Laverne Cox
Actor
Born May 29, 1972 in Mobile, Alabama, USA
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.
Filmography
Animal Farm
Snowball (voice)
Outcome
Virginia Allen-Green
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Stacy
Celebrity Weakest Link
Self - Contestant
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Self
Clean Slate
Desiree
Heightened Scrutiny
Self
Uglies
Dr. Cable
The Stroll
Self (archive footage)
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Self
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Sherri
Self - Guest
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
Host - Self
Password
Self - Celebrity Guest
Inventing Anna
Kacy Duke
Jolt
Detective Nevin
The Normal Heart
Bad Hair
Virgie
Senior Entourage
Laverne
Amend: The Fight for America
Self
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant
Promising Young Woman
Gail
Disclosure
Self - Actress
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Self
Visible: Out on Television
Self
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
God (voice)
Charlie's Angels
Bomb Instructor
Savage X Fenty Show
Self
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
Can You Keep a Secret?
Cybill
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Kiana
Weird City
Liquia
We Won't Be Erased
Self
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Narrator (voice)
Freak Show
Felicia Watts
Drop the Mic
Self
Gavin Grimm vs.
Self
Time Marches Forward & So Do We
Narrator (voice)
Doubt
Cameron Wirth
The Trans List
Self
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
The $100,000 Pyramid
Self
Match Game
Self - Panelist
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
Free CeCe!
Herself
Celebrity Family Feud
Self - Contestant
Grandma
Deathy
Lip Sync Battle
Self
The T Word
Herself
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Honoree
Grand Street
Chardonnay
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
Faking It
Margot
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Blacklist
Dr. Laken Perillos
Orange Is the New Black
Sophia Burset
The Mindy Project
Sheena
The Exhibitionists
Blithe Stargazer
Musical Chairs
Chantelle
Carl(a)
Cinnamon
Down This Road
Bartender
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self
Uncle Stephanie
Stephanie
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Laverne Cox
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Candayce
The View
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Self
Law & Order
Minnie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Presenter
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
American Music Awards
Self - Presenter
The Grammys
Self
The Oscars
Self