In This Year - 2005

An overview of queer events that occurred in 2005.

Deltas compare against 2004

233 characters on air in 2005

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

Most popular starting letter

23 characters' names begin with S.

Least popular starting letter

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

Unused letters

No character's name starts with U or X.

Abby Tucker Malcolm in the Middle
Alex Kelly The O.C.
Alex Nuñez Degrassi: The Next Generation
Ali Spencer Emmerdale
Alice Pieszecki The L Word
Amber Dante’s Cove
Amber Kalirai Coronation Street
Amy Murgatroyd Agatha Christie's Marple
Ana Aquí No Hay Quien Viva
Andrea Süsskind Marienhof
Angela Montenegro Bones
Anke Hoffmann Verbotene Liebe
Anna Taggaro One Tree Hill
Annalena Bergmann Marienhof
Antje Stenzel Hinter Gittern
Arun Parmar Bad Girls
Ashley Davies South Of Nowhere
Ava Moore Nip/Tuck
Bea Villarejo Aquí No Hay Quien Viva
Beatriz "Bea" Lasa Maldonado Hospital Central
Benjamin Horlacher NCIS
Beth Sugar Rush
Bette Porter The L Word
Bianca Montgomery All My Children
Billie Ducette Cold Case
Billie Frasier Starved
Brother Ken bro'Town
Candace Jewell The L Word
Carla von Lahnstein Verbotene Liebe
Carmen It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Carmen de la Pica Morales The L Word
Cassandra O'Brien Doctor Who (2005)
Celia Hodes Weeds
Céline Frémont Plus Belle La Vie
Charity Dingle Emmerdale
Charlotte Beaumont All Saints
Cherry Peck Nip/Tuck
Chrissy Dante’s Cove
Christine Walter Hinter Gittern
Claire Fisher Six Feet Under
Claybourne The L Word
Constance Harm The Simpsons
D’Anna Biers Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Dana Davin Train 48
Dana Fairbanks The L Word
Darby One Tree Hill
Dax The L Word
Debbie Dingle Emmerdale
Dewey Largo The Simpsons
Donna Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
Doris Wolfe Guiding Light
Dusty The L Word
Dusty Queer as Folk (US)
Edna Krabappel The Simpsons
Effie Harrison Emmerdale
Eleonora Ferreira da Silva Senhora de Destino
Ella Miyazaki Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Ellen Lavik Hotel Cæsar
Erika Sander Verbotene Liebe
Erstin Ho My-Otome
Esther García Ruiz Hospital Central
Eve Jacobsen Home and Away
Evelyn Harper Two and a Half Men
Fee Nolan Shortland Street
Foxxy Love Drawn Together
Frankie Biancavilla Strong Medicine
Frankie Stone All My Children
Franzi Brenner Lindenstraße
Franzi Reuter Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Fujino Shizuru My-HiME My-Otome
Gabby Deveaux The L Word
Georgina Harris Neighbours
Gillian Postcards From Buster
Gina Postcards From Buster
Gina Inviere Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Gina Tribbiani Joey
Hayley Cropper Coronation Street
Hazel Bailey Footballers' Wives
Helen Lovejoy The Simpsons
Helena Cain Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Helena Peabody The L Word
Heli Sievinen Salatut elämät
Herbert Garrison South Park
Honshō Chizuru Bleach
Ines Führbringer Hinter Gittern
Iris The L Word
Isabella Kortenaer Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Isabella Yamamoto Paradise Kiss
Isabelle/Bruce Hodes Weeds
Ivan Beyonce Aycock The L Word
Izumi Kaori Best Student Council
Jane Benson The Comeback
Jane Canary (Calamity Jane) Deadwood
