WENDY and JACK - Lesbian Interest Storyline from Australian TV Show Rake (2016)

Wendy and Jack TV Couple Storyline

There was a short lesbian interest storyline in Rake (2010-2018), an Australian TV series about Wendy, a psychiatrist and long suffering ex-wife of Cleaver who reunites with Jack her old girlfriend from university days. Cleaver who is threatened, spies on them and tries to intervene. Jack who is a high-flying political consultant makes a deal with Cleaver that she will support his campaign for a seat in Senate if he backs off.

Powerful dialogue and acting make the scenes from this LGBTQ+ storyline an absorbing watch.

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Caroline Brazier - as Wendy Greene

Tasma Walton - as Jack Claymore

Richard Roxburgh - as Cleaver

Country of Origin: Australia

Genre: Drama

Language: English

Subtitles: English, Portuguese

Runtime: Multiple short clips in a Wendy and Jack video playlist on YouTube

Release Date: 2016

Director: Rowan Woods

Creators: Richard Roxburgh and Peter Duncan

Other Links
Rake (2010) on Wikipedia
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MIRANDA AND CHLOE (2003) - Australian Lesbian TV Couple (Secret Life of Us)

The love story between Miranda and Chloe is one of the main storylines in Season 3 of The Secret Life of Us, (IMDb 7.6), an Australian twenty-something drama series that originally aired from 2001 - 2006. The relationship between Miranda and Chloe is a slow burn; initially there is nothing more than friendship as a relationship with Chloe is not on Miranda's radar having dated men exclusively in the past. However, pretty soon though Miranda and Chloe are spending a lot of time together outside of work: hanging out, having dinners, going to clubs and going on shopping trips.

By the end of episode 4 Miranda realizes that she is crushing on Chloe but for the time being it seems is hampered by her own inhibitions about being with a woman. Fortunately Miranda embraces her feelings and falls into Chloe's arms. Both women eventually declare their love for each other and its not too long before they move in together.

Miranda and Chloe's love story is dealt with both sensitivity and intelligence by the writers of this lesbian interest TV show. Most of the usual annoying tropes that dog LGBTQ+ story arcs are few and far between making this lesbian storyline an enjoyable watch.

The Miranda and Chloe love story is available to watch from the very beginning on the #lesbianswatch YouTube channel.

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Abi Tucker - as Miranda

Nina Liu - as Chloe

Country of Origin: Australia

Genre: Drama / Romance / Relationships

Language: English

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 90 minute playlist

Release Date: 2003

Director: Cate Shortland, Kate Dennis, Ana Kokkinos, Daniel Nettheim

Creator: Judi McCrossin

Other Links

Secret Life of Us on Wikipedia
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VITA AND VIRGINIA (2018) - Lesbian Interest Film UK

Vita and Virginia is a lesbian interest film featuring the love story between two famous English writers Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. The storyline of this period drama involves Vita and Virginia meeting in 1922 as part of the Bloomsbury set and falling in love. Although both women are in unconventional marriages their passionate affair and bond changes both of them and inspires Virginia to write Orlando, one of her most highly regarded novels.

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Gemma Arterton - as Vita Sackville-West

Elizabeth Debicki - as Virginia Woolf

Isabella Rossellini - as Lady Sackville

Country of Origin: UK

Genre: Drama / Romance

Language: English

Subtitles: None

Runtime: 2.10 minute Official Trailer

Release Date: 2018

Director: Chanya Button

Screenplay: Chanya Button, Eileen Atkins

Other Links
Vita and Virginia film on Wikipedia
Vita and Virginia film on Rotten Tomatoes
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LOVESONG (2017) - Lesbian Interest Film (Sarah and Mindy Storyline)

Lovesong is a lesbian interest film featuring the love story between Sarah and Mindy. The storyline involves Sarah, a stay at home Mum and neglected wife, who deepens her connection with her long-time friend Mindy when Mindy comes to visit.

Mindy seeing that Sarah is unhappy, suggests a road trip in which both women let their barriers come down allowing their feelings for each other to intensify. However sensing that she has no future with Sarah, Mindy abruptly leaves Sarah on the road and they do not meet again until three years later at Mindy's wedding when the two have to decide what and who is most important to them.

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Riley Keough - as Sarah

Jena Malone - as Mindy

Country of Origin: USA

Genre: Drama / Romance

Language: English

Subtitles: None

Runtime: 2.00 minute Trailer

Release Date: 2017

Director: So Yong Kim

Screenplay: So Yong Kim, Bradley Rust Gray

Related Links
Official Facebook of Lovesong Movie
Lovesong movie on Wikipedia
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STELLA BLÓMKVIST (2017) - Lesbian Interest TV Series from Iceland

Stella and Dagbjört

There is a lesbian interest storyline featuring Stella and Dagbjört in the Icelandic TV crime noir series Stella Blómkvist about sassy lawyer Stella who gets called in by the police to defend criminals in need. In Season 1 sexually fluid Stella played by Heida Reed, best known as Elizabeth in Poldark, investigates the murder of the PM's assistant forming a relationship with minister and informant Dagbjört along the way. Stella and Dagbjört truly sizzle together in this short LGBTQ+ storyline.

Read more about Stella Blómkvist TV series on IMDb

Heida Reed (Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir) - as Stella Blómkvist

Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir - as Dagbjört

Country of Origin: Iceland

Genre: Drama / Crime

Language: Icelandic

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 2 minutes

Release Date: 2017

Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson

Creator: Based on the Stella Blómkvist books

Other Links
Official Facebook for Stella Blómkvist TV Show
Stella Blómkvist books on Good Reads
Other Lesbian Interest TV Shows

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