In This Year - 2001

An overview of queer events that occurred in 2001.

Deltas compare against 2000

143 characters on air in 2001

Every queer character with a role in a show airing this year.

Most popular starting letter

20 characters' names begin with S.

Least popular starting letter

4 letters tie for the fewest, with just 1 each.

Unused letters

No character's name starts with Q, U, or Y.

Akemi Xena: Warrior Princess
Al Mackenzie Bad Girls
Althea Strip Mall
Amy Fitzpatrick Titus
Amy Wong-Kroker Futurama
Andrea Süsskind Marienhof
Anita Bidet The Oblongs
Anna Madrigal Further Tales of the City
Annalena Bergmann Marienhof
Atallah Sims 100 Centre Street
Barb The Weber Show
Bea Hansen Hinter Gittern
Bea Sutton Paradise Falls
Bentham One Piece
Bianca Montgomery All My Children
Billi Vogt Marienhof
Bobbi Glass Popular
Brandi Just Shoot Me!
Bridgit 24
Brownie Stranger Inside
Bunny Hopstetter The Ellen Show
Casey Montgomery A Girl Thing
Charity Dingle Emmerdale
Chiana Farscape
Chris Felicity
Christine Walter Hinter Gittern
Cindy Metrosexuality
Cindy McCauliff Ally McBeal
Claire Fisher Six Feet Under
Constance Harm The Simpsons
D'orothea Wilson Further Tales of the City
Debbie McAllister The Bill
DeDe Halcyon Day Further Tales of the City
Denise Hartung Hinter Gittern
Denny Blood Bad Girls
Desiree Upton Home and Away
Diamond Latrell Dark Angel
Doreen Undressed
Doris Metrosexuality
Doris Wolfe Guiding Light
Edna Krabappel The Simpsons
Ellen Son of the Beach
Ellen Richmond The Ellen Show
Erica Bettis The Education of Max Bickford
Erika Sander Verbotene Liebe
Esther García Ruiz Hospital Central
Fanny Sue Chang Strip Mall
Frankie Stone All My Children
Franzi Brenner Lindenstraße
Gabrielle Xena: Warrior Princess
Gerda Keller Hinter Gittern
Hayley Cropper Coronation Street
Helen Blakemore Water Rats
Helen Stewart Bad Girls
Herbert Garrison South Park
Isabella Kortenaer Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Janine Nielssen What Makes a Family
Jessie Sammler Once and Again
Jule Neumann Hinter Gittern
Jule Roth Verbotene Liebe
Juliet Ferriere Famille d’accueil
Kanoe X
Karen Ellis Family Affairs
Karen Walker Will & Grace
Karri Undressed
Katherine Chancellor The Young and the Restless
Katie Singer Once and Again
Kelly Hurst Family Affairs
Kerry Weaver ER
Kim Legaspi ER
Kit Stranger Inside
Laura Mäkimaa Kotikatu
Lauren Travis A Girl Thing
Lex Tinsel Town
Lindsay Corkhill Brookside
Lindsay Peterson Queer as Folk (US)
Lisa Simpson The Simpsons
Louise Dark Angel
Lynn Searcy Girlfriends
Maggie Stone All My Children
Mandy 24
Mandy Undressed
Marcia Princess The Simpsons
Marcie Johnson Family Guy
Maria Diega Reyes Sex and the City
Megan Hartnoll At Home with the Braithwaites
Meghan Rotundi Felicity
Melanie Marcus Queer as Folk (US)
Melissa Townsend Midsomer Murders
Melissa Warburton Friends
Miranda Hobbes Sex and the City
Miranda Lang The Secret Life of Us
Molly Undressed
Mona Ramsey Further Tales of the City
Nataku X
Nikki Wade Bad Girls
Nina Ryan Verbotene Liebe
Nora What Makes a Family
Olivia Spencer Guiding Light
Original Cindy Dark Angel
Paige Michalchuk Degrassi: The Next Generation
Patricia Hewitt Shortland Street
Patsy Stone Absolutely Fabulous
Patty Bouvier The Simpsons
Peppermint Patty Family Guy
Rachel Cazalet The Cazalets
Rain Wilkins All My Children
Rebecca Mattern Unter Uns
Ricki Austin Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ruth Bächtle Hinter Gittern
