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Jennifer Beals Laurel Holloman Mia Kirshner	Eric Mabius Karina Lombard Katherine Moennig	Erin Daniels Leisha Hailey Pam Grier

JENNIFER BEALS (Bette Porter) began her career after graduation from high school when she auditioned for "Flashdance," resulting in a role which earned her a Golden Globe® nomination, and an NAACP Image Award for Best Actress. In recent years, Beals has had starring roles in a myriad of films, including "The Anniversary Party," "Twilight of the Golds," "The Last Days of Disco," "Roger Dodger," "In the Soup," "Four Rooms," "Vampire's Kiss," "Doctor M.," "Caro Diario," "The Madonna and the Dragon," "Catch That Girl," and "Runaway Jury."

LAUREL HOLLOMAN (Tina Kennard) began her career as a stage actress in New York. She has appeared in more than 20 feature films, including "Boogie Nights," "Prefontaine," "Committed," "The Incredible True Adventures of Two Girls in Love," "The Myth of Fingerprints," "Lush," "Cherry," "Loving Jezebel" and, most recently, the lead role in the WWII coming-of-age film, "The Rising Place." Besides THE L WORD, Holloman had a recurring role as a tough and sexy vampire slayer on the series "Angel."

MIA KIRSHNER (Jenny Schecter) began her acting career at age 17, playing a clairvoyant dominatrix in "Love and Human Remains." Kirshner was recently seen in "Not Another Teen Movie," "Century Hotel" and "Now and Forever." Other film credits include "Exotica," "The Grass Harp," "Mad City," "The Crow: City of Angels," "Saturn," "Spencer," "Dark Summer," "Anna Karenina," and "Murder in the First." Her other television credits include "24," where she portrayed mysterious would-be presidential assassin 'Mandy.'

ERIC MABIUS (Tim Haspel) was born and raised on the East Coast and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. He has starred in more than a dozen films, including "Resident Evil," "Welcome to the Dollhouse," "The Crow III: Salvation," "Cruel Intentions," and "Lawn Dogs." Among his previous television credits are lead roles in "Extreme Team," and "Harvest of Fire," and guest roles on "Fastlane" and "Chicago Hope."

KARINA LOMBARD (Marina Ferrer) moved to Barcelona at an early age, then lived throughout Europe and later in New York where she began modeling, dancing and acting. She has appeared on stage in "Uncle Vanya," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Summer and Smoke," "M. Butterfly," "Joan of Arc," "Betrayal" and "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea." Lombard has also been seen in the films "The Firm," "Legends of the Fall," "Last Man Standing," and "Wide Sargasso Sea."

KATHERINE MOENNIG (Shane McCutcheon) has most recently appeared in the feature films "The Shipping News," "Love The Hard Way" and "Invitation to a Suicide." Her television credits include the series "Young Americans," "Law & Order" and the lead actress in the music video "Is Anybody Home" for the band Our Lady Peace. On stage, she has appeared in "As You like It," "Comedy of Art," "The Theory of Total Blame" and "Morning in the City" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

ERIN DANIELS (Dana Fairbanks) recently heated up the screen in "One Hour Photo" as Michael Vartan's mistress and starred in Rob Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpses." She also wrapped up a recurring role on the critically acclaimed NBC series "Boomtown" and was seen in guest starring roles on such series as "Law & Order" "Dellaventura," "Action," "The Outer Limits," "Philly," and "Jack & Jill." In addition to her television work, Daniels has also appeared in the films "The Chill Factor" and "Wheelmen."

LEISHA HAILEY (Alice Pieszecki) is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has appeared on television and in independent films ("All Over Me"), but her focus to date has been on music. As one of the pop-rock duo The Murmurs, she recorded three albums for MCA Records during the 90s, and is now a member of the LA-based band Gush, whose first album will be released in 2004. She makes her television series debut with THE L WORD.

PAM GRIER (Kit Porter) began her acting career and achieved fame in the early 1970's when she starred in a series of films including "Coffy," "Foxy Brown," and "Sheba Baby." In the 1990's, she made an impact as the title character in "Jackie Brown," and was honored with Golden Globe®, Screen Actors Guild, and NAACP nominations. Grier's feature film credits include "Holy Smoke," "In Too Deep," and "Snow Days." She was recently seen starring in the telefilm "First to Die."