
Laverne Cox
Highest Rated: 98% Disclosure (2020)
Lowest Rated: 29% Can You Keep a Secret? (2019)
Birthday: May 29, 1972
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, USA
Laverne Cox was a female transgender actress known as much for her powerful acting ability as for her role as a movement spokeswoman. Her breakthrough role came on Netflix's female prison drama series "Orange is the New Black" (2013-), in which she played transgender prison inmate Sophia Burset, although she also appeared in the series "Law & Order" (NBC 1990-2010) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC 1999- ). She got her break as the first transgender constant on Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' reality television show "I Want to Work For Diddy" (VH1 2008-2010), leading to a series of her own reality production "TRANSform Me" (VH1 2010). Cox grew up in Mobile, Alabama, and was the subject of bullying and discrimination because of her sexuality. At this time her twin brother, the singer known as M. Lamar, was a constant companion to her. He went on to play the flashback, pre-gender swap version of Sophia as a firefighter who steals credit cards to fund his swap in "Orange is the New Black," in an episode directed by Jodie Foster. Having lived openly as a woman since the late 1990s while a student at Marymount Manhattan College in New York, Cox took the decision to step away from reality television and work exclusively as an actress following "TRANSform Me." She also wrote for the Huffington Post on transgender issues. Her film work included supporting roles in Susan Seidelman's dance drama "Musical Chairs" (2012) and Paul Weitz's comedy-drama "Grandma" opposite Lily Tomlin. In 2016, she starred as Dr. Frank N. Furter in the TV musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again" (Fox 2016). THe following year, Cox co-starred in legal drama "Doubt" (CBS 2017) and appeared in the Trudie Styler-directed film "Freak Show" (2017).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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91% | 87% | Promising Young Woman | Gail (Character) | $4M | 2020 |
64% | 38% | Bad Hair | Virgie (Character) | - | 2020 |
98% | 87% | Disclosure |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2020 |
29% | 38% | Can You Keep a Secret? | Cybill (Character) | - | 2019 |
53% | 68% | Freak Show | Felicia Watts (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Free CeCe | Executive Producer | - | 2016 |
28% | 25% | The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | El show de terror de Rocky | Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Carl(a) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
91% | 67% | Grandma | Deathy (Character) | $7M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Exhibitionists | Blithe Stargazer (Character) | - | 2012 |
37% | 78% | Musical Chairs | Chantelle (Character) | $31.3K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carla | Cinnamon (Character) | - | 2011 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2021 2018 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2020 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live with Kelly and Ryan | Guest | 2018-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2020 2016 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2020 2015-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today 3rd Hour | Guest | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2018-2020 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Daily | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2020 2017 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Game Night | Guest | 2020 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Queer Icon | Unknown (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drop the Mic | Contestant | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Unapologetic With Aisha Tyler | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Tell the Truth | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Match Game | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Do You Think You Are? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Glam Masters |
Host, Co-Executive Producer |
2018 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2017-2018 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Real | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood Live | Guest | 2016-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just for Laughs | Host | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood | Guest | 2016-2017 |
53% | 78% | Doubt | Cameron Wirth (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | America's Got Talent | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2015-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Trevor Noah | Guest | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LIVE with Kelly | Guest | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS This Morning | Guest | 2017 2014 |
No Score Yet | 38% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lip Sync Battle | Contestant | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Tonight Canada | Guest | 2016 |
90% | 82% | Orange Is the New Black |
Sophia Burset (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2013-2016 |
86% | 82% | The Mindy Project |
Unknown (Guest Voice), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2015 |
98% | 82% | Last Week Tonight With John Oliver | Herself (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live! With Kelly and Michael | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Project Runway All Stars | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Q With Jian Ghomeshi | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 106 & Park |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fashion Police | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Take Part Live | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Katie | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | TRANSform Me | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
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