Laverne Cox
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting85
movieAnimal Farm
2026
Snowball (voice)
movieOutcome
2026
Virginia Allen-Green
tvCelebrity Weakest Link
2025
Self - Contestant
tvClean Slate
2025
Desiree
movieUglies
2024
Dr. Cable
movieThe Stroll
2023
Self (archive footage)
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
movieBad Hair
2021
Virgie
movieSenior Entourage
2021
Laverne / Self
tvCelebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Self - Contestant
movieDisclosure
2020
Self - Actress
tvAwkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020
God (voice)
movieCharlie's Angels
2019
Bomb Instructor
tvWeird City
2019
Liquia
movieFreak Show
2018
Felicia Watts
movieTime Marches Forward & So Do We
2017
Narrator (voice)
tvDoubt
2017
Cameron Wirth
movieThe Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
2016
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
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
movieThe T Word
2014
Herself
tvTrailblazer Honors
2014
Self - Honoree
movieGrand Street
2014
Chardonnay
tvFaking It
2014
Margot
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
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
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieUncle Stephanie
2009
Stephanie
tvProject Runway
2004
Self - Guest Judge
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Laverne Cox
tvThe View
1997
Self - Guest / Self - Guest Co-Host / Self
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 Oscars
1953
Self
Production5
tvClean Slate
2025
Executive Producer
movieHeightened Scrutiny
2025
Executive Producer
movieDisclosure
2020
Executive Producer
movieThe T Word
2014
Executive Producer
Soapbox
Executive Producer
Creator1
tvClean Slate
2025
Creator
Directing1
movieThe T Word
2014
Director
Writing1
tvClean Slate
2025
Story