Laverne Cox
Birthday
1972/05/29 (52 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Mobile, Alabama, USA
Also know as
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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, ...Read more
Acting
(2024) Uglies
as Dr. Cable
(2012) The Exhibitionists
as Blithe Stargazer
(2022) Power of Women: The Changemakers
as Self
(2021) The Normal Heart
as ---
(2022) Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
as Self
(2015) Grandma
as Deathy
(2014) Grand Street
as Chardonnay
(2012) Musical Chairs
as Chantelle
(2009) Uncle Stephanie
as Stephanie
(2023) The Stroll
as Self (archive footage)
(2011) Carl(a)
as Cinnamon
Outcome
as ---
(2016) The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
(2016) Free CeCe
as Herself
(2014) The T Word
as Herself
(2016) The Trans List
as Self
(2018) Freak Show
as Felicia Watts
(2017) Time Marches Forward & So Do We
as Narrator (voice)
(2019) Can You Keep a Secret?
as Cybill
(2018) We Won't Be Erased
as ---
(2018) The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
as Narrator (voice)
(2020) Promising Young Woman
as Gail
(2021) Jolt
as Detective Nevin
(2019) Savage X Fenty Show
as Self
(2017) Gavin Grimm vs.
as Self
(2019) Charlie's Angels
as Bomb Instructor
(2021) Bad Hair
as Virgie
(2020) Disclosure
as Self - Actress
(2010) Down This Road
as Bartender
(2021) Senior Entourage
as Laverne
(2025) Heightened Scrutiny
as Self
(2025) Animal Farm
as Clover (voice)
(1997) The View
as Self - Guest
(2013) The Blacklist
as Dr. Laken Perillos
(2019) A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Kiana
(2019) A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
(1990) Law & Order
as Minnie
(2014) Faking It
as Margot
(2013) Orange Is the New Black
as Sophia Burset
(2012) The Mindy Project
as Sheena
(1984) MTV Video Music Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(1997) The View
as Self - Guest Co-Host
(2014) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
(2017) Doubt
as Cameron Wirth
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(2017) Drop the Mic
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(2010) Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
(2004) Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as ---
(2015) Lip Sync Battle
as Self
(2022) The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(1959) The Grammys
as Self
(2016) Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
as ---
(2014) Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Honoree
(2022) If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
as Host - Self
(2016) To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
(2016) Match Game
as Self - Panelist
(2022) Password
as Self - Celebrity Guest
(2020) Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
as God (voice)
(2018) Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
as Self
(2022) Inventing Anna
as Kacy Duke
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self
(2021) Amend: The Fight for America
as Self
(2020) Visible: Out on Television
as Self
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Candayce
(2000) Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Laverne Cox
(2021) Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant
(2019) Weird City
as Liquia
(2015) Lip Sync Battle
as Herself
(2020) Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
as Self
(2025) Clean Slate
as Desiree
(2022) Sherri
as Self - Guest
(2016) The $100,000 Pyramid
as Self