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Director
Laverne Cox
Acting
Career Snapshot
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0.8
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 1298360
IMDb ID: nm1209545
Known for: Acting
Born: May 29, 1972
Age: 53
Place of birth: Mobile, Alabama, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.53
Wikidata: Q6502596
Frequent jobs
Executive Producer (4)
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 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.
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Highest rated movies linked with Laverne Cox.
7.8
Disclosure
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
7.4
Promising Young Woman
as Gail
2020 Movie
6.7
Freak Show
as Felicia Watts
2018 Movie
6.5
Jolt
as Detective Nevin
2021 Movie
6.5
Grandma
as Deathy
2015 Movie
6.4
Charlie's Angels
as Bomb Instructor
2019 Movie
6.4
Can You Keep a Secret?
as Cybill
2019 Movie
6.2
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
as Stacy
2025 Movie
5.8
Uglies
as Dr. Cable
2024 Movie
5.7
Bad Hair
as Virgie
2021 Movie
5.1
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
2016 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Laverne Cox.
8.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Laverne Cox • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Candayce • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
as Sophia Burset • 40 eps
2013 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
as Dr. Laken Perillos • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Minnie • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.1
Amend: The Fight for America
as Self • 3 eps
2021 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series
6.8
Inventing Anna
as Kacy Duke • 9 eps
2022 Series
6.7
Faking It
as Margot • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 2 eps
1996 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Laverne Cox.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Laverne Cox.
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Candayce • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Minnie • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
as Dr. Laken Perillos • 2 eps
2013 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 8 eps
2009 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 2 eps
1996 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
2014 Series
8.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Laverne Cox • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
as Sophia Burset • 40 eps
2013 Series
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
6.2
Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2004 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Laverne Cox.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Laverne Cox.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Laverne Cox.
May 1
Animal Farm
as Snowball (voice)
2026 Movie
Apr 9
Outcome
as Virginia Allen Green
2026 Movie
9.0
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
as Self
2025 Movie
6.2
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
as Stacy
2025 Movie
A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
as Self
2025 Movie
8.0
Heightened Scrutiny
as Self
2025 Movie
5.8
Uglies
as Dr. Cable
2024 Movie
6.6
The Stroll
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
8.0
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
as Self
2022 Movie
Power of Women: The Changemakers
as Self
2022 Movie
6.5
Jolt
as Detective Nevin
2021 Movie
The Normal Heart
2021 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Laverne Cox.
4.0
Celebrity Weakest Link
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2025 Series
6.4
Clean Slate
as Desiree • 8 eps
2025 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2022 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
5.5
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox
as Host - Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
5.8
Password
as Self - Celebrity Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.8
Inventing Anna
as Kacy Duke • 9 eps
2022 Series
7.1
Amend: The Fight for America
as Self • 3 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2021 Series
10.0
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.9
Visible: Out on Television
as Self • 5 eps
2020 Series
6.8
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
as God (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series