List of television series with bisexual characters

Bisexuality is a sexual orientation that refers to the romantic and/or sexual attraction towards people of more than one gender (historically towards men and women). Throughout history numerous bisexual characters have appeared in television series. This page focuses on live action television, as opposed to animated productions. Listed characters are either recurring characters, cameos, guest stars, or one-off characters. For the corresponding page for lesbian characters, see the List of television series with lesbian characters.

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For LGBT characters in dramatic TV series in the 1970s-2000s, see List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 1970s–2000s. For LGBT characters in dramatic TV series in the 2010s, see List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2010s. For LGBT characters in dramatic TV series in the 2020s, see List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters: 2020s. For LGBT characters in television and radio, see List of LGBT characters in television and radio. For LGBT characters in comedy television series, see List of comedy television series with LGBT characters. For the corresponding page for fictional bisexual characters, see List of fictional bisexual characters.

For information about fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community, please read the lists of trans, bisexual, non-binary, pansexual, asexual, and intersex characters.

Background

Having been created as a radio program in 1937 and transitioning to television in 1952, Guiding Light is the oldest television series in the world to feature bisexual characters; Olivia Spencer and Natalia Rivera Aitoro. Olivia was introduced in 1999 and Natalia in 2007, with the two women realizing they are bisexual and beginning a relationship in 2008.[1] In 1990, L.A. Law became the first primetime television series to introduce a recurring bisexual character; C.J. Lamb.[2][3] In 2015, during The 100's second season, the protagonist Clarke Griffin kissed Lexa, making the series the first in America belonging to one of the "Big Five" networks with a bisexual lead.[4]

Before 1990
Duration Title Character (s) Notes
1937–2009 Guiding Light Olivia Spencer
Natalia Rivera Aitoro		 Originally, Olivia and Natalia were enemies and fighting over Gus Aitoro. Olivia, who is suffering from a fatal heart condition, gets Gus' heart following his death. Following the heart transplant, the two women grow closer and end up becoming girlfriends.[1]
1963–present General Hospital Kristina Davis Kristina is exploring different labels and has not yet decided which applies to her. Previously having only been attracted to men, she is now attracted to a woman. She wonders aloud how her father will react to learning that "one daughter is bisexual" and later refers to her sexuality as "fluid".[5][6][7]
1963–present Doctor Who Captain Jack Harkness
River Song
Clara Oswin Oswald		 Both Jack[8] and River[9] are from the 51st century where pansexuality is the norm. Clara has been in a relationship with a man and talks about having kissed women.[10]
1970–2013 All My Children Lena Kundera Lena was the first recurring bisexual character in daytime television. Maggie dated and had sex with several men before committing herself to Bianca Montgomery.[11][2]
1972–present Emmerdale Charity Dingle
Debbie Dingle
Robert Sugden		 Charity marries Chris Tate and later has an affair with his sister, Zoe. Charity's daughter Debbie has had many relationships with men but becomes serious involved with friend Jasmine Thomas. Robert begins an affair with Aaron Dingle while engaged to Chrissie White. Although it was unconfirmed whether he was gay or bisexual for a long time, the character has since opened up about his bisexuality and that he is attracted to both, women and men.
1982–2003 Brookside Lindsey Corkhill Has three marriages on the show, but has a long-term affair with friend Shelley Bower.
1984–2010 The Bill Juliet Becker
Debbie McAllister		 Detective Constable Juliet Becker sets a precedent with the rest of the force after she reveals that she is bisexual. She reveals that she recently had an affair with a married woman, whose husband reacted violently upon finding out. Juliet eventually begins a relationship with fellow officer Detective Sergeant Debbie McAllister, following the events of McAllister's marriage to the cold Superintendent Tom Chandler.
1985–present EastEnders Sonia Fowler
Tony Hills
Danny Pennant
Steven Beale
Diane Butcher
Ash Kaur		 Sonia leaves the show in a happy relationship with a man (with whom she has a daughter), but had sexual relations with a woman beforehand. Tony has an ongoing relationship with Simon Raymond but has a number of affairs with women during that time. Danny has sexual relationships with both men and women. The buildup to Steven's exit involved in a bisexual love triangle storyline among him, Stacey, and Christian Clarke (John Partridge), who is Jane's gay brother.[12][13] Diane has had relationships with men and women. Ash is in a relationship with Iqra Ahmed.[14]
1986–1994 L.A. Law C.J. Lamb C.J. was the first regular bisexual character on a primetime TV show. Her kiss with Abby Perkins in the season 5 episode, "He's a Crowd", was also the first kiss between women on a primetime television series.[2]
1988–present Home and Away Charlie Buckton Has a relationship with Joey Collins and later with Angelo Rosetta.
1988–1997 Roseanne Nancy Bartlett
Beverly Harris		 Roseanne's friend Nancy comes out as bisexual, and is shown having relationships with both men and women.[15]
1988–1991 Midnight Caller Mike Barnes The episode "After It Happened" deals with Mike Barnes, a bisexual man, delibarately spreading AIDS to heterosexual women.[16]

