Laverne Cox
Acting
Born May 29, 1972 · 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…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Law & Order
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
The Blacklist
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
RuPaul's Drag Race
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Project Runway
The View
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Orange Is the New Black
Sherri
The Mindy Project
MTV Video Music Awards
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Celebrity Family Feud
The Oscars
People's Choice Awards
American Music Awards
Lip Sync Battle
The $100,000 Pyramid
Match Game
To Tell the Truth
Who Do You Think You Are?
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Outcome
Faking It
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Drop the Mic
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Password
Inventing Anna
Animal Farm
Trailblazer Honors