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Born · May 29, 1972 (52 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Mobile, Alabama, USA
Laverne Cox is an American actress, reality television star, television producer, and LGBT advocate. She became known for her portrayal of Sophia Burset on the Netflix television series Orange Is the New Black, for which she became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the acting category, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer/musician Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she became the first openly transgender person to have a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on Doubt on CBS.
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Desiree · (8 episodes)
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2025
Dr. Cable
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2024
Self (archive footage)
6.7
2023
Self
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2022
Self
8.0
2022
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
2022
Host - Self · (1 episode)
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2022
Self - Celebrity Guest · (1 episode)
5.8
2022
Kacy Duke · (9 episodes)
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2022
Detective Nevin
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2021
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2021
Virgie
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2021
Laverne
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2021
Self · (3 episodes)
7.1
2021
Self - Contestant · (1 episode)
7.1
2021
Gail
7.4
2020
Self - Actress
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2020
Self · (1 episode)
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2020
Self · (5 episodes)
7.1
2020
God (voice) · (1 episode)
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2020
Bomb Instructor
6.4
2019
Self
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2019
Self · (1 episode)
3.8
2019
Cybill
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2019
(1 episode)
6.2
2019
Kiana · (1 episode)
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2019
Liquia · (1 episode)
6.2
2019
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2018
Self · (1 episode)
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2018
Narrator (voice)
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2018
Felicia Watts
6.8
2018
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
2017
Self
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2017
Narrator (voice)
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2017
Cameron Wirth · (13 episodes)
4.4
2017
Self
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2016
(1 episode)
8.5
2016
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
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2016
Self - Panelist · (1 episode)
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2016
Self - Panelist · (1 episode)
6.0
2016
Herself
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2016
Deathy
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2015
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
2015
Herself · (1 episode)
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2015
Herself
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2014
Self - Honoree · (1 episode)
7.5
2014
Chardonnay
8.0
2014
Self · (1 episode)
7.9
2014
Margot · (1 episode)
6.7
2014
Self · (3 episodes)
5.5
2014
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
Dr. Laken Perillos · (2 episodes)
7.6
2013
Sophia Burset · (40 episodes)
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2013
Sheena · (3 episodes)
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2012
Blithe Stargazer
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2012
Chantelle
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2012
Cinnamon
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2011
Bartender
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2010
Self · (1 episode)
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2010
Self - Guest · (7 episodes)
5.0
2009
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2009
Stephanie
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2009
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
6.2
2004
Laverne Cox · (1 episode)
8.0
2000
Candayce · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Self - Guest Co-Host · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Self · (2 episodes)
6.4
1996
Minnie · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.2
1988
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Self · (1 episode)
7.7
1959
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1953