Jasmine Thomas Emmerdale
Jay Copeland Shortland Street
Jennifer Out of Practice
Jennifer Improtta Senhora de Destino
Jennifer Miller Girlfriends
Jenny Schecter The L Word
Jez Shameless (UK)
Jo Masters The Bill
Joan Adler Midsomer Murders
Joanie Stubbs Deadwood
Jodie The O.C.
Jodie Maxwell Holby City
Joey Funkhouser Curb Your Enthusiasm
Joyce Wischnia The L Word
Julia McNamara Nip/Tuck
Juliet Ferriere Famille d’accueil
Juliette Frémont Plus Belle La Vie
Kanata Hijiri Girls Bravo
Kandi Two and a Half Men
Karen Postcards From Buster
Karen Walker Will & Grace
Kate Boyd Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Katherine Chancellor The Young and the Restless
Katya Eddsworld
Kelly South Of Nowhere
Kerry Weaver ER
Kiki Queer as Folk (US)
Kim Eddsworld
Kim Daniels Sugar Rush
Kim Hae-jung Beating Heart
Kit McGraw Nip/Tuck
Kitagawa Rio Doki Doki School Hours
Kosame Girls Bravo
Kristina Corinthos-Davis General Hospital
Kuga Natsuki My-HiME My-Otome
Kurauchi Anna He Is My Master
Lana Crawford Neighbours
Lara Perkins The L Word
Laura Crawford Midsomer Murders
Laura Mäkimaa Kotikatu
Leigh Ostin The L Word
Lenore Portillo Will & Grace
Lesley Tangaroa Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
Libby Dreifuss Carnivàle
Linda Memari American Dad!
Lindsay Peterson Queer as Folk (US)
Lisa Simpson The Simpsons
Liz Cruz Nip/Tuck
Lizzie Hinchcliffe Agatha Christie's Marple
Lucille Portillo Will & Grace
Luke Stanton Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lynn Searcy Girlfriends
Macarena "Maca" Fernández Wilson Hospital Central
Maggie Sawyer Smallville
Maia Jeffries Shortland Street
Mandy 24
Manuela Wellmann Hinter Gittern
Marcia Princess The Simpsons
Marina Ferrer The L Word
Marissa Cooper The O.C.
Maud Lilly Fingersmith
Maya Robertson Hex
Melanie Caplan The L Word
Melanie Marcus Queer as Folk (US)
Melissa Rivers The L Word
Michaela Pendle New Tricks
Mickie Hendrie Holby City Casualty
Monica 8 Simple Rules
Ms. Mitchell ER
Myfanwy Little Britain
Nakano Yamato Loveless
Nancy Botwin Weeds
Naomi Julien EastEnders
Natalie Buxton Bad Girls
Nicki Ideal
Nicky Alcott 8 Simple Rules
Nicole Wallace Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nina Farr Casualty
Nina Ryan Verbotene Liebe
Octavia of the Julii Rome
Olivia Spencer Guiding Light
Orochimaru Naruto
Ōtori Vivian Ultimate Girls
Paige Michalchuk Degrassi: The Next Generation
Pat Kerrigan Bad Girls
Patty Bouvier The Simpsons
Paula Rapf Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Peggy Peabody The L Word
Quentin Costa Nip/Tuck
Rachel Whatmore Emmerdale
Rae Thomas Passions
Rebecca Mattern Unter Uns
Regina Barnes Out of Practice
Ria Prince Strong Medicine
Ritchie Scott EastEnders
Robin The L Word
Rojo Ben 10
Ronna The West Wing
Rosa Izquierdo Aquí No Hay Quien Viva
Rose Collins Cold Case
Saima Murad
Sakagami Kōya Loveless
Sangita Ideal
Serena Southerlyn Law & Order
Servila of the Junii Rome
Shane McCutcheon The L Word
Sharon Out of Practice
Sheena Williams Bad Girls
Shell Dockley Bad Girls
Silvia Castro León Los Hombres de Paco
Simone Russell Passions
Sky Mangel Neighbours
Sofie Agnesh Bojakshiya Carnivàle
Sonia Fowler EastEnders
Sophie Webster Coronation Street
Spencer Carlin South Of Nowhere
