1. Cherry Jones
Multiple award-winning actress, Cherry Jones is best known for playing the role of President Allison Taylor on the Fox series, 24.
58-year-old Cherry Jones and fellow actress, Sarah Paulson declared their love for each other in 2007. They kept on dating before breaking up in 2009.
2. Cynthia Nixon
49-year-old actress, Cynthia Nixon is famous for her role as Miranda Hobbes in Sex and the City. She had previously been in a relationship with school teacher, Danny Mozez.
She later got married to her fellow lady and educational activist, Christine Marinoni in 2004 somewhere in New York City. In 2012, she came out as bisexual.
3. Jonathan Groff
American actor and singer, Jonathan Groff known for many movies such as Frozen (2013), The Normal Heart (2014) and American Sniper (2014). The 30-year-old came out as gay in October 2009 during the National Equality March in Washington.
4. David Burtka
Michigan-born actor, David Burtka is known for his roles in television comedy series, How I Met Your Mother and The Play About the Baby. David dated fellow star of How I Met Your Mother, Neil Patrick and they eventually announced their engagement in 2011 before getting married in September 2014. They have a set of twins together; a girl named Harper Grace Burtka-Harris and a boy named Gideon Scott Burtka-Harris.
5. Zachary Quinto
Zachary Quinto is openly gay. The American actor who starred as Sylar in science fiction drama series, Heroes came out as gay in October 2011. The 38-year-old is an active supporter of gay rights and organizations. He previously dated actor Jonathan Groff before they reportedly broke up in July 2013. He has been dating model and artist, Miles McMillan since 2013.
6. Guillermo Diaz
40-year-old American actor, Guillermo Diaz is known for movies such as 200 Cigarettes and Half Baked. In such movies, he has had to played heterosexual characters but in reality, the Scandal actor is openly gay.
7. Sarah Paulson
40-year-old American actress, Sarah Paulson is known to often play heterosexual roles in movies. In the 2013 period drama film 12 Years A Slave, Sarah played the role of Mary Epps but in reality, she is openly gay. She dated fellow actress, Cherry Jones from 2004 before their eventual breakup in 2009.
8. Raven-Symoné
American actress, Raven-Symoné is known for playing the character of Olivia Kendall on The Cosby Show as far back as 1989.
The 29-year-old has refused to openly associate herself with the word ‘gay’ but she is known to be in a relationship with a one-time America’s Next Top Model contestant, Azmarie Livingston since 2011.
9. Matt Bomer
American actor, Matt Bomer starred as a con artist, Neal Caffrey in the USA Network series White Collar which aired from 2009 to 2014. In movies, he gets to love women but in reality, he is married to 55-year-old publicist, Simon Halls.
The 37-year-old actor has been married to Simon Halls since 2011 and the couple have three sons including a set of twins together.
10. Victor Garber
Canadian actor, Victor Garber has played vital movie roles such as Jesus in Godspell, Thomas Andrew in Titanic and a lot more,. Outside movie sets, the 66-year-old is gay. He came out publicly in 2012 and has been in a relationship with artist, Rainer Andreesen since 2000.
11. Jim Parsons
42-year-old Jim Parsons is famous for his role as Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory. He also played movie roles which saw him date women. Jim however does not date women. In 2012, he came out as gay revealing that he had been in a relationship with art director, Todd Spiewak since 2002.
12. Lily Tomlin
76-year-old Lily Tomlin has played several heterosexual roles but in reality, she got married to 80-year-old writer, Jane Wagner in 2013 despite being together as domestic partners since 1971.
13. Ian McKellen
Multiple award-winning English actor, Ian McKellen has been openly gay for years. He came out as gay in 1988 despite playing straight roles in movies. The 76-year-old is also a champion for gay rights.
14. Jodie Foster
52-year American actress, Jodie Foster played the role of a child poster in the 1976 movie American psychological thriller movie, Taxi Driver.
Jodie who is also a movie producer was previously in a relationship with filmmaker, Cydney Bernard and the ladies had two sons together before they split in 2008.
Jodie got married to American photographer, director and actress Alexandra Hedison in 2014.
15. Neil Patrick Harris
42-year old actor, Neil Patrick Harris is known for playing Barney Stinson in the television comedy series How I Met Your Mother.
He may be a pick-up artist and womanizer in movies but has been married to fellow male actor, David Burtka since 2014.
