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.
Filmography
all 71
self 37
TV Shows 37
Movies 34
Voice 1
Narrator 1
Self
Framing Agnes (2023)
Movie
Self
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Stroll (2023)
Movie
Self
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter (2022)
Movie
Self
Power of Women: The Changemakers (2022)
Movie
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
TV
Self
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox (2022)
TV
Kacy Duke
Inventing Anna (2022)
TV
7
Detective Nevin
Jolt (2021)
Movie
Dr. Emma Brookner
The Normal Heart (2021)
Movie
Virgie
Bad Hair (2021)
Movie
Laverne
Senior Entourage (2021)
Movie
Self
Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
TV
Gail
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Movie
7.33
Self - Actress
Disclosure (2020)
Movie
Self
Visible: Out On Television (2020)
TV
7.6
Bomb Instructor
Charlie's Angels (2019)
Movie
6.05
Self
Savage X Fenty Show (2019)
Movie
7
Self
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
TV
6.67
Cybill
Can You Keep a Secret? (2019)
Movie
6.25
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
TV
9.5
Kiana
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
TV
Liquia
Weird City (2019)
TV
4.22
We Won't Be Erased (2018)
Movie
Self
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler (2018)
TV
Narrator (voice)
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom (2018)
Movie
Self - Host
Glam Masters (2018)
TV
Felicia Watts
Freak Show (2018)
Movie
Self
Drop the Mic (2017)
TV
9
Self
Gavin Grimm vs. (2017)
Movie
Narrator
Time Marches Forward & So Do We (2017)
Movie
Self
Absolutely Trans Is Beautiful! (2017)
Movie
Cameron Wirth
Doubt (2017)
TV
Self
The Trans List (2016)
Movie
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (2016)
TV
4
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016)
Movie
Self - Panelist
Match Game (2016)
TV
Self - Interviewer
Free CeCe (2016)
Movie
Deathy
Grandma (2015)
Movie
6
Self
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
TV
4.2
Self - Presenter
The T Word (2014)
Movie
Honoree (Orange is the New Black cast)
Trailblazer Honors (2014)
TV
Chardonnay
Grand Street (2014)
Movie
Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
TV
6.67
Margot
Faking It (2014)
TV
6.09
Self
Gay Positive (2014)
Movie
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
TV
3.5
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
TV
6.58
Self
A World of Dreams: Voices from the Out100 (2013)
Movie
Dr. Laken Perillos
The Blacklist (2013)
TV
6.93
Sophia Burset
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
TV
6.13
Sheena
The Mindy Project (2012)
TV
5.5
Blithe Stargazer
The Exhibitionists (2012)
Movie
Chantelle
Musical Chairs (2012)
Movie
Cinnamon
Carl(a) (2011)
Movie
Bartender
Down This Road (2010)
Movie
Self
Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
TV
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
TV
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
TV
6.63
Stephanie
Uncle Stephanie (2009)
Movie
Self - Guest Judge
Project Runway (2004)
TV
8
Laverne Cox
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
TV
6.07
Candayce
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV
6.19
Self - Guest / Self - Guest Co-Host
The View (1997)
TV
5.5
Self
The Daily Show (1996)
TV
6.75
Minnie
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
TV
Self - Presenter
MTV Video Music Awards (1984)
TV
Self
The Grammy Awards (1959)
TV
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Actress
Uglies
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.03
Based on 1.69 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1953
2012
2016
2014
2023
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1972-05-29 (51 years old)
Birth NameRoderick Laverne Cox
Birth PlaceMobile, United States of America
SiblingsM Lamar
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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