Jen Richards is a writer, actress, and producer. She graduated from Shimer College with a BA in Philosophy, and studied at Oxford University. In 2013, Richards founded the website We Happy Trans. In 2015, she appeared as a supporting cast member of Caitlyn Jenner's reality show I Am Cait. In 2016, she co-starred, co-directed, and co-produced the web series Her Story, which was nominated for an Emmy Award. Richards also co-produced the series More Than T and wrote the Trans 102 series. Richards joined the cast of the television series Nashville in 2017. She became the first openly transgender person to appear on a CMT show, playing the first transgender character to appear on that network. Richards also appeared in the 2017 film Easy Living.

Filmography

• 2026Motherhood — Margaret
• The Acolyte — Writer, Consulting Producer
• Mayfair Witches — Josephine 'Jojo' Mayfair
• 2022Framing Agnes — Barbara
• 2022MK Ultra — Laura Stanley
• Clarice — Julia Lawson
• 2020Gossamer Folds — Diana
• 2020In Hollywoodland — Hatter
• 2019Framing Agnes — Barbara
• Mrs. Fletcher — Margo Fairchild
• Tales of the City — Anna Madrigal, Young Anna Madrigal (uncredited)
• 2019There You Are
• Two Sentence Horror Stories — Nala
• 2017Easy Living — Danny
• 2017Swim — Adult Nicky
• Her Story — Violet, Writer
• Blindspot — Sabrina Larren

Appearances as themselves (4)

• In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin — Self
• 2020Disclosure — Self - Actress / Writer
• I Am Cait — Self
• Trailblazer Honors — Self - Red Carpet Host