Laverne Cox

About

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...

Known for

Law & OrderSeries • 1990Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999The BlacklistSeries • 2013Curb Your EnthusiasmSeries • 2000Orange Is the New BlackSeries • 2013The Mindy ProjectSeries • 2012A Black Lady Sketch ShowSeries • 2019Faking ItSeries • 2014Promising Young WomanMovie • 2020Drop the MicSeries • 2017Awkwafina Is Nora from QueensSeries • 2020Inventing AnnaSeries • 2022OutcomeMovie • 2026Charlie's AngelsMovie • 2019Animal FarmMovie • 2026A Very Jonas Christmas MovieMovie • 2025JoltMovie • 2021Can You Keep a Secret?Movie • 2019Weird CitySeries • 2019Clean SlateSeries • 2025UgliesMovie • 2024DoubtSeries • 2017GrandmaMovie • 2015DisclosureMovie • 2020