Sally Rickworth Midsomer Murders
Samantha Jones Sex and the City
Sanae Yashima Hanaukyo Maid Team
Sandy Cataldi What Makes a Family
Sandy Lopez ER
Sarah Once and Again
Sasha Wilmer Judging Amy
Serena Southerlyn Law & Order
Shaz Wiley Bad Girls
Shelby Undressed
Shell Dockley Bad Girls
Sid The Cazalets
Sofía Culpables
Sonia Fowler EastEnders
Sophie Moore Attachments
Stephanie Scully Neighbours
Sugar Stranger Inside
Susan Dalto NYPD Blue
Susanne Brandner Verbotene Liebe
Suzanne Richter Lindenstraße
Tamsin At Home with the Braithwaites
Tanja Schildknecht Lindenstraße
Tara Maclay Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Tash Bandara Holby City
Tina Greer Smallville
Treasure Lee Stranger Inside
Trish Simpkin Paradise Falls
Virginia Braithwaite At Home with the Braithwaites
Willow Rosenberg Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Xena Xena: Warrior Princess
Zoe Marshall Pacific Drive
Zoë Tate Emmerdale
Zoit Lloyd in Space
The Simpsons 7
USA · TV Show
Patty Bouvier Recurring Lisa Simpson Regular Constance Harm Recurring Marcia Princess Recurring Edna Krabappel Recurring Regular Recurring
Bad Girls 6
United Kingdom · TV Show
Helen Stewart Regular Nikki Wade Regular Shaz Wiley Regular Al Mackenzie Regular Shell Dockley Regular Denny Blood Regular
Hinter Gittern 6
Germany · TV Show
Gerda Keller Recurring Ruth Bächtle Regular Bea Hansen Regular Christine Walter Regular Jule Neumann Regular Denise Hartung Regular
Undressed 5
USA · TV Show
Mandy Regular Karri Regular Shelby Regular Doreen Regular Molly Regular
All My Children 4
USA · TV Show
Bianca Montgomery Regular Maggie Stone Regular Frankie Stone Recurring Rain Wilkins Recurring
Further Tales of the City 4
USA · Mini-Series
Anna Madrigal Regular D'orothea Wilson Regular Mona Ramsey Regular DeDe Halcyon Day Regular
Stranger Inside 4
USA · TV Movie
Treasure Lee Regular Sugar Recurring Kit Recurring Brownie Regular
Verbotene Liebe 4
Germany · TV Show
Susanne Brandner Regular Erika Sander Regular Nina Ryan Regular Jule Roth Regular
At Home with the Braithwaites 3
United Kingdom · TV Show
Virginia Braithwaite Regular Tamsin Recurring Megan Hartnoll Recurring
Dark Angel 3
USA · TV Show
Original Cindy Recurring Diamond Latrell Guest Louise Guest
ER 3
USA · TV Show
Kerry Weaver Regular Kim Legaspi Guest Sandy Lopez Recurring
Lindenstraße 3
Germany · TV Show
Tanja Schildknecht Regular Suzanne Richter Regular Franzi Brenner Regular
Marienhof 3
Germany · TV Show
Andrea Süsskind Regular Billi Vogt Regular Annalena Bergmann Regular
Once and Again 3
USA · TV Show
Jessie Sammler Regular Katie Singer Regular Sarah Guest
Sex and the City 3
USA · TV Show
Samantha Jones Regular Maria Diega Reyes Guest Miranda Hobbes Regular
What Makes a Family 3
USA · TV Movie
Sandy Cataldi Recurring Janine Nielssen Regular Nora Recurring
Xena: Warrior Princess 3
USA · TV Show
Xena Regular Gabrielle Regular Akemi Guest
24 2
USA · TV Show
Bridgit Guest Mandy Recurring
A Girl Thing 2
USA · TV Movie
Lauren Travis Regular Casey Montgomery Recurring
Buffy The Vampire Slayer 2
USA · TV Show
Tara Maclay Recurring Willow Rosenberg Regular
Emmerdale 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Zoë Tate Regular Charity Dingle Regular
Family Affairs 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Kelly Hurst Regular Karen Ellis Regular
Family Guy 2
USA · TV Show
Marcie Johnson Guest Peppermint Patty Guest
Felicity 2
USA · TV Show
Chris Guest Meghan Rotundi Regular
