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Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox

Acting

Born May 29, 1972 Mobile, Alabama, USA

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.

TV Shows(49)

Celebrity Weakest Link

Celebrity Weakest Link

Self - Contestant

2025

Clean Slate

Clean Slate

Desiree

2025

The Jennifer Hudson Show

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Self

2022

Sherri

Sherri

Self - Guest

2022

If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox

If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox

Host - Self

2022

Password

Password

Self - Celebrity Guest

2022

Inventing Anna

Inventing Anna

Kacy Duke

2022

Amend: The Fight for America

Amend: The Fight for America

Self

2021

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Self - Contestant

2021

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

Self

2020

Visible: Out on Television

Visible: Out on Television

Self

2020

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

God (voice)

2020

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

Self

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

2019

A Black Lady Sketch Show

A Black Lady Sketch Show

Kiana

2019

Weird City

Weird City

Liquia

2019

Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler

Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler

Self

2018

Drop the Mic

Drop the Mic

Self

2017

Doubt

Doubt

Cameron Wirth

2017

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

2016

The $100,000 Pyramid

The $100,000 Pyramid

Self

2016

Match Game

Match Game

Self - Panelist

2016

To Tell the Truth

To Tell the Truth

Self - Panelist

2016

Celebrity Family Feud

Celebrity Family Feud

Self - Contestant

2015

Lip Sync Battle

Lip Sync Battle

Self

2015

Trailblazer Honors

Trailblazer Honors

Self - Honoree

2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Self

2014

Faking It

Faking It

Margot

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self - Guest

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

2014

The Blacklist

The Blacklist

Dr. Laken Perillos

2013

Orange Is the New Black

Orange Is the New Black

Sophia Burset

2013

The Mindy Project

The Mindy Project

Sheena

2012

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

2010

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

2009

RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race

Self

2009

Project Runway

Project Runway

Self - Guest Judge

2004

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Guest

2003

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Laverne Cox

2000

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Candayce

1999

The View

The View

Self - Guest

1997

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

Self

1996

Law & Order

Law & Order

Minnie

1990

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

1988

MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

Self - Presenter

1984

People's Choice Awards

People's Choice Awards

Self - Presenter

1975

American Music Awards

American Music Awards

Self - Presenter

1974

The Grammys

The Grammys

Self

1959

The Oscars

The Oscars

Self

1953

Movies(36)