Biography
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 Pr…
Career works
86
Movies
36
Series
50
Career average
6.3/10
Birth date
05/29/1972
Place of birth
Mobile, Alabama, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Animal Farm
2026 · 6.4
Outcome
2026 · 5.4
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025 · 9.0
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
2025 · 6.2
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
2025
Heightened Scrutiny
2025 · 4.5
Uglies
2024 · 5.7
The Stroll
2023 · 6.5
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022 · 8.0
Power of Women: The Changemakers
2022
Jolt
2021 · 6.5
The Normal Heart
2021
Bad Hair
2021 · 5.6
Senior Entourage
2021 · 2.0
Promising Young Woman
2020 · 7.4
Series
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025 · 5.0
Outlaws with TS Madison
2025
Clean Slate
2025 · 6.4
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · 5.6
Sherri
2022 · 2.6
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
2022 · 5.5
Password
2022 · 5.0
Inventing Anna
2022 · 6.8
Amend: The Fight for America
2021 · 7.1
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · 7.1
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020 · 10.0
Visible: Out on Television
2020 · 6.4
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020 · 6.9
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · 3.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · 6.3