Laverne Cox
Acting
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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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
Law & Order
1990 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
The Blacklist
2013 · TV
The View
1997 · TV
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV