A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
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A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story is a 2006 LGBT
biography
television film directed by award-winning director Agnieszka Holland
and aired on Lifetime Television
. The story documents the real life of Gwen Araujo, born Edward Araujo, Jr., a transgender teenager who was murdered after it was discovered by acquaintances that she had male genitalia
. Scenes depicting the murder trial are shown alternating with the story of Gwen's life.
The movie stars J. D. Pardo as Eddie/Gwen, Mercedes Ruehl
as her mother, and Avan Jogia
as her brother, Danny. It premiered on the Lifetime Television
network in the US
on June 19, 2006.
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story premiered
on June 19 at 9 PM ET
/PT
on Lifetime.
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
television film directed by award-winning director Agnieszka Holland
Agnieszka Holland
Agnieszka Holland is a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. Best recognized for her highly political contributions to Polish cinema, Holland is one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers.-Personal life:...
and aired on Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...
. The story documents the real life of Gwen Araujo, born Edward Araujo, Jr., a transgender teenager who was murdered after it was discovered by acquaintances that she had male genitalia
Sex organ
A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, as narrowly defined, is any of the anatomical parts of the body which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in a complex organism; flowers are the reproductive organs of flowering plants, cones are the reproductive...
. Scenes depicting the murder trial are shown alternating with the story of Gwen's life.
The movie stars J. D. Pardo as Eddie/Gwen, Mercedes Ruehl
Mercedes Ruehl
Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American theater, television and film actor.-Personal life:Ruehl was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, the daughter of Mercedes J., a school teacher, and Vincent Ruehl, an FBI agent. She was raised Catholic. Her father was of German and Irish descent and her...
as her mother, and Avan Jogia
Avan Jogia
Avan Tudor Jogia is a Canadian actor and singer best known for playing Beck Oliver on Victorious.-Early life:Jogia was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father is a Gujarati Indian originally from London, England. His mother is Canadian, with her roots originating from Wales...
as her brother, Danny. It premiered on the Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...
network in the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on June 19, 2006.
Cast
- J.D. PardoJ.D. PardoJuan Diego "J.D." Pardo is an American actor born in Panorama City, California, best known for his role as Edward Araujo, Jr./Gwen Amber Rose Araujo in the Lifetime Network Movie called A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story....
as Gwen Araujo - Mercedes RuehlMercedes RuehlMercedes J. Ruehl is an American theater, television and film actor.-Personal life:Ruehl was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, the daughter of Mercedes J., a school teacher, and Vincent Ruehl, an FBI agent. She was raised Catholic. Her father was of German and Irish descent and her...
as Sylvia Guerrero - Leela SavastaLeela SavastaLeela Savasta is a Canadian actress. She played Clair Crosby in the 2006 film Black Christmas.-Biography:Savasta was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she currently resides. She has appeared in such television shows as Smallville, Intelligence, Supernatural and the Showtime series Masters...
as Chita Araujo - Avan JogiaAvan JogiaAvan Tudor Jogia is a Canadian actor and singer best known for playing Beck Oliver on Victorious.-Early life:Jogia was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father is a Gujarati Indian originally from London, England. His mother is Canadian, with her roots originating from Wales...
as Danny Araujo - Greyston Holt as Jaron Nabors
- Nolan Gerard FunkNolan Gerard FunkNolan Gerard Funk is an award nominated Canadian actor, Broadway performer, recording artist, and dancer best known as Nikko Alexander in the movie Spectacular!, and as Conrad Birdie in the 2009 Broadway revival of the musical Bye Bye Birdie....
as Michael Magidson - Neil DenisNeil DenisNeil Denis is a Canadian actor. He is known for his role as Rya'c, son of Teal'c, a Jaffa in Stargate SG-1. His first appearance was in University Hospital in 1995 at the age of 8. He also appeared in the Canadian television series 2030 CE. He has provided the voice for Spyke in X-Men: Evolution...
as Jose Merel - Jorge Vargas as Jason Cazares
- Henry DarrowHenry DarrowHenry Darrow is a prolific Puerto Rican-American character actor of stage and film. Darrow is probably best remembered for his role as Big John Cannon's teasing brother-in-law, and Buck Cannon's favorite ranch hand, and best friend, Manolito Montoya, in the 1960s television series The High...
as Papi - Ivan De Leon as Berto
- Corey StollCorey StollCorey Daniel Stoll is an American stage and screen actor. He received a Drama Desk Award nomination as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Intimate Apparel, opposite Tony winner and Oscar nominee Viola Davis. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1998...
as Joey Marino
Awards
- A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story won the award for Outstanding Movie for Television at the 2007 GLAAD Media AwardsGLAAD Media AwardsThe GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives...
.
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story premiered
Premières
Premières is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
on June 19 at 9 PM ET
Eastern Time Zone
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Pacific Time Zone
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on Lifetime.
See also
- Boys Don't CryBoys Don't Cry (film)Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American independent romantic drama film directed by Kimberly Peirce and co-written by Andy Bienen. The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgender man played by Hilary Swank, who pursues a relationship with a young woman, played by Chloë...
, the story of Brandon TeenaBrandon TeenaBrandon Teena was an American trans man who was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska. His life and death were the subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, which was based on the documentary film The Brandon Teena Story.-Life:Teena was born Teena Renae Brandon in Lincoln,... - TransphobiaTransphobiaTransphobia is a range of negative attitudes and feelings towards transsexualism and transsexual or transgender people, based on the expression of their internal gender...
- Transgender in film and televisionTransgender in film and televisionThis article lists many films whose primary character are transgender. It also includes films of note who have a secondary transgender character.-Film and video:...
- Queer Cinema
- List of transgender-related topics