Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975) [2] is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert, and Phillip DeVine at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine). [3]
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen.The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances.
She went on to appear in several independent features, including two directed by her then-boyfriend, Harmony Korine (writer of Kids): Gummo (1997) and Julien Donkey-Boy (1998), before obtaining a lead role as Lana Tisdel in Boys Don't Cry (1999), a fact-based drama about the murder of trans man Brandon Teena.
Lana Tisdel: 2000s. Year Actress Film Role(s) Ref. 2000: Judi Dench: Chocolat: Armande Voizin [7] Kate Hudson: Almost Famous: Penny Lane: Frances McDormand: Elaine Miller
She would subsequently appear in several independent films before portraying Lana Tisdel, a woman who unknowingly falls in love with a trans man, in the biographical drama Boys Don't Cry (1999).
Natalie Zea (born March 17, 1975) is an American actress known for her performances on television. Zea began her acting career in theatre. Her first major role was on the NBC daytime soap opera Passions (2000–2002), where she played the role of Gwen Hotchkiss.
Year Winner Film Role; 2000: Frances McDormand: Almost Famous: Elaine Miller Wonder Boys: Chancellor Sara Gaskell 2001: Cameron Diaz: Vanilla Sky: Julianna “Julie” Gianni
Tisdel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jeff Tisdel (born 1956), American football coach; Lana Tisdel (born 1975), American criminal; Mark Tisdel (born 1955), American politician