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Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBT advocate. 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, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer Angela Morley in 1990.
May 29, 2014 · 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 ...
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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 ...
Feb 9, 2022 · Laverne Cox: ‘Trans actors weren’t able to have this kind of career before I did’. As she stars in Netflix’s highly anticipated Inventing Anna, Laverne Cox tells Hannah Marriott about fame ...
Jun 19, 2015 · Brad Calcaterra, a New York acting teacher who counts Ms. Cox among his students, said the number of transgender actors in his classes had exploded. “Art doesn’t have gender,” he said ...
Mar 12, 2018 · Abby gave an ironic sigh. Her phone buzzed: it was a text from Sofia, her girlfriend of the past three years, who had just arrived at the San Francisco airport. “Tomorrow’s going to go by in ...
Apr 28, 2022 · To see a fully realized trans woman on TV — one who was loved by a man, even if in secret — was a wake-up call for Cox. She got right to work, printing 500 copies of cards that said: “Laverne Cox is the answer to all your acting needs.”. One card landed on the desk of Paul Hilepo, who is still her manager today.
