Harmony Santana

Harmony Santana is a transgender actress known for Gun Hill Road (2011), in which she played a transgender teenage girl navigating her transition and her relationship with her incarcerated father — earning her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female, making her one of the first transgender actresses to receive a major acting award nomination. She has been openly trans throughout her career and her performance in Gun Hill Road was praised for its naturalistic, deeply felt portrayal of a young trans woman in the Bronx.