| Zoe Luper | |||||||
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| Jeffrey Carlson as Zoe Luper | |||||||
| All My Children | |||||||
| Portrayed by | Jeffrey Carlson | ||||||
| Current status | Former; Recurring | ||||||
| Duration | 2006-07 | ||||||
| First appearance | August 23, 2006 | ||||||
| Last appearance | April 26, 2007 | ||||||
| Cause/reason | Left Town | ||||||
| Created by | Megan McTavish | ||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Zarf | ||||||
| Gender | Female | ||||||
| Occupation | Singer Rock star (early-glam style) | ||||||
| Residence | London | ||||||
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Zoe Luper is a fictional character portrayed by actor Jeffrey Carlson on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. Zoe is perhaps the first transgender television character depicted at the beginning of male-to-female transition and coming out. The character debuted in August 2006 as Zarf, an English rock star who presents as male. Zarf/Zoe returned during the period of November 29, 2006 to April 26, 2007.
Zoe was created by All My Children head writer Megan McTavish. She was inspired by TransGeneration (2005), a documentary-style reality series about transgender students at US universities.
Storylines[]
Internationally known rock star Zarf agreed to sign on as a spokesperson for Fusion cosmetics after meeting with Babe Chandler and Josh Madden. She suddenly showed up in town shortly before Simone was murdered, and her coincidental appearance made her an interesting suspect when the others suspected she had supplied Simone with the drugs that had killed her.
Zarf didn't kill Simone, but she was harboring another secret -- two, actually. The first was that she was smitten with Bianca Montgomery. The second was something much more personal. Bianca, a lesbian, was reluctant to go out on a date with Zarf, but she relented as New Year's Eve 2006 approached. When Zarf showed up wearing a dress and makeup, Bianca was furious and lashed out at Zarf for making a mockery of her sexuality. Zarf explained that what Bianca saw in front of her was the real Zarf. Zarf felt as though she'd been born into the wrong body -- she wanted to be a woman.
Over the next months, Zarf started to transition to living her life as a woman named Zoe. Bianca and Zoe grew closer and left for Europe together. Life on the road, though, made Zoe want to be her former rock star persona and she and Bianca eventually grew apart.