Jayne County
Acting • Born 1947-02-12
Biography
Jayne County (born Wayne Rogers in 1947) is an American performer, musician and actress whose career has spanned several decades. Formerly known as Wayne County, she went on to be rock's first transsexual singer. Though she has never been a commercial success, she has been an influence on musicians such as David Bowie, The Ramones, Patti Smith, and Lou Reed. Pianist Jools Holland's first studio outing was with County on her single "Fuck Off". She is known for her outrageous stage antics and her songs "Are You Man Enough To Be A Woman", "Fuck Off", "Stuck On You," and "Night Time". County was previously an actress at Andy Warhol's The Factory.
Filmography
23 credits
Jubilee
Movie • 1978
Lounge Lizard
Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia
Movie • 2005
The Punk Rock Movie
Movie • 1978
Self
Jayne County: Man Enough to Be a Woman
Movie • 2005
Herself
Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC
Movie • 2023
Self
Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia
Movie • 2023
Jayne County and the Electrick Queers: Imma Gonna Go to Hell When I Die
Movie • 2021
Wig
Movie • 2019
Self
City of Lost Souls
Movie • 1983
Lila
The Blank Generation
Movie • 1976
Self
Wigstock: The Movie
Movie • 1995
Self
Jobriath A.D.
Movie • 2012
Herself
Night Lunch
Movie • 1975
Self
Nelson Sullivan's Video Diaries
Movie • 1989
Herself
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
Movie • 2017
Self
Punk Revolution NYC
Movie • 2012
Herself
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Movie • 2009
Self
Beautiful Darling
Movie • 2010
Self
The Fuzztones vs the World
Movie • 2025
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
Movie • 2007
Self
Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie
Movie • 2001
Self
Punk
TV • 2019
Self
Women Who Rock
TV • 2022
Self