Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox is an American actress, reality television star, television producer, and LGBT advocate. She became known for her portrayal of Sophia Burset on the Netflix television series Orange Is the New Black, for which she became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the acting category, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer/musician Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she became the first openly transgender person to have a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on Doubt on CBS.
Known for
ActingBirthday
May 29, 1972Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
32Place of birth
Mobile, Alabama, USA
Cast credits
Uglies
Dr. Naya Cable
The Exhibitionists
Blithe Stargazer
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Self
The Normal Heart
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
Grandma
Deathy
Grand Street
Chardonnay
Musical Chairs
Chantelle
Uncle Stephanie
Stephanie
The Stroll
Self (archive footage)
Carl(a)
Cinnamon
Outcome
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Free CeCe
Herself
The T Word
Herself
The Trans List
Herself
Freak Show
Felicia Watts
Time Marches Forward & So Do We
Narrator
Can You Keep a Secret?
Cybill
We Won't Be Erased
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Narrator (voice)Crew credits
Images