1990s
Duration Title Character Notes
1992–present Shortland Street Caroline Buxton Caroline has had a long running romance with badboy Greg Feeney. She also had a relationship with Laura Hall.
1993–1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Jadzia Dax
Kira Nerys (alternate universe)
Ezri Dax
Elim Garak.		 Jadzia and Ezri Dax's relationships with females portrayed as related to previous existence as a male, alternate-universe Kira portrayed as a hedonistic tyrant. Garak was originally intended as omnisexual by the actor, and many fans still consider him as such, although he never engages in an 'official' relationship throughout the seasons.
1993–1999 Homicide: Life on the Street Tim Bayliss Explores bisexuality in later seasons of the show. In the first episode concerning his bisexuality, Bayliss flatly stated he was "not gay" and did not formally come out until season 7, but even then he did not want to be deemed "a crusader" on the matter.
1993–1998 Babylon 5 Susan Ivanova Had romantic relationships with Marcus (male) and Talia (female; more implied than explicit on screen but later confirmed).
1995–2001 Xena: Warrior Princess Xena
Gabrielle
Athena		 Xena and Gabrielle are possibly lovers; implied from middle of the series to its end. Hints that Xena may have been sexually intimate with two women before Gabrielle are also present.
1995–present Hollyoaks Craig Dean
Kris Fisher
Ravi Roy
Sarah Barnes
Grace Black		 Craig is depicted as straight until he starts an affair with best friend John Paul McQueen, who is gay. Kris is a self-identified bisexual cross-dresser and has had affairs with both genders, through primarily females. Ravi begins a relationship with Nancy but then sleeps with Kris, both of whom were having an affair themselves, causing the three of them to form a short-lived 'love triangle'. When asked about her character's sexuality, Loui Batley discussed Sarah possibly being bisexual.[17]
1996–1997 This Life Ferdy
1997–2005 Family Affairs Adam Sheldrake
Karen Ellis
Brendan Boulter		 Adam Sheldrake is engaged to Gabby Johnson but later has a fling with friend Clive Starr. Karen is engaged to long-time boyfriend Matt who she marries but later leaves him to have a relationship with Kelly Hurst. After Kelly dies, Karen reconciles with Matt. Brendan Boulter dates Becky Scott and Melanie Costello, who he eventually marries but has affairs with Sean Steel and a man named Jason.
1997–2003 Oz Chris Keller
Tobias Beecher		 Keller is a homicidal sociopath; Beecher previously married but falls in love and engages in a sexual relationship with Keller.
1998–2004 Sex and the City Samantha Jones
1998–2006 Will & Grace Karen Walker Karen has shown attraction to both women and men.
1999–2003 Farscape Chiana Sexuality portrayed as fluid.
1999–present Holby City Bernie Wolfe Had a long term marriage to a man, they split when she is found working at Holby City hospital by a woman she previously had an affair with during her army days.

Serena Campbell Has had relationships with men but is in a relationship with Bernie Wolfe

