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Laverne Cox

1972-05-29 (52 years old) in 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.

Movies

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Outcome
0 %|Apr 18, 2025
Comedy, Drama
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Uglies
59.77 %|Sep 12, 2024
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
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The Stroll
68 %|Jan 23, 2023
Documentary
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Power of Women: The Changemakers
0 %|Sep 22, 2022
Family, Documentary
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Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
80 %|Sep 22, 2022
Documentary, Comedy, TV Movie
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Jolt
66 %|Jul 15, 2021
Action, Thriller
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The Normal Heart
0 %|May 8, 2021
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Bad Hair
59 %|May 5, 2021
Horror, Comedy
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Senior Entourage
20 %|May 3, 2021
Comedy
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Promising Young Woman
74 %|Dec 13, 2020
Thriller, Crime, Drama
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Disclosure
79 %|Jun 19, 2020
Documentary
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Charlie's Angels
64 %|Nov 14, 2019
Action, Adventure, Comedy
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Savage X Fenty Show
82 %|Sep 20, 2019
Documentary
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Can You Keep a Secret?
64.18 %|Sep 13, 2019
Romance, Comedy
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We Won't Be Erased
0 %|Nov 22, 2018
Documentary
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Freak Show
68.47 %|Jan 12, 2018
Comedy, Drama
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Gavin Grimm vs.
50 %|Sep 21, 2017
Documentary
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Time Marches Forward & So Do We
0 %|Aug 10, 2017
Documentary, Animation
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The Trans List
61 %|Dec 5, 2016
Documentary
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
51 %|Oct 20, 2016
TV Movie, Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
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Free CeCe
77 %|Jun 3, 2016
Documentary
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Grandma
64.5 %|Jun 4, 2015
Comedy, Drama
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The T Word
61 %|Oct 17, 2014
Documentary
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Grand Street
80 %|May 2, 2014
Romance, Drama
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The Exhibitionists
32 %|Sep 22, 2012
Drama
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Musical Chairs
50 %|Mar 23, 2012
Drama, Romance
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Carl(a)
72 %|Oct 10, 2011
Drama
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Down This Road
0 %|Apr 20, 2010
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Uncle Stephanie
10 %|Jan 2, 2009
Drama

Series

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The Jennifer Hudson Show
64 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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Password
58 %|Aug 9, 2022
Reality
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Inventing Anna
67.75 %|Feb 11, 2022
Drama
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Amend: The Fight for America
71 %|Feb 17, 2021
Documentary, News, War & Politics
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Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
71.25 %|Jan 7, 2021
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Visible: Out on Television
69 %|Feb 14, 2020
Documentary
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Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
71 %|Jan 22, 2020
Comedy
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
38 %|Sep 16, 2019
Comedy, Talk
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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A Black Lady Sketch Show
74 %|Aug 2, 2019
Comedy
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Weird City
62.13 %|Feb 13, 2019
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler
50 %|Jun 4, 2018
Talk
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Drop the Mic
62 %|Oct 24, 2017
Reality, Comedy
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Doubt
44 %|Feb 15, 2017
Drama
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Match Game
60 %|Jun 26, 2016
Reality, Comedy
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To Tell the Truth
60 %|Jun 14, 2016
Comedy
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Lip Sync Battle
64 %|Apr 2, 2015
Reality, Comedy
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Lip Sync Battle
64 %|Apr 2, 2015
Reality, Comedy
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Trailblazer Honors
75 %|Jun 27, 2014
Documentary
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
78.91 %|Apr 27, 2014
Talk, Comedy, News
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Faking It
67 %|Apr 22, 2014
Comedy, Drama
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
55 %|Feb 25, 2014
Talk, Comedy
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
58 %|Feb 17, 2014
Comedy, Talk
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The Blacklist
76.31 %|Sep 23, 2013
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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Orange Is the New Black
76.69 %|Jul 11, 2013
Comedy, Drama
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The Mindy Project
63 %|Sep 25, 2012
Comedy
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Who Do You Think You Are?
66 %|Mar 5, 2010
Documentary, Reality
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
49 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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RuPaul's Drag Race
75 %|Feb 2, 2009
Reality
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Project Runway
62 %|Dec 1, 2004
Reality
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
80 %|Oct 15, 2000
Comedy
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
79 %|Sep 20, 1999
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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The View
45 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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The View
45 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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Law & Order
74 %|Sep 13, 1990
Crime, Drama
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
52 %|Sep 5, 1988
Talk
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MTV Video Music Awards
76 %|Sep 14, 1984
Documentary
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The Grammy Awards
77 %|Nov 29, 1959
Reality, Talk
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The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953