Personal Info
Known Credits
32
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1972-05-29 (53 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Mobile, Alabama, USA
Also Known For
Laverne Cox
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, ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
Animal Farm
| Clover (voice)
2025 --
Heightened Scrutiny
| Self
2024 --
Uglies
| Dr. Cable
2023 --
The Stroll
| Self (archive footage)
2022 --
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
| Self
2022 --
Power of Women: The Changemakers
| Self
2021 --
Jolt
| Detective Nevin
2021 --
The Normal Heart
|
2021 --
Bad Hair
| Virgie
2021 --
Senior Entourage
| Laverne
2020 --
Promising Young Woman
| Gail
2020 --
Disclosure
| Self - Actress
2019 --
Charlie's Angels
| Bomb Instructor
2019 --
Savage X Fenty Show
| Self
2019 --
Can You Keep a Secret?
| Cybill
2018 --
We Won't Be Erased
|
2018 --
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
| Narrator (voice)
2018 --
Freak Show
| Felicia Watts
2017 --
Gavin Grimm vs.
| Self
2017 --
Time Marches Forward & So Do We
| Narrator (voice)
2016 --
The Trans List
| Self
2016 --
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
| Dr. Frank-N-Furter
2016 --
Free CeCe
| Herself
2015 --
Grandma
| Deathy
2014 --
The T Word
| Herself
2014 --
Grand Street
| Chardonnay
2012 --
The Exhibitionists
| Blithe Stargazer
2012 --
Musical Chairs
| Chantelle
2011 --
Carl(a)
| Cinnamon
2010 --
Down This Road
| Bartender
2009 --
Uncle Stephanie
| Stephanie