Chloe Sevigny Binarchy

"Chloe Sevigny seems to be at the top of her career in the year 2000 as she revels in the honor of her first Academy Award nomination as best supporting actress in the intense indie crossover hit, Boys Don't Cry. The film dramatizes the shocking true story of Brandon Teena (born Teena Brandon), a young transgender woman living as a man in Nebraska during the early '90s, who was raped, then later murdered by two violent "friends" because of who he was and the way he lived.

Sevigny plays Brandon's girlfriend, Lana Tisdale, who stood by Brandon to the very end. The movie is full of questions about gender and gender roles, most obviously centered around Brandon Teena. But Sevigny, through her subtle, sexy and complex performance, makes us look at the many sexual roles Lana Tisdale played as well."