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Amandla Stenberg - The 'Hunger Games' actress recently came out as gay. She played Maddy, a girl who has never left her house due to an illness yet falls in love with the boy next door, in 'Everything, Everything.'

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Portia de Rossi - The Australian actress, wife to talk show host Ellen Degeneres, was Lindsay Bluth Fünke on 'Arrested Development.'

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Cara Delevingne - The actress, who came out as sexually fluid, has played a series of straight characters, including Margo in 'Paper Towns.'

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Brandon Flynn - The actor is known for playing Justin Foley in '13 Reasons Why' and dating famous musician Sam Smith.

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Cynthia Nixon - The lesbian actress is famous for playing Miranda on the hit series 'Sex and the City.'

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Jim Parsons - The actor is famous for his role as socially awkward yet brilliant physicist Sheldon Cooper on 'The Big Bang Theory.' Parsons tied the knot with his husband Todd Spiewak in 2017.

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Ellen Page - The award-winning actress will never be forgotten as precocious and pregnant teen Juno in 'Juno.'

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Kristen Stewart - The actress has dated both men and women and plays Bella Swan in the teen drama film series 'Twilight.'

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Lily Tomlin - Among the straight characters the actress has played in films and series are Vivian Jaffe in 'I Heart Huckabees' and Frankie in the Netflix series 'Grace and Frankie.'

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Ricky Martin - The Puerto Rican singer came out in 2010 and played straight character Miguel Morez on 'General Hospital.'

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Michelle Rodriguez - 'The Fast and the Furious' and 'Avatar' star has spoken openly about her bisexuality.

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Neil Patrick Harris - The actor, who plays notorious womanizer Barney Stinson on 'How I Met Your Mother,' is married to husband David Burtka and has a twin daughter and son.

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Guillermo Diaz - The openly gay actor played Guillermo Garcia Gomez on 'Weeds.'

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Wentworth Miller - The actor is known as the straight character Michael Scofield on the show 'Prison Break.' He came out in 2013 after publicly declining an offer to attend a Russian film festival due to the country's anti-gay laws.

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Jane Lynch - The actress is a huge supporter and activist of LGBT rights and is another who has played straight characters in movies, including Paula in 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin.'

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Jodie Foster - The actress publicly came out in 2013 and has played several straight characters, most notably Annabelle Bransford in 'Maverick.'

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John Mahoney - Although he never officially came out, the actor, who played twice-married Martin Crane on 'Frasier,' was widely believed to be gay.

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Wanda Sykes - Married to wife Alex, the actress played Biggie Shorty in 'Pootie Tang.'

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Jonathan Groff - The actor is known for playing Jesse St. James, boyfriend of Rachel Berry, on the hit show 'Glee.'

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Luke Evans - The actor is known for his roles as Gaston in Disney's live-action 'Beauty and the Beast' and Owen Shaw in 'The Fast and the Furious' franchise.

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Alan Cumming - The English actor has been in many movies in which he has had to play a straight character. One of his well-known roles was as Joe Therrian in 'The Anniversary Party.'

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Richard Chamberlain - Although outed by the media in the late 1980s, the actor publicly came out in 2003 through his memoir 'Shattered Love.' He famously played teen idol Dr. Kildare in the 1960s medical drama series of the same name.

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Sara Gilbert - The gay actress is known for playing Darlene Conner on the ABC sitcom 'Roseanne.'

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Matt Bomer - The actor, who played Neal Caffrey on 'White Collar,' has three sons with his partner, Simon Halls.

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Meredith Baxter - Known for her role as married mother-of-three Elyse Keaton on the family comedy 'Family Ties,' the actress came out as lesbian in an interview on 'The Today Show.'

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T.R. Knight - The actor starred in several seasons of the medical drama series, 'Grey's Anatomy,' as Dr. George O'Malley. His character was infamous for dating various female doctors and nurses.

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Zachary Quinto - Also famous for his role in 'Star Trek,' this actor has played straight character Dr. Oliver Thredson on 'American Horror Story: Asylum.' He and his partner, model Miles McMillan, live in New York City.

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Maria Bello - Having dated both men and women, the actress famously played Edie Stall in 'A History of Violence.'

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David Hyde Pierce - The actor came out as gay in 2007 and married his partner, Brian Hargrove, in 2008. He is known for playing Niles Crane on 'Frasier' from 1993-2004.

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