Guiding Light 2
USA · TV Show
Olivia Spencer Regular Doris Wolfe Recurring
Metrosexuality 2
United Kingdom · Mini-Series
Cindy Recurring Doris Recurring
Midsomer Murders 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Melissa Townsend Guest Sally Rickworth Guest
Paradise Falls 2
Canada · TV Show
Bea Sutton Regular Trish Simpkin Recurring
Queer as Folk (US) 2
USA · TV Show
Melanie Marcus Regular Lindsay Peterson Regular
South Park 2
USA · TV Show
Herbert Garrison Regular Regular
Strip Mall 2
USA · TV Show
Fanny Sue Chang Regular Althea Regular
The Cazalets 2
United Kingdom · Mini-Series
Sid Regular Rachel Cazalet Regular
The Ellen Show 2
USA · TV Show
Ellen Richmond Regular Bunny Hopstetter Regular
X 2
Japan · TV Show
Nataku Recurring Kanoe Recurring
100 Centre Street 1
USA · TV Show
Atallah Sims Regular
Absolutely Fabulous 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Patsy Stone Regular
Ally McBeal 1
USA · TV Show
Cindy McCauliff Guest
Attachments 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sophie Moore Recurring
Brookside 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Lindsay Corkhill Regular
Coronation Street 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Hayley Cropper Regular
Culpables 1
Argentina · Mini-Series
Sofía Recurring
Degrassi: The Next Generation 1
Canada · TV Show
Paige Michalchuk Regular
EastEnders 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sonia Fowler Regular
Farscape 1
USA · TV Show
Chiana Regular
Friends 1
USA · TV Show
Melissa Warburton Guest
Futurama 1
USA · TV Show
Amy Wong-Kroker Regular
Girlfriends 1
USA · TV Show
Lynn Searcy Regular
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten 1
Germany · TV Show
Isabella Kortenaer Regular
Hanaukyo Maid Team 1
Japan · TV Show
Sanae Yashima Regular
Holby City 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Tash Bandara Regular
Home and Away 1
Australia · TV Show
Desiree Upton Guest
Hospital Central 1
Spain · TV Show
Esther García Ruiz Regular
Judging Amy 1
USA · TV Show
Sasha Wilmer Guest
Just Shoot Me! 1
USA · TV Show
Brandi Guest
Kotikatu 1
Finland · TV Show
Laura Mäkimaa Regular
Law & Order 1
USA · TV Show
Serena Southerlyn Regular
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1
USA · TV Show
Ricki Austin Guest
Lloyd in Space 1
USA · TV Show
Zoit Recurring
Neighbours 1
Australia · TV Show
Stephanie Scully Regular
NYPD Blue 1
USA · TV Show
Susan Dalto Guest
One Piece 1
Japan · TV Show
Bentham Recurring
Pacific Drive 1
Australia · TV Show
Zoe Marshall Regular
Popular 1
USA · TV Show
Bobbi Glass Regular
Shortland Street 1
New Zealand · TV Show
Patricia Hewitt Regular
Six Feet Under 1
USA · TV Show
Claire Fisher Regular
Smallville 1
USA · TV Show
Tina Greer Guest
Son of the Beach 1
USA · TV Show
Ellen Recurring
The Bill 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Debbie McAllister Regular
The Education of Max Bickford 1
USA · TV Show
Erica Bettis Regular
The Oblongs 1
USA · TV Show
Anita Bidet Recurring
The Secret Life of Us 1
Australia · TV Show
Miranda Lang Regular
The Weber Show 1
USA · TV Show
Barb Guest
The Young and the Restless 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Chancellor Regular
Tinsel Town 1
United Kingdom · Mini-Series
Lex Recurring
Titus 1
USA · TV Show
Amy Fitzpatrick Regular
Unter Uns 1
Germany · TV Show
Rebecca Mattern Regular
Water Rats 1
Australia · TV Show
Helen Blakemore Regular
Will & Grace 1
USA · TV Show
Karen Walker Regular