Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBT advocate who became the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Profession :

TV Actress

Birthday :

May 29, 1972

Star Sign :

Gemini

Age :

52

Birthplace :

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Laverne Cox, an American actress, Emmy-winning documentary film producer, and prominent equal rights advocate, gained recognition for her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black.” She made history as the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category and to appear on the cover of Time magazine. Cox has also appeared in “Doubt” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again,” and produced and co-hosted the documentary series “TRANSform Me.”