2000s
Duration Title Character Notes
2000–2004 Coupling (UK) Jane Claims to have slept with fifteen women, but seems to be pretending for the attention.
2000–2005 Queer as Folk (US) Hunter
Lindsay		 Sexuality portrayed as fluid, but can be socially problematic.
2001–2005 Six Feet Under Russel
Keith Charles
Billy Chenowith		 Russel is confused; Keith is primarily gay; Billy is primarily straight.
2001 Bob & Rose Bob Identifies as gay, though finds the only female he's attracted to is Rose.
2001–2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Nicole Wallace Arch-nemesis of Detective Robert Goren. Appears in episodes "Anti-Thesis", "A Person of Interest", "Great Barrier", and "Grow". Referred to in episodes "Pas de Deux", "Slither", and "Renewal".
2001–2010 Scrubs The Todd
Elliot Reid
Bob Kelso		 In "My Lucky Charm" he begins to hit on men, stating 'The Todd appreciates hot, regardless of gender'. Through the series, Elliot shows strong signs of being bisexual. Kelso often speaks of times in his past and hints he may have been with another man.
2001–2015 Degrassi: The Next Generation Paige Michalchuk
Miles Hollingsworth		 Paige has dated many guys, and one lesbian. She started to question her sexuality when she became attracted to her female friend Alex.[18] Miles has dated many girls, and shows interest in one guy. He started to question his sexuality when he realized he was attracted to Tristan.
2001–2010 24 Mandy Mandy is a terrorist who appeared sporadically during the show's first, second and fourth seasons. She was shown having a girlfriend during the first season and a boyfriend in the fourth.[19]
2002–2006 Footballers' Wives Conrad Gates Discreetly bisexual, Conrad had many female partners but had an affair with struggling gay character, Noah.
2002 Firefly Inara
Councilor		 Takes a female client in the episode "War Stories" and mentions having done so in the past occasionally. The Councilor is either lesbian or bisexual.[20]
2002–2004 Wild West Mary Trewednack
Angela Phillips		 They are a lesbian couple and then decide that the romance has left the relationship and start to date men.
2003–2010 Nip/Tuck Quentin Costa
Julia McNamara
Kimber Henry
Christian Troy
Matt McNamara
2003–2007 The O.C. Alex Kelly
Marissa Cooper		 Had a casual romance during a part of the series second season.
2003–2015 Peep Show Jeremy Osbourne While he usually is seen engaging in opposite sex liaisons, Jeremy starts a relationship with another man in the final season. He also claims he's had sex with more men than Sophie (four).
2003–2012 One Tree Hill Anna Taggaro Anna was initially in a relationship with Lucas but after they broke up she kissed Peyton. It's later revealed that the reason she and her family moved to Tree Hill in the first place was to escape the harassment she faced. Anna was the first recurring bisexual character of color on television.
2003–present Arrested Development GOB Bluth GOB has hinted at having sex with both men and women throughout the course of the show. Two of his most significant romantic relationships in the show thus far have been with Lucille 2 (Liza Minnelli) and, in Season 4, Tony Wonder (Ben Stiller).
2004–2009 The L Word[21] Alice Pieszecki
Jenny Schecter
Phyllis Kroll
Tina Kennard		 Sexuality portrayed as fluid, but can be socially problematic. Often shown as a phase.
2004–2006 Joey Gina Tribbiani In the Season 2 episode "Joey and the Holding Hands", it is implied that Gina may be bisexual.
2004–2012 Desperate Housewives Katherine Mayfair Katherine has a sexual attraction to men, and later for a woman.
2004–2009 Battlestar Galactica (2004)[22] Number Six
Number Three / D'Anna Biers
Felix Gaeta		 Number Three, Number Six and Gaius Baltar have a polyamorous relationship in Season 3. Felix Gaeta's sexuality was addressed in online "webisodes", in which he is shown dating Lt. Hoshi (male) and had a past relationship with a female Cylon.
2004–2012 House Dr. Remy 'Thirteen' Hadley Openly bisexual, she was seen having casual sex with women and having a serious romantic relationship with the main character Eric Foreman. After they broke up, she then entered into a serious romantic relationship with a woman at one point.
2005–present American Dad! Roger
Avery Bullock
Principal Lewis		 A bisexual alien, Stan's bisexual boss at the CIA, and Steve's Principal who has a "prison wife" whom he's seen outside of prison with a few times as well as being known as a lady's man.
2005 Casanova Giacomo Casanova Tries to sleep with a man, only to discover she's a woman and sleep with her anyway.
2005–present Grey's Anatomy Callie Torres Callie is married to George O'Malley for a brief time. She has a sexual relationship with a male doctor before embarking on two consecutive relationships with women. She was identified as bisexual in Season 11 Episode 5.
2005–2006 Sugar Rush Sugar
Saint
2005–2017 Bones Angela Montenegro Married to a man, but had at least one serious relationship with a woman that was rekindled during the course of the show.
2005–present Supernatural Chuck Shurley / Carver Edlund / God He explicitly states that he has had some girlfriends and a few boyfriends.
2005–2014 How I Met Your Mother Lily Aldrin Displays several erotic dreams involving her friend Robin.
2005–2009 My Name Is Earl Stuart Daniels Became long-term lover of Kenny James, but demonstrated strong attraction to women as well several times throughout the series.
2005–2008 South of Nowhere Ashley Davies Displayed a romantic/sexual attraction to ex-boyfriend Aiden Dennison on more than one occasion, but often identifies as a lesbian.
2006–2010 Heroes Claire Bennet
