'The L Word' is billed as the intimate story about the lives and loves of a group of lesbian friends living in Los Angeles. Mostly centering on Jenny (Mia Kirshner), a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, who moves to Los Angeles to live with her boyfriend Tim (Eric Mabius) and begin a professional writing career. Jenny's life is turned upside down when she attends a party hosted by Tim's next-door neighbors, Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Hollomon), a lesbian couple who are looking to take the step into parenthood after seven years of dating. A brief encounter at the party with Marina (Karina Lombard), the owner of The Planet, the local coffeehouse that the ladies gather on a daily basis, suddenly has Jenny thrust into the local lesbian community and a whole new world she never understood until she questions her own sexual orientation. Other friends of Bette and Tina include Dana (Erin Daniels), a rising tennis player looking for love despites having no dating experience; Alice (Leisha Hailey), a magazine writer whom just wants to find the woman of her dreams; Shane (Katherine Moenning) is a sexually aggressive slacker/hairstylist whom seeks out her own girl just for her own pleasures.
"L World" es una revolucionaria serie coral sobre la vida y los amores de un grupo de amigas en Los Ángeles. Con un magnífico reparto liderado por Jennifer Beals, Mia Kirshner y Pam Grier, y con estrellas invitadas de la talla de Rosanna Arquette y Lolita Davidovich, esta provocativa serie es la mejor representación televisiva de la amistad femenina desde Sexo en Nueva York. Jenny es una aspirante a escritora que se muda a Los Ángeles desde su medio oeste natal para vivir con su novio. Sin embargo, Jenny entabla amistad con un interesante círculo de atractivas lesbianas –entre las que se cuentan la conservadora de un museo, la propietaria de un café, una periodista, una peluquera y una jugadora de tenis profesional– y empieza a conocer un mundo totalmente nuevo que hasta entonces le había estado vedado… Y descubre que lo que le hace ese nuevo mundo tan atractivo es algo más que la curiosidad.
ORIGINAL TITLE :: TÍTULO ORIGINAL The L word
YEAR :: AÑO 2004-2009
COUNTRY :: PAÍS USA :: Estados Unidos
DIRECTOR :: DIRECTOR Michele Abbott (Creator), Ilene Chaiken (Creator), Kathy Greenberg (Creator), Rose Troche, Angela Robinson, Ilene Chaiken, Lynne Stopkewich, Tricia Brock, John Stockwell, Tony Goldwyn, Bronwen Hughes, Daniel Minahan, Clément Virgo, Moisés Kaufman, Jamie Babbit
SCREENWRITER :: GUIÓN Ilene Chaiken, Michele Abbott, Kathy Greenberg, Elizabeth Ziff, Angela Robinson, Cherien Dabis, Ariel Schrag, Alexandra Kondracke, Rose Troche, Guinevere Turner, Elizabeth Hunter
COMPOSER :: MÚSICA Elizabeth Ziff, Andy Paley, Damien Rice CINEMATOGRAPHER :: FOTOGRAFÍA Robert Aschmann, Attila Szalay
STUDIO/PRODUCER :: PRODUCTORA Broadcast by Showtime Networks / Viacom Productions
Official web: www.sho.com/site/lword/CAST MEMBERS:
Jennifer Beals - Bette Porter
Laurel Holloman - Tina Kennard
Mia Kirshner - Jenny Schecter
Pam Grier - Kit Porter
Katherine Moennig - Shane McCutcheon
Leisha Hailey - Alice Pieszecki
Erin Daniels (Seasons 1—3) - Dana Fairbanks
Eric Mabius (Season 1) - Tim Hapsel
Karina Lombard (Season 1) - Marina Ferrer
Rachel Shelley (Season 2—6) - Helena Peabody
Eric Lively (Season 2) - Mark Wayland
Sarah Shahi (Seasons 2—3) - Carmen de la Pica Morales
Daniela Sea (Season 3—6) - Moira/Max Sweeney
Dallas Roberts (Season 3—4) - Angus Partridge
Cybill Shepherd (Season 4—6) - Phyllis Kroll
Marlee Matlin (Season 4—6) - Jodi Lerner
Janina Gavankar (Season 4) - Eva "Papi" Torres
Rose Rollins (Season 4—6) - Tasha Williams
Malaya Rivera Drew (Season 5—6) - Adele Channing
Kate French (Season 5-6) - Niki Stevens
Elizabeth Keener (Season 5—6) - Dawn Denbo
Clementine Ford (Season 5—6) - Molly Kroll
Jon Wolfe Nelson (Season 4-6) - Tom Mater
GUEST STARS:
Anne Archer as Lenore (in season one), Alice's vain actress mother.
Anne Archer as Lenore (in season one), Alice's vain actress mother.
Rosanna Arquette as Cherie Jaffe (season one and three), a "Hollywood wife" with whom Shane had a romantic fling.
