Personal Info
Laverne Cox
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 …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Outcome
as Virginia Allen-Green
Animal Farm
as Snowball (voice)
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
as Stacy
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
Uglies
as Dr. Cable
The Stroll
as Self (archive footage)
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
as Self
Power of Women: The Changemakers
as Self
TV Shows
Clean Slate
as Desiree · 8 ep.
Celebrity Weakest Link
as Self - Contestant · 1 ep.
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self · 2 ep.
Sherri
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
Inventing Anna
as Kacy Duke · 9 ep.
Password
as Self - Celebrity Guest · 1 ep.
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
as Host - Self · 1 ep.
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant · 1 ep.
Amend: The Fight for America
as Self · 3 ep.
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
as God (voice) · 1 ep.