The acting world mourns the tragic lack of a television pioneer.
All my children alum Jeffrey Carlson, who played one among the primary transgender characters on daytime television, has died, in accordance with multiple reports. He was 48 years old.
The death of the telenovela star was first announced publicly by Free time Latest York theater editor Adam Feldman. “RIP Jeffrey Carlson, 48, Broadway star exposed (Billy within the Goat, Marilyn in taboo) and TV (the groundbreaking transgender character Zoe on All my children), “He tweeted July 8. “A mighty actor and a painful loss.”
Originally from Long Beach, California, Carlson was a graduate of the University of California Davis, who also studied at the Juilliard School in Latest York. He began his acting profession on stage, making his Broadway debut within the 2002 play Goat, or who’s Sylwia?.
In 2003, while continuing his theatrical profession in Latest York, Carlson made his screen debut with a minor role within the independent film Blissful ending. He later appeared on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and the movie Hook before he landed his breakthrough acting role All my children.