Chloë Stevens Sevigny (born November 18, 1974) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated Americanmodel.^[1] Sevigny became well known for her fashion impresario and starring in a string of critically acclaimed independent films in the 1990s before her first mainstream role as Brandon Teena’s girlfriend, Lana Tisdale, in Boys Don’t Cry (1999), a controversial yet highly lauded drama film. For her role, Sevigny received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress. actress and former

Sevigny has continued acting in mostly independent, but critically acclaimed roles in art house films and has recently enjoyed success playing Nicki Grant, on the American television series Big Love, playing a woman married to a polygamist.

Sevigny made her film debut in the controversial low-budget independent film Kids (1995), directed by Larry Clark and independent filmmaker Harmony Korine. The film was given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA for its graphic depiction of sexuality and drug use involving teenagers. Sevigny followed Kids with the independent film Trees Lounge (1996), starring as the object of Steve Buscemi’s affection. Sevigny then starred in and worked as a fashion designer on GummoHarmony Korine. The film details the dysfunctional lives of residents of Xenia, Ohio. She then starred in the 1998 neo-noir thriller Palmetto, directed by Volker Schlöndorff. She then had a leading role in The Last Days of Disco (1998), alongside Kate Beckinsale. (1997), directed and written by

Sevigny rose to prominence after playing Lana Tisdel in Boys Don’t Cry (1999), a biopic of transman Brandon Teena, who was raped and murdered in 1993. The role won Sevigny Best Supporting Actress nominations for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Sevigny also won an Independent Spirit Award for her role. The real Tisdel has claimed that the film depicted her as “lazy, white trash and a skanky snake”Sevigny currently owns an apartment in East Village, Manhattan, which she bought for $1.2 million in 2006. Sevigny became romantically involved in her teenage years with filmmaker/director Harmony Korine, who cast her in his directorial debut Gummo. Sevigny has been romantically linked to the actor Vincent Gallo and musician Matt McAuley of the group A.R.E. Weapons. Sevigny has also hinted at being bisexual: “I’ve questioned issues of gender and sexuality since I was a teenager, and I did some experimenting.” She continued “I always ended up getting involved with my close girlfriends, and that was really bad … I love women — they’re beautiful. What more can I say?