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Laverne Cox

Film Producer / Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 05/29/1984 (39) | Mobile, Alabama (United States of America (USA))
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Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBT 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 regular 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... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

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A straitlaced, square couple, seeking shelter from a storm, find themselves in the castle of a transsexual alien mad scientist intent on creating a buff bodybuilder. ...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

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2016 | 2.6/5 | 1h 28min
TV Movie, Comedy, Music, Science Fiction
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When his dancer partner, Mia, lands in the hospital after an accident, Armando persuades her to train for an upcoming wheelchair ballroom dancing contest. ...

Musical Chairs

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2012 | 2.5/5 | 1h 42min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path. ...

Promising Young Woman

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2020 | 3.7/5 | 1h 54min
Thriller, Crime, Drama
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A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group ...

Orange Is the New Black

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2013 | 3.8/5 | 1h per episode
Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Laverne Cox

GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
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Movies with Laverne Cox as Actress(24)

2023 Uglies
as herself2022 Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
as Virgie2021 Bad Hair
as Laverne2021 Senior Entourage
as Detective Nevin2021 Jolt
as Self - Actress2020 Disclosure
as Gail2020 Promising Young Woman
as Bomb Instructor2019 Charlie's Angels
as Cybill2019 Can You Keep a Secret?
as herself2019 Savage X Fenty Show
as Narrator (voice)2018 The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
as Felicia Watts2018 Freak Show
as herself2017 Gavin Grimm vs.
as herself2016 The Trans List
as herself2016 Free CeCe
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter2016 The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
as Deathy2015 Grandma
as herself2014 The T Word
as Chardonnay2014 Grand Street
as Blithe Stargazer2012 The Exhibitionists
as Chantelle2012 Musical Chairs
as Cinnamon2011 Carl(a)
as Bartender2010 Down This Road
as Stephanie2009 Uncle Stephanie

TV Shows/Series with Laverne Cox as Actress(27)

as Kacy Duke2022 Inventing Anna
2021 Amend: The Fight for America
as herself2020 Visible: Out On Television
as Kiana2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Liquia2019 Weird City
as herself2019 A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as herself2018 Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
as Cameron Wirth2017 Doubt
as Herself - Panelist2016 Match Game
2016 Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
as herself2015 Lip Sync Battle
as Margot2014 Faking It
as herself2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as herself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Dr. Laken Perillos2013 The Blacklist
as Sophia Burset2013 Orange Is the New Black
as Sheena2012 The Mindy Project
as herself2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge2004 Project Runway
as herself2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Candayce1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Self - Guest1997 The View
as Self - Guest Co-Host1997 The View
as herself1996 The Daily Show
as Minnie1990 Law & Order
as Self - Guest1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Presenter??? MTV Video Music Awards

Movies with Laverne Cox as Crew(2)

Production/Executive Producer2020 Disclosure
Production/Executive Producer2014 The T Word

Additional Information

Full Name: Laverne Cox
Born: Tuesday, 05/29 1984 (May) in Mobile, Alabama (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 39 years + 327 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Marymount Manhattan College, Indiana University Bloomington, Alabama School of Fine Arts
Siblings: M Lamar
Laverne Cox frequently works together with these people:
Wanda Sykes (15x, Actress)
Lou Martini Jr. (14x, Actor)
William H. Burns (12x, Actor)
Jimmy Fallon (11x, Actor)
Margaret Cho (11x, Actress)
Adam LeFevre (11x, Actor)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (11x, Actor)
Tim Gunn (11x, Actor)
Robert Turano (11x, Actor)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Nicholas J. Giangiulio (10x, Actor)
Agustin McCarthy (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:292746, Added: 08/11/2018, Last updated: 04/19/2024