Laverne Cox
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1972-05-29 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Mobile, Alabama, USA
Also known As
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Laverne Cox
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. bro...
Acting
2024
as Dr. Cable
2012
as Blithe Stargazer
2022
2021
2022
2015
as Deathy
2014
as Chardonnay
2012
as Chantelle
2009
as Stephanie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2011
as Cinnamon
2016
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
2016
as Herself
2014
as Herself
2016
as Self
2018
as Felicia Watts
2017
as Narrator (voice)
2019
as Cybill
2018
as Narrator (voice)
2020
as Gail
2021
as Detective Nevin
2019
as Self
2017
as Self
2019
as Bomb Instructor
2021
as Virgie
2020
as Self - Actress
2010
as Bartender
2021
as Laverne
2025
as Self
2025
as Snowball (voice)
2025
Production
2014
as Executive Producer
2014
as Director
2020
as Executive Producer
2025
as Executive Producer
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