When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.

Dustin Hoffman
as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

Jessica Lange
as Julie Nichols

Teri Garr
as Sandy Lester

Dabney Coleman
as Ron Carlisle

Charles Durning
as Les Nichols

Bill Murray
as Jeff Slater

Sydney Pollack
as George Fields

George Gaynes
as John Van Horn

Geena Davis
as April

Doris Belack
as Rita