Stephanie Ai Foamwire-Putty Moral Orel
Stephanie Healy Without a Trace
Stephanie Scully Neighbours
Sue Trinder Fingersmith
Suì-Fēng Bleach
Susanne Brandner Verbotene Liebe
Suzanne Richter Lindenstraße
Tanja Schildknecht Lindenstraße
Tanya Turner Footballers' Wives
Teresa Ala-Uotila Salatut elämät
Thelma Bates Hex
Tina Dante’s Cove
Tina Kennard The L Word
Toni Bones
Tonya The L Word
Tracy Postcards From Buster
Tracy Barlow Coronation Street
Valerie Goins The L Word
Van Dante’s Cove
Winnie Mann The L Word
Yasuko Ideal
Zezé Maria Fudêncio e Seus Amigos
Zoe Dunlop Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Zoë Tate Emmerdale
The L Word 26
USA · TV Show
Shane McCutcheon Regular Alice Pieszecki Regular Bette Porter Regular Tina Kennard Regular Jenny Schecter Regular Dana Fairbanks Regular Helena Peabody Regular Marina Ferrer Recurring Carmen de la Pica Morales Regular Lara Perkins Recurring Candace Jewell Guest Ivan Beyonce Aycock Guest Melanie Caplan Guest Claybourne Guest Dax Guest Gabby Deveaux Guest Valerie Goins Guest Iris Guest Winnie Mann Guest Leigh Ostin Guest Peggy Peabody Recurring Melissa Rivers Guest Robin Recurring Tonya Recurring Joyce Wischnia Recurring Dusty Guest
The Simpsons 10
USA · TV Show
Patty Bouvier Recurring Lisa Simpson Regular Constance Harm Recurring Helen Lovejoy Recurring Dewey Largo Recurring Marcia Princess Recurring Edna Krabappel Recurring Regular Recurring Recurring
Emmerdale 7
United Kingdom · TV Show
Zoë Tate Regular Debbie Dingle Regular Jasmine Thomas Regular Charity Dingle Regular Ali Spencer Regular Rachel Whatmore Recurring Effie Harrison Recurring
Nip/Tuck 6
USA · TV Show
Julia McNamara Regular Liz Cruz Regular Ava Moore Recurring Cherry Peck Recurring Kit McGraw Recurring Quentin Costa Recurring
Bad Girls 5
United Kingdom · TV Show
Natalie Buxton Regular Shell Dockley Regular Arun Parmar Regular Pat Kerrigan Regular Sheena Williams Recurring
Verbotene Liebe 5
Germany · TV Show
Carla von Lahnstein Regular Susanne Brandner Regular Erika Sander Regular Nina Ryan Regular Anke Hoffmann Guest
Bleach 4
Japan · TV Show
Honshō Chizuru Recurring Suì-Fēng Recurring Recurring Recurring
Coronation Street 4
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sophie Webster Regular Hayley Cropper Regular Amber Kalirai Regular Tracy Barlow Regular
Dante’s Cove 4
USA · TV Show
Van Regular Amber Guest Chrissy Guest Tina Guest
EastEnders 4
United Kingdom · TV Show
Sonia Fowler Regular Naomi Julien Regular Ritchie Scott Recurring Recurring
Hinter Gittern 4
Germany · TV Show
Christine Walter Regular Ines Führbringer Regular Manuela Wellmann Regular Antje Stenzel Regular
Neighbours 4
Australia · TV Show
Lana Crawford Recurring Georgina Harris Guest Sky Mangel Regular Stephanie Scully Regular
Postcards From Buster 4
USA · TV Show
Gillian Guest Karen Guest Gina Guest Tracy Guest
Queer as Folk (US) 4
USA · TV Show
Melanie Marcus Regular Lindsay Peterson Regular Dusty Guest Kiki Recurring
Aquí No Hay Quien Viva 3
Spain · TV Show
Ana Regular Bea Villarejo Regular Rosa Izquierdo Recurring
Battlestar Galactica (2004) 3
USA · TV Show
Helena Cain Recurring Gina Inviere Recurring D’Anna Biers Regular
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten 3
Germany · TV Show
