Laverne Cox
Known for Acting · 85 credits
- Born
- 1972-05-29 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Mobile, Alabama, USA
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 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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Known For
TV Shows (49)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Candayce
Law & Order
1990
as Minnie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Blacklist
2013
as Dr. Laken Perillos
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Laverne Cox
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Guest / Self - Guest Co-Host
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Orange Is the New Black
2013
as Sophia Burset
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self
Project Runway
2004
as Self - Guest Judge
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self - Presenter
The Mindy Project
2012
as Sheena
Lip Sync Battle
2015
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
as Self - Contestant
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
as Self
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
To Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
American Music Awards
1974
as Self - Presenter
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
as Self
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
as Self - Contestant
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
as Kiana
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020
as God (voice)
Drop the Mic
2017
as Self
Faking It
2014
as Margot
Inventing Anna
2022
as Kacy Duke
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self - Honoree
Password
2022
as Self - Celebrity Guest
Weird City
2019
as Liquia
Amend: The Fight for America
2021
as Self
Doubt
2017
as Cameron Wirth
Visible: Out on Television
2020
as Self
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025
as Self - Contestant
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
as Self
Clean Slate
2025
as Desiree
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
2018
as Self
The Grammys
1959
as Self
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
2022
as Host - Self
Movies (36)
Animal Farm
2026
as Snowball (voice)
Outcome
2026
as Virginia Allen-Green
Charlie's Angels
2019
as Bomb Instructor
Promising Young Woman
2020
as Gail
Uglies
2024
as Dr. Cable
Jolt
2021
as Detective Nevin
Disclosure
2020
as Self - Actress
Can You Keep a Secret?
2019
as Cybill
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022
as Self
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
2016
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Bad Hair
2021
as Virgie
Grandma
2015
as Deathy
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
2025
as Stacy
Freak Show
2018
as Felicia Watts
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Grand Street
2014
as Chardonnay
The Stroll
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Savage X Fenty Show
2019
as Self
Senior Entourage
2021
as Laverne / Self
The Trans List
2016
as Self
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
2025
as Self
Carl(a)
2011
as Cinnamon
Down This Road
2010
as Bartender
Power of Women: The Changemakers
2022
as Self
Musical Chairs
2012
as Chantelle
Free CeCe!
2016
as Herself
Gavin Grimm vs.
2017
as Self
The Exhibitionists
2012
as Blithe Stargazer
We Won't Be Erased
2018
as Self
The Normal Heart
2021
Heightened Scrutiny
2025
as Self
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
2025
as Self
The T Word
2014
as Herself
Soapbox
Uncle Stephanie
2009
as Stephanie
Time Marches Forward & So Do We
2017
as Narrator (voice)
About Laverne Cox
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… With 85 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Laverne Cox has appeared in 36 films and 49 TV shows.
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- Animal Farm (2026) — as Snowball (voice)
- Outcome (2026) — as Virginia Allen-Green
- Charlie's Angels (2019) — as Bomb Instructor
- Promising Young Woman (2020) — as Gail
- Uglies (2024) — as Dr. Cable
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