Laverne Cox
Acting
Born: May 29, 1972 (age 54) · Mobile, Alabama, USA
Highest Rated
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Promising Young Woman
2020
The Blacklist
2013
Charlie's Angels
2019
Orange Is the New Black
2013
Jolt
2021
Can You Keep a Secret?
2019
Uglies
2024
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Law & Order
1990
Inventing Anna
2022
Grandma
2015
Photos (3)
Movies (22)
Promising Young Woman
Gail
Charlie's Angels
Bomb Instructor
Outcome
Virginia Allen-Green
Jolt
Detective Nevin
Animal Farm
Snowball (voice)
Can You Keep a Secret?
Cybill
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Stacy
Uglies
Dr. Cable
Grandma
Deathy
Bad Hair
Virgie
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Freak Show
Felicia Watts
Senior Entourage
Laverne
Uncle Stephanie
Stephanie
Grand Street
Chardonnay
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Narrator (voice)
Down This Road
Bartender
Musical Chairs
Chantelle
The Normal Heart
2021
The Exhibitionists
Blithe Stargazer
Carl(a)
Cinnamon
Time Marches Forward & So Do We
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (16)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Candayce · 1 eps
Law & Order
Minnie · 1 eps
The Blacklist
Dr. Laken Perillos · 2 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Laverne Cox · 1 eps
Orange Is the New Black
Sophia Burset · 40 eps
The Mindy Project
Sheena · 3 eps
Inventing Anna
Kacy Duke · 9 eps
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Kiana · 1 eps
Faking It
Margot · 1 eps
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
God (voice) · 1 eps
Drop the Mic
1 eps
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
1 eps
Weird City
Liquia · 1 eps
Clean Slate
Desiree · 8 eps
Doubt
Cameron Wirth · 13 eps
Outlaws with TS Madison
1 eps
Self / Appearances (52)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 8 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 3 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 2 eps
The Daily Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · 2 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The View
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The View
Self - Guest Co-Host · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge · 1 eps
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Sherri
Self - Guest · 1 eps
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self · 1 eps
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Family Feud
Self - Contestant · 1 eps
The $100,000 Pyramid
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist · 1 eps
Lip Sync Battle
Self · 1 eps
Match Game
Self - Panelist · 1 eps
American Music Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Celebrity Weakest Link
Self - Contestant · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Password
Self - Celebrity Guest · 1 eps
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Honoree · 1 eps
Drop the Mic
Self · 1 eps
Amend: The Fight for America
Self · 3 eps
Visible: Out on Television
Self · 5 eps
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Self · 1 eps
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
Self · 1 eps
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
Disclosure
Self - Actress
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
The Stroll
Self (archive footage)
Heightened Scrutiny
Self
Senior Entourage
Self
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Self
Savage X Fenty Show
Self
Free CeCe!
Herself
The Trans List
Self
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Self
The T Word
Herself
Gavin Grimm vs.
Self
The Grammys
Self · 1 eps
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
Host - Self · 1 eps
We Won't Be Erased
Self