The SHOWTIME Original Series, THE L WORD, explores the lives and loves of a group of Los Angeles lesbians.
Jenny Schecter (MIA KIRSHNER) is a gifted young writer of fiction who just completed her MFA at the Iowa Writer's Workshop. With a major literary award and one published short story to her credit, she arrives in Los Angeles to begin her "adult life" with her boyfriend - soon to be fiance - Tim Haspel (ERIC MABIUS), a women's swim coach at a large state university.
They reside in West Hollywood, next door to Bette Porter (JENNIFER BEALS), museum director, and her partner Tina Kennard (LAUREL HOLLOMAN). Bette and Tina have been a couple for seven years and are trying to find the perfect sperm donor to help them to start a family as they struggle with their relationship and the roles they've chosen or found themselves in and what it all means to their future.
Bette and Tina's close network of friends includes Shane McCutheon (KATHERINE MOENNIG), a hairdresser and the resident heartthrob; Dana Fairbanks (ERIN DANIELS), a professional tennis player not yet out of the closet; bisexual journalist Alice Pieszecki (LEISHA HAILEY); and Bette's half-sister Kit Porter (PAM GRIER), who is a musician and a recovering alcoholic.
Tina Kennard..............................Laurel Holloman
Jenny Schecter................................Mia Kirshner
Eric Mabius.......................................Tim Haspel
Karina Lombard.......................................Marina
Shane McCutcheon.................Katherine Moennig
Dana Fairbanks.................................Erin Daniels
Alice Pieszecki................................Leisha Hailey
Kit.....................................................Pam Grier
Rose Troche
Writing Credits
Ilene Chaiken (teleplay)
Kathy Greenberg
Michelle Abbott
Produced by
Ilene Chaiken (executive)
Steve Golin (executive)
Larry Kennar (executive)
Rose Lam
Bob Roe
Cinematography by
Attila Szalay
Film Editing by
Jeff Freeman (I)
Casting by
Richard Hicks (II)
Production Design by
Sheila Haley
Ricardo Spinace
Art Direction by
Dan Hermansen
Makeup Department
Dana Hamel (key makeup)
Juliana Vit (hair & makeup)
Production Management
Kim Steer (I)
Second Unit Director/ Assistant Director
Chris Ferguson (I) (third assistant director)
Jessica Judd (trainee assistant director)
Harry Keith (II) (second assistant director)
Alysse Leite-Rogers (first assistant director)
Art Department
Nancy Anna Brown (assistant art director)
Kimberly Regent (property master)
Maurice Woodworth (on-set dresser)
Maureen Carey (construction buyer) uncredited
Sound Department
Dave Griffiths (II) (boom operator)
Patrick Ramsay (sound mixer)
Other Crew
Rusty Deluce (first assistant camera)
Randy Kennedy (location assistant)
Danny McWilliams (location manager)
Dennis McWilliams (assistant location manager)
Moira Perlmutter (production coordinator)
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