TVG: Did your situation ever make you laugh? You were this massively pregnant, married heterosexual woman in steamy clinches with gorgeous women. I was seven months pregnant in that scene. She's a great addition, and Rachel Shelly is a delight to work with. Will Rachel Shelly be back even though your characters have broken up? TVG: You had some hot scenes with Helena, especially in the pool. So very early on, I just dropped vanity and preconceived notions of what I'm supposed to look like. Also, I did The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love at a young age, playing a little baby butch dyke.

I'd like to look at my career when I'm older and go, 'Hey, I really did things that were hard.' As an actress, it's one of the most cool things I've ever done. You were next to naked in love scenes and nude in the underwater labor scene.Īnd I gained 30 pounds! As it was happening, I wasn't thinking about whether it was courageous or anything. And a lot of women have sexual desire in the last part of their pregnancy, which is sort of interesting. But I wanted to be part of something that was such a celebration of pregnancy and a womanly body. I was really pregnant, and I had gestational diabetes and was on insulin, which didn't make me feel so sexy. TVG: You really struck a feminist blow by portraying a heavily pregnant woman as feeling strong sexual desires - and being very sexually appealing to others around her. But she'll look glowing in her close-ups! Jennifer really didn't want to be pregnant on the show, and everybody has come to the conclusion that it would just be repetitive. Beals' pregnancy be written into the show like yours was? I'll take care of her this year, because she really took care of me! : So now that Jennifer Beals is pregnant, you'll have to deal with her hormonal issues on the set. And how's this for a twist on life imitating art: Now that Holloman has had her child (6-month-old Lola), Beals has revealed that she's expecting! touched base with Holloman a few weeks before she returned to Vancouver to shoot L Word's third season. As befits the no-holds-barred lustiness of Showtime's lesbian drama (Sundays at 10 pm/ET), Tina's - and Laurel's - expanding belly didn't keep her from doing love scenes with ex-girlfriend Bette ( Jennifer Beals) and the haughty Helena ( Rachel Shelly).

We've seen plenty of pregnant ladies on TV, but never one like The L Word's Tina Kennard, as played by real mommy-to-be Laurel Holloman.

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