Gretchen Berg		 Claire is portrayed as straight, kissing three guys over the course of the first three seasons of the show and having one serious boyfriend, but then in season 4, after being kissed by her female roommate Gretchen, begins to consider that her sexuality might be more fluid than she once thought. She accepts holding Gretchen's hand and starts to do it herself willingly before season 4 ends. The show was canceled before Claire's sexuality was fully explored, though.
2006–2011 Torchwood[8] Captain Jack Harkness
Toshiko Sato
Ianto Jones
Owen Harper
Captain John Hart		 All main characters sexualities intended to remain fluid. Gwen's sexuality remains ambiguous. Jack and John embody pansexuality to varying degrees, whereas Ianto, Owen, and Tosh more realistically depict 21st-century bisexuals. Tosh has sexual and romantic relationships with men and women, and Owen has sexual relationships with both too. Ianto explicitly acknowledges that he identifies as bisexual in the Torchwood novel Twilight Streets. Also, the actor who played Ianto, Gareth David-Lloyd, stated, "He doesn’t quite strike me as a labelist anyway, but if he were a labelist, he’d probably be bisexual."[23]
2007–2008 Dirt Leo Spiller
Julia Mallory		 Leo possibly in denial of homosexuality; Julia "only when stoned".
2007–2013 Skins Tony Stonem
Cassie Ainsworth
Naomi Campbell
Mini McGuinness		 Tony's sexual behavior is primarily towards women, but he has a one-night stand with Maxxie; it is later revealed through his subconscious that Tony is polysexual. Cassie begins sexual relations with both men and women to spite her boyfriend. In series 3 and 4, Naomi displays attraction to men and women, though her primary relationships are with women. In the later half of series 5, Mini's attraction towards Franky implies she is bisexual, though this attraction is short-lived and has no relevance in series 6.
2007 Saul of the Mole Men Nathaniel Baltimore
2007–2010 The Tudors George Boleyn
Thomas Tallis
2007–2012 Gossip Girl Chuck Bass
Elliot
Olivia Burke		 Chuck, while primarily portrayed as a promiscuous womanizer, has admitted to kissing guys before. Elliot states explicitly that he likes boys and girls, and begins a relationship with Eric, who is gay. Olivia Burke kisses Vanessa more than once during their threesome with Dan Humphrey. Unfortunately Chuck's bisexuality was never explored in the Gossip Girl TV show, which creator Joshua Safran said he regretted.[24]
2007–2011 Secret Diary of a Call Girl Belle/Hannah
2008–present Murdoch Mysteries Dr Emily Grace Became lover of fellow suffragette Lillian Moss, whom she planned to move to london with to join the women's suffrage movement there. In previous seasons was in romantic relationship with two other men, plus one other prior to her first appearance on the show. Confirmed by showrunner.
2008–2010 Legend of the Seeker Cara Mason Cara is shown in relationships with both men and women.
2008–2010 Survivors Anya
2009–2011 Being Erica Ivan
Erica
Julianne		 Ivan identifies as gay, but then says he feels "put in a box" and comments that he thinks gay people also, sometimes, can be 10% straight, and while he is attracted to big, hairy dudes most of the time, he also sometimes finds himself attracted to slender, blonde women. He marries a man on the series but also has always wondered what breasts feel like to touch and Julianne lets him touch hers. Erica experiments with bisexuality briefly in one episode, attempting a sexual relationship with her lesbian roommate, Cassidy, but ultimately Erica decides she is straight and her feelings for Cassidy are just feelings of friendship. Julianne mentions that she kissed a girl once, but seems to identify as straight.
2009–2015 Glee[25] Brittany Pierce
 Brittany has been described on the show as "fluid" and "bicurious", and in season 5 Santana describes Brittany as "bisexual". The fall 2011 GLAAD report listed her as bisexual.[26] Brittany has kissed most of the boys and girls in school as well as her best friend Santana Lopez, and has had serious romantic relationships with Sam Evans, Artie Abrams, and Santana. By season 4, she is comfortable saying she would date men or women. In season 6 she and Santana get married.
2009–2012 Make It or Break It Max Spencer In episode "What Lies Beneath," Max reveals his bisexuality to Austin and worries about how his female love interest, Payson, would respond.
2009–2014 Warehouse 13 Helena "H.G." Wells The character explicitly states, "Many of my lovers were men." Another character mentions that H.G.'s relationship with a man ended and that she is dating a woman.
2009 Melrose Place (2009) Ella Simms Ella has sex with both men and women throughout the series.
2009–present Archer Pam Poovey
Spirodon Skorpio
Ray Gillette		 Pam regularly expresses interest in both genders. Skorpio is the main antagonist in the episode Skorpio, he has a threesome involving chocolate with Lana Kane and Sterling Archer. Ray identifies as gay, but given the opportunity to have sex with co-worker Lana he says, "Nobody's that gay."; was once married to a lesbian as part of a "pray away the gay" program.
2009–2016 The Good Wife Kalinda Sharma She describes herself as "flexible", the actress who portrays her calls her bisexual, and Cary, a man she is sexually involved with in season 5, calls her bisexual to correct Alicia's confusion when Alicia says "I thought she was a lesbian". Alicia asks Kalinda back at the end of season 1 if she's gay, and Kalinda answers "I'm private". Kalinda has had sex with multiple men and women on the series as well as flirtations and discusses how the difference between sex with men and sex with women is like choosing Thai or Italian food; they're both good, just different.

