Laverne Cox

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.

Cast

Uglies

(Dr. Cable)

The Exhibitionists

(Blithe Stargazer)

Power of Women: The Changemakers

(Self)

The Normal Heart

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter

(Self)

Grandma

(Deathy)

Grand Street

(Chardonnay)

Musical Chairs

(Chantelle)

Uncle Stephanie

(Stephanie)

The Stroll

(Self (archive footage))

Carl(a)

(Cinnamon)

Outcome

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

(Dr. Frank-N-Furter)

Free CeCe

(Herself)

The T Word

(Herself)

The Trans List

(Self)

Freak Show

(Felicia Watts)

Time Marches Forward & So Do We

(Narrator (voice))

Can You Keep a Secret?

(Cybill)

We Won't Be Erased

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom

(Narrator (voice))

Promising Young Woman

(Gail)

Jolt

(Detective Nevin)

Savage X Fenty Show

(Self)

Gavin Grimm vs.

(Self)

Charlie's Angels

(Bomb Instructor)

Bad Hair

(Virgie)

Disclosure

(Self - Actress)

Down This Road

(Bartender)

Senior Entourage

(Laverne)

The View

(Self - Guest)

The Blacklist

(Dr. Laken Perillos)

A Black Lady Sketch Show

(Kiana)

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

(Self)

Law & Order

(Minnie)

Orange Is the New Black

(Sophia Burset)

Faking It

(Margot)

The Mindy Project

(Sheena)

MTV Video Music Awards

(Self - Presenter)

The Daily Show

(Self)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self)

The View

(Self - Guest Co-Host)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

(Self)

Doubt

(Cameron Wirth)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(Self - Guest)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(Self)

Drop the Mic

(Self)

The Oscars

(Self)

Who Do You Think You Are?

(Self)

Project Runway

(Self - Guest Judge)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Lip Sync Battle

(Self)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

(Self)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

(Self - Guest)

The Grammy Awards

(Self)

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

Trailblazer Honors

(Self - Honoree)

If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox

(Host - Self)

To Tell the Truth

(Self - Panelist)

Match Game

(Self - Panelist)

Password

(Self - Celebrity Guest)

Awkwafina is Nora From Queens

(God (voice))

Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler

(Self)

Inventing Anna

(Kacy Duke)

RuPaul's Drag Race

(Self)

Amend: The Fight for America

(Self)

Visible: Out on Television

(Self)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(Candayce)

Curb Your Enthusiasm

(Laverne Cox)

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

(Self - Contestant)

Weird City

(Liquia)

Lip Sync Battle

(Herself)

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

(Self)