Franzi Reuter Regular Paula Rapf Regular Isabella Kortenaer Regular
Hospital Central 3
Spain · TV Show
Esther García Ruiz Regular Macarena "Maca" Fernández Wilson Regular Beatriz "Bea" Lasa Maldonado Guest
Ideal 3
United Kingdom · TV Show
Nicki Regular Sangita Recurring Yasuko Recurring
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 3
USA · TV Show
Kate Boyd Guest Zoe Dunlop Guest Luke Stanton Guest
Lindenstraße 3
Germany · TV Show
Tanja Schildknecht Regular Suzanne Richter Regular Franzi Brenner Regular
My-Otome 3
Japan · TV Show
Fujino Shizuru Recurring Kuga Natsuki Recurring Erstin Ho Regular
Out of Practice 3
USA · TV Show
Regina Barnes Regular Sharon Guest Jennifer Guest
Shortland Street 3
New Zealand · TV Show
Maia Jeffries Regular Jay Copeland Regular Fee Nolan Guest
South Of Nowhere 3
USA · TV Show
Ashley Davies Regular Spencer Carlin Regular Kelly Guest
The O.C. 3
USA · TV Show
Marissa Cooper Regular Alex Kelly Recurring Jodie Guest
Weeds 3
USA · TV Show
Isabelle/Bruce Hodes Regular Nancy Botwin Regular Celia Hodes Regular
Will & Grace 3
USA · TV Show
Karen Walker Regular Lucille Portillo Guest Lenore Portillo Guest
8 Simple Rules 2
USA · TV Show
Monica Guest Nicky Alcott Guest
Agatha Christie's Marple 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Amy Murgatroyd Guest Lizzie Hinchcliffe Guest
All My Children 2
USA · TV Show
Bianca Montgomery Regular Frankie Stone Recurring
Bones 2
USA · TV Show
Angela Montenegro Regular Toni Guest
Carnivàle 2
USA · TV Show
Sofie Agnesh Bojakshiya Recurring Libby Dreifuss Recurring
Casualty 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Nina Farr Regular Mickie Hendrie Guest
Cold Case 2
USA · TV Show
Rose Collins Guest Billie Ducette Guest
Deadwood 2
USA · TV Show
Joanie Stubbs Regular Jane Canary (Calamity Jane) Regular
Degrassi: The Next Generation 2
Canada · TV Show
Alex Nuñez Regular Paige Michalchuk Regular
Eddsworld 2
United Kingdom · Web Series
Katya Guest Kim Recurring
ER 2
USA · TV Show
Kerry Weaver Regular Ms. Mitchell Guest
Fingersmith 2
United Kingdom · Mini-Series
Sue Trinder Regular Maud Lilly Regular
Footballers' Wives 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Hazel Bailey Regular Tanya Turner Regular
Girlfriends 2
USA · TV Show
Lynn Searcy Regular Jennifer Miller Recurring
Girls Bravo 2
Japan · TV Show
Kanata Hijiri Recurring Kosame Recurring
Guiding Light 2
USA · TV Show
Olivia Spencer Regular Doris Wolfe Recurring
Hex 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Thelma Bates Regular Maya Robertson Recurring
Holby City 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Jodie Maxwell Recurring Mickie Hendrie Recurring
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2
USA · TV Show
Nicole Wallace Recurring Ella Miyazaki Guest
Loveless 2
Japan · TV Show
Nakano Yamato Recurring Sakagami Kōya Recurring
Marienhof 2
Germany · TV Show
Andrea Süsskind Regular Annalena Bergmann Regular
Midsomer Murders 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Joan Adler Guest Laura Crawford Guest
My-HiME 2
Japan · TV Show
Fujino Shizuru Recurring Kuga Natsuki Regular
One Tree Hill 2
USA · TV Show
Anna Taggaro Recurring Darby Guest
Paradise Kiss 2
Japan · TV Show
Isabella Yamamoto Regular Regular
Passions 2
