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Laverne Cox

Actor · Producer

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1972Born, Mobile

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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…

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCandayce

Promising Young WomanGail

The BlacklistDr. Laken Perillos

Charlie's AngelsBomb Instructor

Orange Is the New BlackSophia Burset

Filmography

All Acting Directing Writing Producing

2026Animal FarmSnowball (voice)Movie

2026OutcomeVirginia Allen-GreenMovie

2025A Very Jonas Christmas MovieStacyMovie

2025Clean SlateDesiree · 8 episodesShow

2024UgliesDr. CableMovie

2022Inventing AnnaKacy Duke · 9 episodesShow

2021JoltDetective NevinMovie

2021The Normal HeartMovie

2021Bad HairVirgieMovie

2021Senior EntourageLaverneMovie

2020Promising Young WomanGailMovie

2020Awkwafina Is Nora from QueensGod (voice) · 1 episodeShow

2019Charlie's AngelsBomb InstructorMovie

2019Can You Keep a Secret?CybillMovie

2019A Black Lady Sketch ShowKiana · 1 episodeShow

2019Weird CityLiquia · 1 episodeShow

2018The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to FreedomNarrator (voice)Movie

2018Freak ShowFelicia WattsMovie

2017Time Marches Forward & So Do WeNarrator (voice)Movie

2017DoubtCameron Wirth · 13 episodesShow

2016The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp AgainDr. Frank-N-FurterMovie

2015GrandmaDeathyMovie

2014Grand StreetChardonnayMovie

2014Faking ItMargot · 1 episodeShow

2013The BlacklistDr. Laken Perillos · 2 episodesShow

2013Orange Is the New BlackSophia Burset · 40 episodesShow

2012The Mindy ProjectSheena · 3 episodesShow

2012The ExhibitionistsBlithe StargazerMovie

2012Musical ChairsChantelleMovie

2011Carl(a)CinnamonMovie

2010Down This RoadBartenderMovie

2009Uncle StephanieStephanieMovie

2000Curb Your EnthusiasmLaverne Cox · 1 episodeShow

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCandayce · 1 episodeShow

1990Law & OrderMinnie · 1 episodeShow

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