Laverne Cox
Born in Mobile, Alabama, USA — May 29 1972
Biography
Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBTQ advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, making her the first trans woman to win the award. In 2017,…
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Laverne Cox's Credits
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Candayce
Law & Order
Minnie
The Blacklist
Dr. Laken Perillos
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Laverne Cox
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge
Orange Is the New Black
Sophia Burset
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Presenter
The Mindy Project
Sheena
Celebrity Family Feud
Self - Contestant
The Oscars
Self
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
Lip Sync Battle
Self
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
Match Game
Self - Panelist
Doubt
Cameron Wirth
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant
Faking It
Margot
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
God (voice)
Drop the Mic
Self
Inventing Anna
Kacy Duke
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Kiana
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Honoree
Weird City
Liquia
Password
Self - Celebrity Guest
Clean Slate
Desiree
Visible: Out on Television
Self
Promising Young Woman
Gail
Celebrity Weakest Link
Self - Contestant
Charlie's Angels
Bomb Instructor
Outcome
Virginia Allen Green
Jolt
Detective Nevin
Uglies
Dr. Cable
Animal Farm
Snowball (voice)
Can You Keep a Secret?
Cybill
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Stacy
Disclosure
Self - Actress
Grandma
Deathy
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Freak Show
Felicia Watts
Bad Hair
Virgie
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
Grand Street
Chardonnay
Savage X Fenty Show
Self
Senior Entourage
Laverne
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Self
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Self
The Stroll
Self (archive footage)
The Normal Heart
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Narrator (voice)
The Exhibitionists
Blithe Stargazer
Musical Chairs
Chantelle
Carl(a)
Cinnamon
Heightened Scrutiny
Self
We Won't Be Erased
Self
Down This Road
Bartender
The Trans List
Self
Soapbox
The T Word
Herself
Free CeCe
Herself
Gavin Grimm vs.
Self
Uncle Stephanie
Stephanie
Time Marches Forward & So Do We
Narrator (voice)