2010s

2010-2013
Duration Title Character Notes
2010 Caprica Clarice Willow Clarice is a member of a group marriage involving two husbands and several wives.
2010–2012 Lip Service Frankie Alan
2010–2013 Spartacus Lucretia
Saxa		 Depicts the Ancient Roman approach to sexual orientation; people have certain social obligations depending on class (e.g. free citizens expected to marry and have children), but the gender of a person's sexual partners is not seen as particularly notable.
2010–2013 Him & Her Paul Nearly leaves his wife, Laura, for his lover, Graham.
2010–2015 Lost Girl[27] Bo
Tamsin		 Because she feeds off of sexual energy, Bo is involved with many human and Fae characters throughout the show. Her three long-term relationships are with two Fae men and a human woman, though in each season she has many sexual partners both female and male. In her character description, Tamsin is described as bisexual. Also seen throughout the series as being attracted to both males and females, including her male police partner and the lead, Bo.
2010–2015 Parenthood Haddie Braverman She has two serious boyfriends over the first 3 seasons of the show and is sexually active with the second boyfriend starting at the end of season 2. She clearly feels strong feelings for both of her boyfriends. She isn't on the show for most of season 4 or 5 because she's moved across the country to attend college, but when she returns in the season 5 finale, she brings her "super awesome best friend" with her, whom she actually is kissing and dating. Her younger brother wonders if kissing a girl makes her a lesbian. She "comes out" to her mother as having fallen for this girl, Lauren, but her specific sexual orientation is never mentioned.
2010–2016 Rizzoli & Isles Maura Isles Says she has never been with a Frenchwoman, implying she's been with other women.
2010–2017 Pretty Little Liars Maya St. Germain
Alison DiLaurentis		 Maya believed to be a lesbian until she admitted dating a boy at the camp 'True North'. Alison is shown to have had many brief romantic trysts with various men, but was revealed to have kissed her friend Emily several times in the past, as well as saying to Emily in season 5 "I always made you think your feelings for me were totally one-sided, that wasn't true."
2011–present Shameless Monica Gallagher
Svetlana Fisher
Veronica Fisher		 Interested in men like Frank and Walter, and also had sex with Clayton Gallagher. However, she also has been in a committed relationship with Roberta, a woman, and had a fling with another woman while committed to the hospital after her suicide attempt. Monica is bipolar and her bisexuality may be a problematic example of representation because of how it is treated as sort of a symptom of her mental illness. Svetlana has sex/relantionships with both men, and women. Veronica started a polyamorous relationship with her husband and Svetlana.
2011–2013 Happy Endings Jane Kerkovich-Williams Dated both men and women.
2011–2013 Whitney Neal He starts the series dating Lily and they later get engaged. After they break up he begins a relationship with a man. His sexuality is described as fluid.
2011–2014 Suburgatory Dalia Royce She is shown to have dated guys and at least one girl.
2011–2015 Revenge Nolan Ross
Tyler Barrol		 Claims to be "about a three on the Kinsey scale." Tyler dates Ashley Davenport but later seduces a male character.
2011–2017 Teen Wolf Caitlin
Jackson Whittemore
Brett		 Caitlin is a young woman who is first introduced as having been in a relationship with Emily. Caitlin later kisses Stiles and reveals she is bisexual. Jackson was dating Lydia in season 2, in season 6 he was dating Ethan. Brett is a bisexual lacrose player.
2011–2019 Game of Thrones Oberyn Martell
Ellaria Sand
Yara Greyjoy		 During their visit in King's Land on behalf of Oberyn's brother, Prince Doran Martell, Oberyn and Ellaria are shown engaging in a threesome with Olyvar, a spy for Littlefinger and prostitute usually engaging in homosexual relationships. Yara Greyjoy, queen of the iron island stated that she gets with men or women as the mood hits her.
2011–present American Horror Story Countess Elizabeth
Ramona Royale
Natacha Rambova
Will Drake[28]		 All of these characters appear during the shows fifth season titled American Horror Story: Hotel.
2012–present Arrow and DC's Legends of Tomorrow Sara Lance Sara was in a relationship with Oliver Queen before the boat accident. In season 2 it's revealed she had a relationship with Nyssa al Ghul while with the League of Assassins. In the Arrowverse crossover of 2017 "Crisis on Earth-X" when a Nazi version of her father states why she with the un-pure, she fiercely responds "because I like man and I like women", she is currently in a relationship with another woman, Ava Sharpe.
2013–2017 East Los High Camila Barrios Season 2 Episode 1 Camila hooked up with her best friend Jocelyn Reyes and continues this way for a short stint in the following episodes.
2013–2018 House of Cards Frank Underwood In Season 1, it is revealed that as a young man, Frank had a romantic relationship with a male classmate at his military college. Though Frank is married to a woman, Claire Underwood, their relationship is depicted as a political and emotional alliance to which sex is essentially peripheral. It isn't until Season 2, when a male third party is involved, that any intercourse is implied. Frank's relationship with reporter Zoe Barnes in Season 1 is physical but highly calculated, and he is open with his wife about the dalliance and its value to their long-term political objectives.
2013–2017 Orphan Black Delphine Cormier
Sarah Manning		 Delphine acknowledges that sexuality is a spectrum and that she's never been with a woman before after she begins developing feelings for Cosima and enters a relationship with Cosima.
2013–2015 Hannibal Alana Bloom
Hannibal Lecter		 Alana is in a relationship with a man in the second season, but marries a woman in the third. Hannibal is shown having relationships with women as well as being in love with a man, and is described by show runner Bryan Fuller as omnisexual.[29]
2013–2015 Hemlock Grove Destiny Rumancek Although she is engaged in the later series—in the first series, Destiny has a physical and sexual relationship with Dr Clementine Chasseur.
2013–2016 The Fall Stella Gibson Initiates sexual relations with both women and men; doesn't identify her sexual orientation.
2013–2018 The Fosters Monte Porter Monte has an ex-husband and at one point kisses Lena. On her online dating profile, Monte describes herself as bisexual.
2013–2019 Orange Is the New Black Piper Chapman
Lorna Morello
possibly Brook Soso		 Sexuality portrayed as fluid. Piper mentions the Kinsey scale but the word "bisexual" is never used. In the second season, Vee warns Taystee not to be "gay-for-the-stay."
2013–present Brooklyn Nine-Nine Rosa Diaz Rosa has dated two men on the series, Marcus and Adrien Pimento. In the 99th episode, it is revealed that she is bisexual and dating a woman.
2013–2014 Witches of East End Joanna Beauchamp Joanna has had a husband, Victor. While the two were separated she had a relationship with a woman named Alex in the 1970s.
2013-2018 The Tunnel Elise Wassermann
Eryka Klein		 Elise (bisexual) has had sex with men out of practical necessity and has not experienced emotional involvement with any sex partner. Until she met Eryka Klein, Elise had never felt romantic attraction for someone. She falls in love with Erykam, while Eryka, a lesbian, falls in love with Elise.[30][31]

