Laverne Cox
Born: 1972-05-29 in Mobile, Alabama, USA
Known For: Acting
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. 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.
Filmography
2025
- A Very Jonas Christmas Movie as Stacy
- Animal Farm as Snowball (voice)
- Clean Slate as Desiree
- Celebrity Weakest Link as Self - Contestant
- The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship as Self
- Heightened Scrutiny as Self
- A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint as Self
2024
- Uglies as Dr. Cable
2023
- The Stroll as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- Inventing Anna as Kacy Duke
- Password as Self - Celebrity Guest
- Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter as Self
- Power of Women: The Changemakers as Self
- If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox as Host - Self
2021
- Jolt as Detective Nevin
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
- Senior Entourage as Laverne
- Amend: The Fight for America as Self
- Bad Hair as Virgie
- The Normal Heart
2020
- Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as God (voice)
- Promising Young Woman as Gail
- Disclosure as Self - Actress
- Visible: Out on Television as Self
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- A Black Lady Sketch Show as Kiana
- Charlie's Angels as Bomb Instructor
- Can You Keep a Secret? as Cybill
- Weird City as Liquia
- Savage X Fenty Show as Self
2018
- Freak Show as Felicia Watts
- We Won't Be Erased
- Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler as Self
- The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom as Narrator (voice)
2017
- Drop the Mic as Self
- Doubt as Cameron Wirth
- Gavin Grimm vs. as Self
- A Trans History: Time Marches Forward and So Do We as Narrator
- Time Marches Forward & So Do We as Narrator (voice)
2016
- Match Game as Self - Panelist
- To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
- The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
- Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
- The Trans List as Self
- Free CeCe as Herself
2015
- Lip Sync Battle as Self
- Celebrity Family Feud as Self - Contestant
- Grandma as Deathy
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- Faking It as Margot
- Grand Street as Chardonnay
- Trailblazer Honors as Self - Honoree
- The T Word as Herself
2013
- The Blacklist as Dr. Laken Perillos
- Orange Is the New Black as Sophia Burset
2012
- The Mindy Project as Sheena
- The Exhibitionists as Blithe Stargazer
- Musical Chairs as Chantelle
2011
- Carl(a) as Cinnamon
2010
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- Down This Road as Bartender
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self
- Uncle Stephanie as Stephanie
2004
- Project Runway as Self - Guest Judge
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Laverne Cox
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Candayce
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1990
- Law & Order as Minnie
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1984
- MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Presenter
1974
- American Music Awards as Self - Presenter
1959
- The Grammys as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self