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Feb 16, 2017 · Laverne Cox, a transgender actress who plays Sophia Burset in Netflix's "Orange is the New Black," is the first transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy. She also becomes the first ...
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Jun 6, 2014 · Laverne Cox is talking about her childhood in Mobile, Ala. She remembers being routinely chased and beaten by classmates after school. Cox was born biologically male, and her gender identity was ...
Apr 14, 2016 · Laverne Cox has never been shy about her transition. The 31-year-old Orange Is the New Black actress began the process in her 20s in New York City — an experience she recalls as being ...
Jun 7, 2021 · Laverne Cox has been one of the most visible trans people in the world for the better part of a decade. After landing a role on Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” in 2013 and being the ...
With various ‘firsts’ in my career, I'm a four-time Emmy-nominated actress, Emmy-winning producer, a prominent equal rights advocate, and public speaker. I was the first openly transgender ...
Jul 10, 2014 · On VH1's I Want to Work for Diddy in 2008, Laverne Cox was the first African-American transgender woman to appear on a reality competition show. She'd been working at Coffee Shop, a diner in Union ...
Sep 17, 2023 · Laverne Cox attends the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Amy Sussman/Getty Prior to her breakout role on Orange Is the New Black, Laverne competed on Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ VH1 reality show, I ...
