Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox
Biography
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
Actor
as Dr. Naya Cable
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Host - Self
as Self - Celebrity Guest
as Kacy Duke
as Detective Nevin
as Virgie
as Laverne
as Self
as Self - Contestant
as Gail
as Self - Actress
as Self
as God (voice)
as Bomb Instructor
as Self
as Cybill
as Self
as Kiana
as Liquia
as Narrator (voice)
as Felicia Watts
as Self
as Herself
as Narrator
as Self
as Cameron Wirth
as Herself
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
as Herself
as Self - Panelist
as Self - Panelist
as Deathy
as Self
as Herself
as Herself
as Chardonnay
as Self - Honoree
as Margot
as Self
as Dr. Laken Perillos
as Sophia Burset
as Blithe Stargazer
as Chantelle
as Sheena
as Cinnamon
as Bartender
as Self
as Stephanie
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Guest Judge
as Laverne Cox
as Candayce
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest Co-Host
as Self
as Minnie
as Self - Guest
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director