2014-2017
Duration Title Character Notes
2014–present Madam Secretary Blake Moran
Kat Sandoval		 Blake comes out as bisexual at the end of season 3.[32]
Kat is bisexual.[33]
The 100 Clarke Griffin At the beginning of the show she sleeps with a male character. In the second season, she kisses a female character. In the third season she sleeps with two female characters and falls in love with one. This was also confirmed by writer and producer Jason Rothenberg.[34]
2014–2017 Black Sails Eleanor Guthrie
Anne Bonny		 Eleanor was in a relationship with a woman, Max, at the beginning of the first season. Anne Bonny has a fusional relationship with Jack Rackham but falls in love with Max in season 2.
2014–2019 Broad City Ilana Wexler
Abbi Abrams		 Throughout the series, Ilana has relationships with men, women and non-binary people, and she regularly makes her feelings towards Abbi known. In season 2 she enters a relationship with a woman who looks identical to her. Abbi has relationships with men exclusively until the final season, in which she begins dating a female doctor.
2014–2015 Chasing Life Brenna Carver A 16-year-old girl who develops feelings for both Kieran, a boy she met in the aftermath of a party, and Greer, a classmate who is an out lesbian. After quickly coming to terms with her simultaneous feelings for both, she attempts to maintain romantic relationships with the two. Although initially reluctant to assign labels to herself, she eventually comes to self-identify as bisexual.
2014 Z Nation Addison "Addy" Carver In an episode, she develops a bond with a woman called "Dana", despite her feelings for Mack Thompson a male hockey player which throughout the first half of season is her boyfriend.
2014–2019 Gotham Barbara Kean Has a bisexual relationship with Major Crimes Division Officer Renee Montoya and fiancé Jim Gordon.
2014–2017 Halt and Catch Fire Joe MacMillan Initiates a season-long sexual relationship with female programmer Cameron Howe in episode 1. In episode 3, seduces the trophy boyfriend of wealthy widow in order to avoid a business deal with her. In episode 7, his ex-boyfriend Simon re-enters his life briefly to inform Joe he has AIDS.
2014–present How to Get Away with Murder Annalise Keating Annalise kisses her ex-girlfriend Eve Rothlow in Season 2. It is later revealed that they were in a serious relationship during law school. They briefly rekindle their relationship, until Eve finishes her case in Philadelphia and needs to return home.
2014–2016 Penny Dreadful Dorian Gray
Ethan Chandler		 Sexuality in Victorian-era portrayed as having more freedom. Showrunner John Logan perceives sexuality as fluid and has implied that all characters could potentially be depicted as such.[35]
2015 Banana[36] Freddie Baxter Described by roommate Dean Monroe as being "kind of anything" in reference to his sexuality.[37] He is confirmed as being bisexual by actor Freddie Fox.[38]
Cucumber[36] Freddie Baxter Described by roommate Dean Monroe as being "kind of anything" in reference to his sexuality.[37] He is confirmed as being bisexual by actor Freddie Fox.[38]
Other Space Stewart Lipinski Stewart pines after his female crewmate Tina Shukshin on the show and mentions to his sister that he has not "had a boyfriend in years".[39]
2015–2017 Code Black Noa Kean Mentions having dated both boys and girls.
2015–2018 Sense8 Wolfgang Bogdanow At the end of series, Wolfgang ends in a relationship with both, Kala and Rajan.
2015–2019 Mr. Robot Tyrell Wellick
Dominique DiPierro
Darlene Alderson
Angela Moss
Shayla Nico
Others		 Although married to Joanna, Tyrell seduces his boss's male secretary to find out who the new CTO candidate is. He's in love with Eliott.[40] Agent Dominique DiPierro refers to heterosexual relationships before her introduction to the series and continues to engage in heterosexual fantasy multiple times via IRC chats. However, throughout the series, she engages exclusively in homosexual physical relationships and expresses a desire to no longer be with men. Darlene Alderson begins the series in a complicated relationship with her boyfriend and engages in repeated casual intercourse with a businessman. Later in the series, she develops a relationship with DiPierro. Angela Moss and Shayla Nico are only seen in heterosexual sexual relationships throughout the series but briefly engage in kissing on another, suggesting that they are more flexible in their sexuality outside of this interaction. Other non-consensual homosexual activity is suggested throughout the series from characters who are presumed to be straight. This includes attempted male on male rape in a prison setting and Elliot Alderson's childhood molestation by his father.
