Laverne Cox
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 29, 1972 (age 54)
- Birthplace
- Mobile, Alabama, USA
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, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regularly on U.S. broadcast TV, as Cameron Wirth on CBS's Doubt. Cox appeared as a contestant on the first season of VH1's reality show I Want to Work for Diddy and co-produced and co-hosted the VH1 makeover television series TRANSform Me. In April 2014, Cox was honoured by GLAAD with its Stephen F. Kolzak Award for advocating for the transgender community. In June 2014, Cox became the first transgender person to appear on the cover of Time magazine. Cox is the first transgender person to appear on the cover of a Cosmopolitan magazine, with her February 2018 cover on the South African edition. She is also the first openly transgender person to have a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laverne Cox, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Soapbox
Movie
Outcome
Movie · as Virginia Allen-Green
Animal Farm
Movie · as Snowball (voice)
Heightened Scrutiny
Movie · as Self
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Movie · as Self
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Movie · as Stacy
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self
Clean Slate
TV · as Desiree · 8 eps
Celebrity Weakest Link
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Outlaws with TS Madison
TV · 1 ep
Uglies
Movie · as Dr. Cable
The Stroll
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Movie · as Self
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Movie · as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
TV · as Host - Self · 1 ep
Password
TV · as Self - Celebrity Guest · 1 ep
Inventing Anna
TV · as Kacy Duke · 9 eps
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Normal Heart
Movie
Jolt
Movie · as Detective Nevin
Bad Hair
Movie · as Virgie
Senior Entourage
Movie · as Laverne, Self
Amend: The Fight for America
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Promising Young Woman
Movie · as Gail
Disclosure
Movie · as Self - Actress
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
TV · as God (voice) · 1 ep
Visible: Out on Television
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Can You Keep a Secret?
Movie · as Cybill
Savage X Fenty Show
Movie · as Self
Charlie's Angels
Movie · as Bomb Instructor
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV · as Kiana · 1 ep
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Weird City
TV · as Liquia · 1 ep
Freak Show
Movie · as Felicia Watts
We Won't Be Erased
Movie · as Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Time Marches Forward & So Do We
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Gavin Grimm vs.
Movie · as Self
Doubt
TV · as Cameron Wirth · 13 eps
Drop the Mic
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Movie · as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Free CeCe!
Movie · as Herself
The Trans List
Movie · as Self
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
TV · 1 ep
To Tell the Truth
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
Match Game
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Grandma
Movie · as Deathy
Lip Sync Battle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Celebrity Family Feud
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Grand Street
Movie · as Chardonnay
The T Word
Movie · as Herself
Faking It
TV · as Margot · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Trailblazer Honors
TV · as Self - Honoree · 1 ep
The Blacklist
TV · as Dr. Laken Perillos · 2 eps
Orange Is the New Black
TV · as Sophia Burset · 40 eps
The Exhibitionists
Movie · as Blithe Stargazer
Musical Chairs
Movie · as Chantelle
The Mindy Project
TV · as Sheena · 3 eps
Carl(a)
Movie · as Cinnamon
Down This Road
Movie · as Bartender
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Uncle Stephanie
Movie · as Stephanie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Project Runway
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as Laverne Cox · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Candayce · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest Co-Host · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Law & Order
TV · as Minnie · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
American Music Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Grammys
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep