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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Animal Farm
Character:Snowball (voice)
Release Date:01/05/2026
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/2025
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Character:Stacy
Release Date:10/11/2025
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Character:Self
Release Date:26/06/2025
Heightened Scrutiny
Character:Self
Release Date:27/01/2025
Uglies
Character:Dr. Cable
Release Date:12/09/2024
The Stroll
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/01/2023
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Character:Self
Release Date:22/09/2022
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Character:Self
Release Date:22/09/2022
Jolt
Character:Detective Nevin
Release Date:15/07/2021
The Normal Heart
Character:
Release Date:08/05/2021
Bad Hair
Character:Virgie
Release Date:05/05/2021
Senior Entourage
Character:Laverne
Release Date:03/05/2021
Senior Entourage
Character:Self
Release Date:03/05/2021
Promising Young Woman
Character:Gail
Release Date:13/12/2020
Disclosure
Character:Self - Actress
Release Date:19/06/2020
Charlie's Angels
Character:Bomb Instructor
Release Date:14/11/2019
Savage X Fenty Show
Character:Self
Release Date:20/09/2019
Can You Keep a Secret?
Character:Cybill
Release Date:13/09/2019
We Won't Be Erased
Character:
Release Date:22/11/2018
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/03/2018
Freak Show
Character:Felicia Watts
Release Date:12/01/2018
Gavin Grimm vs.
Character:Self
Release Date:21/09/2017
Time Marches Forward & So Do We
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:10/08/2017
A Trans History: Time Marches Forward and So Do We
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/08/2017
The Trans List
Character:Self
Release Date:05/12/2016
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Character:Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Release Date:20/10/2016
Free CeCe
Character:Herself
Release Date:03/06/2016
Grandma
Character:Deathy
Release Date:04/06/2015
The T Word
Character:Herself
Release Date:17/10/2014
Grand Street
Character:Chardonnay
Release Date:02/05/2014
The Exhibitionists
Character:Blithe Stargazer
Release Date:22/09/2012
Musical Chairs
Character:Chantelle
Release Date:23/03/2012
Carl(a)
Character:Cinnamon
Release Date:10/10/2011
Down This Road
Character:Bartender
Release Date:20/04/2010
Uncle Stephanie
Character:Stephanie
Release Date:02/01/2009
Television Appearances
Celebrity Weakest Link
Character:Self - Contestant
Clean Slate
Character:Desiree
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Character:Self
Sherri
Character:Self - Guest
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
Character:Host - Self
Password
Character:Self - Celebrity Guest
Inventing Anna
Character:Kacy Duke
Amend: The Fight for America
Character:Self
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Character:Self - Contestant
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Character:Self
Visible: Out on Television
Character:Self
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Character:God (voice)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Character:Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Character:Kiana
Weird City
Character:Liquia
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
Character:Self
Drop the Mic
Character:Self
Doubt
Character:Cameron Wirth
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Character:
The $100,000 Pyramid
Character:Self
Match Game
Character:Self - Panelist
To Tell the Truth
Character:Self - Panelist
Celebrity Family Feud
Character:Self - Contestant
Lip Sync Battle
Character:Self
Trailblazer Honors
Character:Self - Honoree
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Character:Self
Faking It
Character:Margot
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
The Blacklist
Character:Dr. Laken Perillos
Orange Is the New Black
Character:Sophia Burset
The Mindy Project
Character:Sheena
Who Do You Think You Are?
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
Character:Self
Project Runway
Character:Self - Guest Judge
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character:Laverne Cox
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Candayce
The View
Character:Self - Guest
The View
Character:Self - Guest Co-Host
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Law & Order
Character:Minnie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
People's Choice Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
American Music Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
The Grammys
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
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