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    American actress and LGBT advocate

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    Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBT advocate. [3] [4] [5] She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black , becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category, [6] [7] and the first to be nominated for an Emmy ...

  2. "I felt the opposite of cute," she said. "People misgendering me, calling me a man, and saying I looked like a man got to me and made me feel so insecure.

  3. Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.) American actress and activist who achieved a number of “firsts” as an openly transgender woman in the entertainment industry.

  4. May 29, 2014 7:00 AM EDT. O n TIME’s cover this week is an unlikely icon: Laverne Cox. Bullied and harassed for appearing feminine while growing up in Mobile, Ala., Cox eventually came out as...

  5. Right. Last November, Cox was walking with a male friend through a park in Los Angeles when a stranger approached and aggressively asked if she was “a guy” before launching at her friend. She...

  6. May 29, 1972 · Mobile, Alabama, USA. Height. 5′ 11″ (1.80 m) Mini Bio. Laverne Cox is a three time Emmy-nominated actress, Emmy winning documentary film producer and a prominent equal rights advocate.

  7. February 28, 2023 7:00 AM EST. Buy a print of The Transgender Tipping Point cover here. When TIME asked Laverne Cox to be the magazine’s first out transgender cover subject, for a story about...

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