SUPERGIRL'S Chyler Leigh has come out while paying tribute to her LGBT character on the show and the fans who have supported her.
The 38-year-old actress admitted she was able to "breathe a little easier" since the revelation. Chyler, who is married with three children and has starred as Alex Danvers on the superhero series since it began in 2015, described how filming scenes for Alex's coming out, helped her come to terms with her own sexuality.
Writing on CreateChange.me, she said of the main scene where Alex "finally confessed her truth", that the words "leapt off the pages of the script and genuinely become a variation of my own." Chyler explained: "My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest each take we filmed, every time.
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