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Lee Pace (b. in Chickasaw, Oklahoma) is an American actor of film, stage and television best known for his role as Calpernia Addams/Scottie in the 2003 Showtime movie Soldier's Girl.

Childhood

As a young child, Pace spent several years in the Saudi Arabia (where his father was in the oil business), and they later moved to Houston. He temporarily quit high school to act at Houston's Alley Theatre before returning to graduate. During his time at the Alley he was in productions of The Spider's Web and The Greeks.

College and theatre

In 1997, Pace was accepted to the Juilliard School's drama division. While there he acted in several plays including, Romeo and Juliet as Romeo, Richard II in the title role and Julius Caesar as Casius, among others. He eventually graduated with a BFA.

After graduation, Pace starred in several off-Broadway plays including: The Credaux Canvas, The Fourth Sister and Guardians. He also starred in a production of Small Tragedy which is being adapted into a 2007 film (see Small Tragedy). For this role, he was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actor.

Soldier's Girl

Pace first gained recognition for his role of Calpernia Addams/Scottie, a transgendered woman dating Army soldier Barry Winchell (played by Troy Garity) who was brutally beaten to death by soldiers who thought he was gay (based on true events) in Soldier's Girl (2003). Pace explains:

"Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in Soldier's Girl. Here I was, this 6'3" 190-pound lanky kid from Chickasaw, Oklahoma, not knowing how to begin being a woman. So I saw documentaries about transsexuals, I lost twenty-five pounds, and I put on prosthetic boobs and hips to become that character. There were times I'd look in the mirror and wonder 'what am I doing to my life here? My dad is going to kill me!' But the reason I went into acting was to be able to play parts as complicated and important as this one. In playing a transsexual, I got the chance to help change people's perspective about other people and that is a powerful thing. I'm playing a swashbuckling bandit in my next film, but I'll always be proud of Soldier's Girl." Staff report (August, 2004). Lee Pace. Interview

Pace won a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor and was nominated for several other awards for his work in this film.

Filmography

• The Fall (2007) - The Black Bandit
• The Good Shepherd (2006)
• Infamous (2006) - Dick Hickock
• The White Countess (2005) - Tom Craine
• Wonderfalls (TV series) (2004) - Aaron Tyler
• Soldier's Girl (2003) - Calpernia Addams/Scottie
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series - season 3, episode 18) (2002)
  • Guilt - Benjamin Tucker

References

External links

• Sizzlin' Sixteen 2004: The Guys. via eonline

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