2015-Present Fear The Walking Dead Althea ("Al") Szewczek-Przygocki
Isabelle		 Althea is lesbian or bisexual, as is Isabelle. In episode "The End of Everything" (s5/ep5), Isabelle meets Althea, and before parting ways she passionately kisses Althea, and Althea reciprocates her kiss.[41][42]
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend[43] Darryl Whitefeather
Valencia Perez
Maya		 Previously divorced from a woman. Upon hanging out with Rebecca and her friends, he starts developing a crush on White Josh. After White Josh kisses him on the cheek, Darryl begins to questioning his sexuality, eventually realizing during a cardio class that he is attracted to both genders. He proudly exclaims to White Josh that he is a "both-sexual", and the two of them begin dating.[44] Maya comes out as bisexual in solidarity with Darryl. Valencia began the series in a relationship with Josh Chan, ended the series in a relationship with Beth and was revealed to have had an almost-romance with Father Brah in high school.
Scream Audrey Jensen
Zoe Vaughn		 Audrey has had a relationship with Rachael Murray and describes herself as bi-curious. Zoe has a relationship with Noah. Audrey, Zoe and Noah share a three-way kiss.
Schitt's Creek David Rose
Jake		 David Rose identifies as pansexual. After he has a brief fling with his female friend Stevie, she tells him that she had assumed he only liked "red wine," to which he responds that he also "drinks white wine," and he likes "the wine and not the label." Later in that episode, David's father John explains to Roland that David is pansexual. David later falls in love with his business partner Patrick. David and Stevie also briefly date Jake, a bisexual furniture maker, at the same time.
Stitchers Camille Engelson Has a male love interest on the show, and is open about having dated at least one woman in the past.
2016 Black Mirror Kelly Booth In episode "San Junipero", Yorkie is a lesbian, while Kelly is bisexual and was once married to a man. Yorkie and Kelly fall in love and choose to exist together permanently in San Junipero.[45][46]
2016–2017 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Tina Tevetino She announces her bisexuality explicitly in the show.
The Shannara Chronicles Eretria Eretria once seduced Wil for information. In season 2, she is in a relationship with Princess Lyria.
Conviction Hayes Morrison Hayes has complicated relationships with her male ex, Conner, and her female ex, Naomi, especially when they begin to date each other.
2016–2019 Shadowhunters Magnus Bane
Helen Blackthorn		 Magnus is an immortal warlock. Upon meeting Alec Lightwood he immediately shows an interest in him and the two eventually begin a relationship.
2016–2020 The Good Place Eleanor Shellstrop In the Season 1 finale, Eleanor says that Tahani is a "hot, rich fraud with legs for days" and then confesses, "Side note, I might legit be into Tahani". In Season 2, Episode 2, Eleanor and Tahani are briefly shown as soulmates in one of the reboots. In the Season 3 episode "Janet(s)", Eleanor (in the form of Janet) says that she "would hit this this", while pointing to her Janet-body. She has been confirmed bisexual by William Jackson Harper, who plays Chidi. In season 4 when Eleanor asks for the perfect person it was a man with Tahani's legs.[47]
2016–present Legends of Tomorrow Sara Lance
John Constantine
Gary Green		 Sara has shown her attraction to both sexes several times and is referred to, both directly and indirectly, as bisexual. She is dating a woman, Ava.
John flirts with both Leo and Sara as soon as his first episode as a guest on the show in season 3, sleeping with Sara later that episode, and continues to flirt with Gary later on in future episodes. His relationship with a man, Dez, is a major part of his motives in season 4, where he's a regular.
Gary has shown his attraction to John Constantine, a man, on several occasions, as well as his attraction to Ava and Mona, two women.
Lucifer Lucifer Morningstar
Eve		 In episode 2, Lucifer wakes up in bed with women and a man. In season 2 episode 11, when being interrogated, one of his male exes discussed their sexual relations

