A liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates having a first substrate and a second substrate, at least one of the first and second substrate being transparent, a liquid crystal layer and a color filter layer both provided between the pair of substrates, a plurality of thin film transistors provided on the first substrate and connected to an image signal wiring and a scanning signal wiring, a common electrode and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistors and placed opposite to the common electrode in a pixel region. The common electrode and the pixel electrode are placed in different layers through an interlaminar insulating film in the formed of at least two layers including the color filter layer and an orientation direction of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is controlled by a voltage applied at least through the interlaminar insulating film.