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Exploring a new side: Actor Jared Leto gave a standout performance as transsexual Rayon in 'Dallas Buyers Club'. – EPA

Taking a break from music, Jared Leto makes a leap back to acting with a career-defining role as a transsexual in Dallas Buyers Club.

JARED Leto disappears completely as a transgender in Dallas Buyers Club. In a performance that makes him a strong Best Supporting Actor contender in the upcoming Oscars, Leto is Rayon, a transsexual who forms an unlikely alliance with a fellow AIDS patient, Ron Woodroof (an equally compelling Matthew McConaughey), a real-life character whose story about learning alternative treatments in Mexico and smuggling them into the United States inspired this film directed by Jean-Marc Vallee.