At the same time, Eve may be bisexual or lesbian. Although her late husband was Adam and she's focused on Lucifer, when she meets Maze they have "a connection" which Eve mentions in the season four finale.[48]

This Is Us William Hill William married a woman with whom he had a son, Randall. Years after her death, he dated a man named Jessie. He said to Kevin, "I've always loved both men and women." when told he was "gay now."
Wynonna Earp Waverly Earp Waverly dated a "boy-man", named Champ and later broke up with him, realizing she shouldn't have to lower her dating standards so far. She later begins secretly, at least at first, dating the new police deputy, Nicole Haught.
Goliath Callie Senate She seduces Michelle McBride (bisexual) and begins a lesbian affair with her.[49]
The Magicians Quentin Coldwater
Margo Hanson		 In season 1, Quentin had a threesome with Margo and his other friend, Eliot. In season 3 he hooks up with Eliot again when they are stuck in past Fillory. In season 4 it is revealed that Quentin wanted to pursue a relationship with Eliot earlier in season 3. In season 3, Margo has a brief interaction with a female Pirate King, whom she calls "hot" and heavily suggests she could sleep with her under different circumstances.
2017 - 2019 Runaways Karolina Dean
Nico Minoru		 Karolina is a lesbian and an alien descendant with superpowers[50] and Nico Minoru, who is bisexual, formerly in a relationship with Alex Wilder, now reciprocates Karolina's attraction for her.[51]
2017–present Riverdale Toni Topaz
Moose Mason
 Toni revealed to Jughead that she was "more into girls" season 2 of Riverdale. In one of the most recent episodes Toni and Cheryl save a kiss making them love interests as well. Mason is closeted and began a brief relationship with Kevin in season 1, they kissed in the finale of season 2.
Future Man Wolf/Torque In Season 2, Wolf/Torque has two husbands and three wives.
The Bold Type Adena El-Amin
Kat Edison		 Adena is a lesbian Muslim feminist and professional photographer who begins a romance with Kat.[52]
Kat realizes she's bisexual when she falls in love with Adena.[53]
Riverdale Cheryl Blossom Cheryl a lesbian and in a relationship with Toni. She has described herself as "openly lesbian" in the series, and even though fans, and actress Madelaine Petsch, had previously thought Cheryl might be bisexual, in part due to showing attraction for Archie in season 1, Petsch later described Cheryl as "definitely a lesbian".[54][55]

2018-2019
Duration Title Character Notes
2018–present Skam France Eliott
Alexis		 He told Lucas he doesn't care if he's dating a girl or a boy, and creators confirmed that Eliott is openly pansexual. He and Lucas fall in love. Alexis is openly bisexual.
Skam Italia Niccolò Fares Being openly pansexual, he was dating a girl, than he fell in love with a boy.
Marvel's Runaways Nico Minoru Is initially romantically interested in Alex Wilder, later in a relationship with Karolina Dean
Black Lightning Anissa Pierce / Thunder
Grace Choi
Chenoa		 Anissa is a lesbian superhero[56][57] while Grace Choi is bisexual and Anissa's love interest.[58] Chenoa, also a lesbian, was Anissa's girlfriend, and they were together for a year before Anissa became involved with Grace.[59]
Legacies Jade Jade is lesbian or bisexual and has a budding romance with Josie.[60][61]
You Peach Salinger While Peach has been interpreted to be either a lesbian[62] or bisexual,[63] in the novel the series is based on she is a lesbian.[64]
2018–2020 The House of Flowers Julián de la Mora
Paulina de la Mora		 Julián dates both Lucía and Diego; Paulina dates Alejo and marries trans woman María José both before and after her transition
2019 Abby's Abby The titular character in the series, a Latina ex-United States Marine Corps sergeant who runs an unlicensed San Diego bar from her backyard home, is an admitted and unabashed bisexual.
Proven Innocent Madeline Scott Madeline dates a male reporter and then is revealed to have been in at least one serious relationship with a woman. She comes out as bisexual to her parents in the 8th episode of the series.
2019–present Good Trouble Gael In Episode 1, Gael sleeps with Callie and then a male character later introduced as Brian. Gael confirms he is bisexual in the second episode.
Roswell, New Mexico Michael Guerin
Isobel Evans-Bracken		 Michael's major love interest is a man starting in the pilot episode.
In the Dark Jess Damon
Vanessa		 Jess is a lesbian veterinarian. She's the roommate and best friend of Murphy Mason.[65] Vanessa is either lesbian, or bisexual (she has been with males in the past).[66] Jess and Vanessa are in a romantic relationship and they admit that they love each other (s1e2). They break up after Jess cheats on Vanessa.

2020s
Duration Title Character Notes
2020 Avenue 5 Ryan Clark Ryan is part of a married throuple with Stan (a man) and Cris (a woman), though their relationship is doing poorly due to his frequent absences
2017–2020 13 Reasons Why Charlie St. George Introduced in season 3, shown to ask out a girl for the homecoming dance in episode 10. Becomes romantically involved with Alex Standall in season 4 after hearing that Alex broke up with Winston. Comes out as bisexual to his father in episode 9 by saying: "I'm not 100% straight. I'm not any percent straight. I'm bisexual, I guess."
2020 - Present Star Trek: Picard Seven of Nine
Raffi Musiker
Bjayzl		 Raffi is lesbian or bisexual. Raffi and Seven[67][68] are shown holding hands in the last episode of season 1, "Et in Arcadia Ego".[69] Bjayzl may be lesbian or bisexual, and in episode "Stardust City Rag" (1x05), it becomes evident that she and Seven had been in a relationship in the past.[70]

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