The rock band The B-52's (season two) as themselves.
Sandra Bernhard as Charlotte Birch (season two), the college professor of Jenny's creative writing class.
The rock band Betty as themselves (seasons two & three). They also wrote/performed the theme song used since season two[1] and a number of tracks for the musical score.[citation needed]
Elodie Bouchez as Claude (season three), a French writer that becomes romantically involved with Jenny.
Kate Clinton as Dr. Farber, a lesbian sex therapist to Bette and Tina.
Alan Cumming as Billy Blaikie (season three), drug addicted manager of The Planet and brief lover of Max.
Lolita Davidovich as Francesca Wolff (season one), Marina's lover.
Ossie Davis (his final acting role; seasons one and two) as Bette and Kit's conservative father, Melvin Porter.
Dana Delany as Barbara Grisham (season three), a Senator (and closeted lesbian) from Massachusetts who hits on Bette.
Holly Dignard as Chandra
Snoop Dogg as rapper Slim Daddy (season one) for whom Kit appears in a music video.
Charles S. Dutton as the motivational speaker Benjamin Bradshaw (season two) who becomes romantically involved with Kit.
Steven Eckholdt as Henry (season three), a divorced father that becomes Tina's first boyfriend after breaking up with Bette.
Andrew Francis as Howie Fairbanks, brother of Dana who comes out at the Gay Pride Parade.
Tony Goldwyn as Burr Connor, a closeted Hollywood actor.
Lisa Gay Hamilton (season one) as a nameless art show attendee that attends Bette's show in New York.
The rock band Heart as themselves.
Alexandra Hedison as Dylan (season three), a documentary director that becomes Helena Peabody's love interest, and later her sexual harassment plaintiff.
Nona Hendryx as herself
Sandrine Holt as Catherine Rothberg (season four), a sleezy poker playing lesbian who cons Helena Peabody.
Arianna Huffington as herself (season two)
Elizabeth Keener as Dawn Denbo, the owner of Shebar and Kit's nemesis when she ultimately buys out Ivan's share of The Planet.
Sharon Isbin as herself
Kristanna Loken as Paige Sobel, Jared's single mom and Shane's fling.
Irene López as Mercedes Morales, Carmen's mother (season three)
Dr. Susan Love as herself
Jane Lynch as Joyce Wischnia, a gay-rights attorney who represents Tina and Bette in several cases and fiancee of Phyllis Kroll.
Kelly Lynch as Ivan Aycock (seasons one and two) a trans-gender who seduces Kit and helps with her alcohol recovery.
Mei Malancon as Jaime Chen, third wheel of Alice and Tasha.
Camryn Manheim as Veronica Bloom (season two), the egotistical and hot-tempered movie producer who hires Shane as her assistant.
Heather Matarazzo as Stacy Merkin, a journalist and nemesis of Jenny Schecter.
Meredith McGeachie as Tonya (seasons one, two, and three), Dana's celebrity-obsessed temporary fiancée and manager.
Kelly McGillis as Col. Gillian Davis, prosecutor for Tasha's homosexual misconduct case.
Tammy Lynn Michaels as Lacey, Shane's stalker (season one)
Ion Overman as Candace Jewell, a carpenter at CAC who has an affair with Bette.
Dan Payne as a policeman (pilot episode)
The singer Peaches as herself
Anne E. Ramsey as Robyn, Jenny's fling who ultimately is dumped.
Lucia Rijker as Dusty, Helena's cellmate (season five) and as Dana's trainer (season two)
Melissa Rivers as herself (season two)
Eric Roberts as Gabriel McCutcheon, Shane's dysfunctional father (seasons three and four)
Julian Sands as Nick Barashkov (season one), Jenny's former college professor of Russian literature.
Helen Shaver as Fay Buckley (season one), the leader of an extreme right-wing activist group bent on shutting down Bette's art gallery.
Russell Simmons as himself (season three)
The rock band Sleater-Kinney as themselves
Lauren Lee Smith as Lara Perkins (seasons one, two and three), a chef and lover of Dana and later Alice.
Cybill Shepherd as Phyllis "Heads Will Roll" Kroll, the university chancellor and late bloomer lesbian; lover of Alice and Joyce.
Gloria Steinem as herself (season two)
Holland Taylor as Peggy Peabody (seasons one, two and three), Helena's mother and multi-millionaire tycoon.
The indie-pop band Tegan and Sara as themselves
Guinevere Turner as Gabby Deveaux (seasons one and two), Alice's hot and cold recurrent girlfriend.
The indie-pop band The Organ as themselves.
Patricia Velásquez as Begoña, an immigrant actress (season five)
Alicia Leigh Willis as Cindi Tucker, Dawn's lover and Shane's fling.
The L word - Season 2 Promo
The L word - Season 3 Promo
The L word - Season 4 Promo
The L word - Season 5 Promo
The L word - Season 6 Promo (Final season)
