Kelly McGillis Joins The L Word

Kelly McGillis is an actress who has always known how to work her unique brand of sexuality to her big gay following.

Whether playing an amorous lesbian in The Monkey's Mask, defending Jodie Foster in The Accused, or putting on a military uniform to seduce Tom Cruise in Top Gun, McGillis has an almost Dietrich-like capacity for bewitching men and women alike.

So how perfect, then, that she's joining the cast of Showtime's The L Word in the sapphic soap's forthcoming fifth season, as a military lawyer handling a "don't ask, don't tell" case. (Sounds like Alice's relationship with Iraq vet with Tasha is no longer on the D.L.)

McGillis and the show's cadre of drama-loving lesbians (with their enviable jobs, perfect hair, designer outfits, and great apartments) will return in January.