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