at an early age, and came out as a trans woman when she was 13. She underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1993 and in that year released her first album, Danna International, upon which she based her stage name.
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