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