USA · TV Show
Rae Thomas Recurring Simone Russell Regular
Plus Belle La Vie 2
France · TV Show
Céline Frémont Regular Juliette Frémont Recurring
Rome 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Servila of the Junii Regular Octavia of the Julii Regular
Salatut elämät 2
Finland · TV Show
Heli Sievinen Regular Teresa Ala-Uotila Regular
Senhora de Destino 2
Brazil · TV Show
Jennifer Improtta Regular Eleonora Ferreira da Silva Regular
South Park 2
USA · TV Show
Herbert Garrison Regular Regular
Strong Medicine 2
USA · TV Show
Frankie Biancavilla Guest Ria Prince Guest
Sugar Rush 2
United Kingdom · TV Show
Kim Daniels Regular Beth Recurring
Two and a Half Men 2
USA · TV Show
Evelyn Harper Recurring Kandi Recurring
24 1
USA · TV Show
Mandy Recurring
All Saints 1
Australia · TV Show
Charlotte Beaumont Regular
American Dad! 1
USA · TV Show
Linda Memari Recurring
Beating Heart 1
South Korea · Mini-Series
Kim Hae-jung Recurring
Ben 10 1
USA · TV Show
Rojo Recurring
Best Student Council 1
Japan · TV Show
Izumi Kaori Recurring
bro'Town 1
New Zealand · TV Show
Brother Ken Recurring
Curb Your Enthusiasm 1
USA · TV Show
Joey Funkhouser Recurring
Doctor Who (2005) 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Cassandra O'Brien Recurring
Doki Doki School Hours 1
Japan · TV Show
Kitagawa Rio Regular
Drawn Together 1
USA · TV Show
Foxxy Love Regular
Fudêncio e Seus Amigos 1
Brazil · TV Show
Zezé Maria Regular
General Hospital 1
USA · TV Show
Kristina Corinthos-Davis Regular
He Is My Master 1
Japan · TV Show
Kurauchi Anna Regular
Home and Away 1
Australia · TV Show
Eve Jacobsen Recurring
Hotel Cæsar 1
Norway · TV Show
Ellen Lavik Regular
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 1
USA · TV Show
Carmen Recurring
Joey 1
USA · TV Show
Gina Tribbiani Regular
Kotikatu 1
Finland · TV Show
Laura Mäkimaa Regular
Law & Order 1
USA · TV Show
Serena Southerlyn Regular
Little Britain 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Myfanwy Regular
Los Hombres de Paco 1
Spain · TV Show
Silvia Castro León Regular
Malcolm in the Middle 1
USA · TV Show
Abby Tucker Guest
Moral Orel 1
USA · TV Show
Stephanie Ai Foamwire-Putty Recurring
Murad 1
India · TV Movie
Saima Regular
Naruto 1
Japan · TV Show
Orochimaru Recurring
NCIS 1
USA · TV Show
Benjamin Horlacher Guest
New Tricks 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Michaela Pendle Guest
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning 1
USA · TV Movie
Donna Recurring
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby 1
New Zealand · TV Show
Lesley Tangaroa Regular
Shameless (UK) 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Jez Recurring
Six Feet Under 1
USA · TV Show
Claire Fisher Regular
Smallville 1
USA · TV Show
Maggie Sawyer Recurring
Starved 1
USA · TV Show
Billie Frasier Regular
The Bill 1
United Kingdom · TV Show
Jo Masters Regular
The Comeback 1
USA · TV Show
Jane Benson Regular
The West Wing 1
USA · TV Show
Ronna Recurring
The Young and the Restless 1
USA · TV Show
Katherine Chancellor Regular
Train 48 1
Canada · TV Show
Dana Davin Regular
Ultimate Girls 1
Japan · TV Show
Ōtori Vivian Regular
Unter Uns 1
Germany · TV Show
Rebecca Mattern Regular
Without a Trace 1
USA · TV Show
Stephanie Healy Guest