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BIRTHDAY

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Riverside, California, United States

RECENT CREDITS

Catwalk (FILM) Feb. 16, 1996

Stargate (FILM) Oct. 28, 1994

The Crying Game (FILM) Nov. 25, 1992

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Poised, photogenic performer with strikingly delicate features, of British-African ancestry. Davidson was born in California but raised in the white middle-class surroundings of Hertfordshire, England. After being discovered at a London wrap party for Derek Jarman's "Edward II", this androgynous, light-complexioned beauty made a big splash with a screen debut in Neil Jordan's "The Crying Game" (1992). Though untrained in acting, Davidson was riveting and fascinating as Dil, a mysterious London singer and hairdresser who confounded many a spectator's expectations. His remarkable achievement was acknowledged with an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Davidson next landed a starring role in the science fiction epic, "Stargate" (1994) playing the sun god Ra, a villainous force who rules a parallel universe that echoes the Egypt of Hollywood biblical movies. Though Janet Maslin of THE NEW YORK TIMES noted that the part didn't involve much acting, she added that Davidson "makes the perfect Ra mannequin".

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Jaye Davidson as Dil in Miramax Films' 'The Crying Game'

Top 10 Men in Drag

Feb. 17, 2009

Boys will be boys. But what happens when boys will be girls? With Tyler Perry again buttoning up his onscreen alter ego’s housedress for this weekend’s Madea Goes to Jail, we strip bare 10 dudes who looked like ladies.

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