Laverne Cox

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1972-05-29 (52 years old)

Place of Birth Mobile, Alabama, USA

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

2025
Clean Slate

as Desiree

2024
Uglies

as Dr. Cable

2023
The Stroll

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Password

as Self - Celebrity Guest

2022
Inventing Anna

as Kacy Duke

2021
Jolt

as Detective Nevin

2021
Bad Hair

as Virgie

2021
Senior Entourage

as Laverne

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

as Self - Contestant

2020
Disclosure

as Self - Actress

2019
Charlie's Angels

as Bomb Instructor

2019
Weird City

as Liquia

2018
Freak Show

as Felicia Watts

2017
2017
2017
Drop the Mic

as Self

2017
Doubt

as Cameron Wirth

2016
2016
Free CeCe

as Herself

2016
Match Game

as Self - Panelist

2016
To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

2015
Grandma

as Deathy

2015
2015
Lip Sync Battle

as Herself

2014
The T Word

as Herself

2014
Grand Street

as Chardonnay

2014
Trailblazer Honors

as Self - Honoree

2014
Faking It

as Margot

2013
The Blacklist

as Dr. Laken Perillos

2013
Orange Is the New Black

as Sophia Burset

2012
The Exhibitionists

as Blithe Stargazer

2012
Musical Chairs

as Chantelle

2012
2011
Carl(a)

as Cinnamon

2010
Down This Road

as Bartender

2009
Uncle Stephanie

as Stephanie

2009
2004
Project Runway

as Self - Guest Judge

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Laverne Cox

1997
The View

as Self - Guest

1997
The View

as Self - Guest Co-Host

1996
1990
Law & Order

as Minnie

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1984
MTV Video Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

1959
1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

2025
Heightened Scrutiny

as Executive Producer

2025
Clean Slate

as Executive Producer

2020
Disclosure

as Executive Producer

2014
The T Word

as Executive Producer

Director

2014
The T Word

as Director

Creator

2025
Clean Slate

as Creator