Laverne Cox
Acting
Born: 1972-05-29 · Mobile, Alabama, USA
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,
🎬 Movies (30)
Outcome
2026
Virginia Allen-Green
Animal Farm
2026
Snowball (voice)
Heightened Scrutiny
2025
Self
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
2025
Self
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
2025
Stacy
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship -- A Special Edition of 20/20
2025
Self
Uglies
2024
Dr. Cable
The Stroll
2023
Self (archive footage)
Power of Women: The Changemakers
2022
Self
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022
Self
The Normal Heart
2021
Jolt
2021
Detective Nevin
Bad Hair
2021
Virgie
Senior Entourage
2021
Self
Promising Young Woman
2020
Gail
Disclosure
2020
Self - Actress
Can You Keep a Secret?
2019
Cybill
Savage X Fenty Show
2019
Self
Charlie's Angels
2019
Bomb Instructor
Freak Show
2018
Felicia Watts
We Won't Be Erased
2018
Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Narrator (voice)
Time Marches Forward & So Do We
2017
Narrator (voice)
Gavin Grimm vs.
2017
Self
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
2016
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Free CeCe!
2016
Herself
The Trans List
2016
Self
Grandma
2015
Deathy
Grand Street
2014
Chardonnay
The T Word
2014
Herself
📺 TV Shows (30)
Clean Slate
2025
Desiree
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025
Self - Contestant
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Self
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
2022
Host - Self
Password
2022
Self - Celebrity Guest
Inventing Anna
2022
Kacy Duke
Sherri
2022
Self - Guest
Amend: The Fight for America
2021
Self
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Self - Contestant
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
2020
God (voice)
Visible: Out on Television
2020
Self
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
Self
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Kiana
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Self
Weird City
2019
Liquia
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
2018
Self
Doubt
2017
Cameron Wirth
Drop the Mic
2017
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
To Tell the Truth
2016
Self - Panelist
Match Game
2016
Self - Panelist
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Self
Lip Sync Battle
2015
Self
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Self - Contestant
Faking It
2014
Margot
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self
Trailblazer Honors
2014
Self - Honoree