- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 29, 1972
- Place of Birth
- Mobile, Alabama, USA
Laverne Cox
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 honoure…
Filmography
movieAnimal Farm
2026 · Snowball (voice)
movieOutcome
2026 · Virginia Allen-Green
movieThe Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025 · Self
movieA Very Jonas Christmas Movie
2025 · Stacy
tvCelebrity Weakest Link
2025 · Self - Contestant
movieA Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
2025 · Self
tvClean Slate
2025 · Desiree, Executive Producer, Story, Creator
movieHeightened Scrutiny
2025 · Self, Executive Producer
movieUglies
2024 · Dr. Cable
movieThe Stroll
2023 · Self (archive footage)
moviePower of Women: The Changemakers
2022 · Self
movieNorman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022 · Self
tvThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
tvSherri
2022 · Self - Guest
tvIf We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
2022 · Host - Self
tvPassword
2022 · Self - Celebrity Guest
tvInventing Anna
2022 · Kacy Duke
movieJolt
2021 · Detective Nevin
movieThe Normal Heart
2021
movieBad Hair
2021 · Virgie
movieSenior Entourage
2021 · Laverne, Self
tvAmend: The Fight for America
2021 · Self
tvCelebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · Self - Contestant
moviePromising Young Woman
2020 · Gail
movieDisclosure
2020 · Self - Actress, Executive Producer
tvBottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020 · Self
tvVisible: Out on Television
2020 · Self
tvAwkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020 · God (voice)
movieCharlie's Angels
2019 · Bomb Instructor
movieSavage X Fenty Show
2019 · Self
tvA Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Self
movieCan You Keep a Secret?
2019 · Cybill
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
tvA Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Kiana
tvWeird City
2019 · Liquia
movieWe Won't Be Erased
2018 · Self
tvUnapologetic with Aisha Tyler
2018 · Self
movieThe Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 · Narrator (voice)
movieFreak Show
2018 · Felicia Watts
tvDrop the Mic
2017 · Self
movieGavin Grimm vs.
2017 · Self
movieTime Marches Forward & So Do We
2017 · Narrator (voice)
tvDoubt
2017 · Cameron Wirth
movieThe Trans List
2016 · Self
tvMartha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
movieThe Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
2016 · Dr. Frank-N-Furter
tvThe $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · Self
tvMatch Game
2016 · Self - Panelist
tvTo Tell the Truth
2016 · Self - Panelist
movieFree CeCe!
2016 · Herself
tvCelebrity Family Feud
2015 · Self - Contestant
movieGrandma
2015 · Deathy
tvLip Sync Battle
2015 · Self
movieThe T Word
2014 · Herself, Executive Producer, Director
tvTrailblazer Honors
2014 · Self - Honoree
movieGrand Street
2014 · Chardonnay
tvLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Self
tvFaking It
2014 · Margot
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
tvThe Blacklist
2013 · Dr. Laken Perillos
tvOrange Is the New Black
2013 · Sophia Burset
tvThe Mindy Project
2012 · Sheena
movieThe Exhibitionists
2012 · Blithe Stargazer
movieMusical Chairs
2012 · Chantelle
movieCarl(a)
2011 · Cinnamon
movieDown This Road
2010 · Bartender
tvWho Do You Think You Are?
2010 · Self
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
tvRuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Self
movieUncle Stephanie
2009 · Stephanie
tvProject Runway
2004 · Self - Guest Judge
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Laverne Cox
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Candayce
tvThe View
1997 · Self - Guest, Self - Guest Co-Host
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self, Self - Guest
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Minnie
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
tvMTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self - Presenter
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Presenter
tvAmerican Music Awards
1974 · Self - Presenter
tvThe Grammys
1959 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
Soapbox
movieSoapbox
— · , Executive Producer