About

Known credits:
37
Birthday:
1972-05-29
Place of birth:
Mobile, Alabama, USA
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Laverne Cox

Overview

Laverne Cox is an American actress, reality television star, television producer, and LGBT advocate. She became known for her portrayal of Sophia Burset on the Netflix television series Orange Is the New Black, for which she became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the acting category, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer/musician Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she became the first openly transgender person to have a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on Doubt on CBS.

Known for

Acting
2025 Outcome Actor N/A
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2024 Uglies Actor Dr. Cable 59
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2023 The Stroll Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2022 Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter Actor Self 59
Average
2022 Power of Women: The Changemakers Actor Self N/A
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2022 If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox Actor Host - Self N/A
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2022 Inventing Anna Actor Kacy Duke 68
Fair
2021 Jolt Actor Detective Nevin 63
Fair
2021 The Normal Heart Actor N/A
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2021 Bad Hair Actor Virgie 58
Average
2021 Senior Entourage Actor Laverne 58
Average
2020 Promising Young Woman Actor Gail 72
Good
2020 Disclosure Actor Self - Actress 63
Fair
2020 Visible: Out on Television Actor Self 69
Fair
2019 Charlie's Angels Actor Bomb Instructor 63
Fair
2019 Savage X Fenty Show Actor Self 60
Fair
2019 Can You Keep a Secret? Actor Cybill 62
Fair
2018 We Won't Be Erased Actor N/A
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2018 The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2018 Freak Show Actor Felicia Watts 60
Fair
2017 Gavin Grimm vs. Actor Herself 59
Average
2017 Time Marches Forward & So Do We Actor Narrator N/A
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2017 Doubt Actor Cameron Wirth 62
Fair
2016 The Trans List Actor Herself 59
Average
2016 The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again Actor Dr. Frank-N-Furter 56
Average
2016 Free CeCe Actor Herself 59
Average
2015 Grandma Actor Deathy 61
Fair
2014 The T Word Actor Herself 59
Average
2014 Grand Street Actor Chardonnay 59
Average
2012 The Exhibitionists Actor Blithe Stargazer 58
Average
2012 Musical Chairs Actor Chantelle 59
Average
2011 Carl(a) Actor Cinnamon 59
Average
2010 Down This Road Actor Bartender N/A
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2009 Uncle Stephanie Actor Stephanie N/A
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Directing
2014 The T Word Directing Director 59
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Production
2020 Disclosure Production Executive Producer 63
Fair
2014 The T Word Production Executive Producer 59
Average