Laverne Cox

Biography

Laverne Cox is an American actress best known as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, a role she took on in 2013. Born in Mobile, Alabama, she trained at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, where she shifted from dance to acting. After appearing as a contestant on VH1's I Want to Work for Diddy, she produced and presented the makeover series TRANSform Me. She was nominated for Primetime Emmys in 2014 and 2017 for Orange Is the New Black and won a Daytime Emmy in 2015 as an executive producer of the documentary Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word. She later played the attorney Cameron Wirth on CBS's Doubt and appeared in the Netflix film Uglies (2024), and she was named host of E!'s Live from the Red Carpet.

54years old

Turns 55 on May 29in 225 days

Born May 29, 1972Mobile
Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Also credited as Roderick Laverne Cox

Movie Career

Films: 12
Career span: 11 years2015 to 2026

Genres

Comedy58%, 7 films
Drama42%, 5 films
Thriller25%, 3 films
Action17%, 2 films
Crime17%, 2 films

First and latest

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Early training
Cox studied creative writing at the Alabama School of Fine Arts before switching to dance, then switched from classical ballet to acting at Marymount Manhattan College.
A change of course
While appearing in the first season of Orange Is the New Black, Cox was still performing as a drag queen at a Lower East Side restaurant, where she had first applied to work as a waitress.

Laverne Cox movies on Netflix

Animal Farm2026IMDb rating 3.0as Snowball (voice)
Outcome2026IMDb rating 4.5as Virginia Allen-Green
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie2025IMDb rating 5.7as Stacy
Uglies2024IMDb rating 4.7as Dr. Cable
Jolt2021IMDb rating 5.6as Detective Nevin
Bad Hair2020IMDb rating 5.6as Virgie
Promising Young Woman2020IMDb rating 7.5as Gail
Can You Keep a Secret?2019IMDb rating 5.4as Cybill
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom2018IMDb rating 2.7as Narrator (voice)
Freak Show2017IMDb rating 6.5as Felicia Watts
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again2016IMDb rating 4.2as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Grandma2015IMDb rating 6.7as Deathy

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Promising Young Woman2020 Crime, Drama, Thrilleras Gail
IMDb rating 7.5259K votes
Jolt2021 Action, Crime, Thrilleras Detective Nevin
IMDb rating 5.640K votes
Uglies2024as Dr. Cable
IMDb rating 4.738K votes
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again2016as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
IMDb rating 4.28.3K votes
Grandma2015as Deathy
IMDb rating 6.718K votes
Can You Keep a Secret?2019as Cybill
IMDb rating 5.423K votes
Outcome2026as Virginia Allen-Green
IMDb rating 4.512K votes
Animal Farm2026as Snowballvoice
IMDb rating 3.04.6K votes

Worked with

Laverne Cox made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Steve Buscemi

Susan Sarandon

Woody Harrelson

Clancy Brown

Keanu Reeves

Stanley Tucci

Emerald FennellDirector, 1 film Tanya WexlerDirector, 1 film McGDirector, 1 film

Films together

Steve Buscemi1 film together, 2026
Steve Buscemi's page
- Animal Farm2026IMDb rating 3.0Cox as SnowballvoiceBuscemi as Mr. Whympervoice
Susan Sarandon1 film together, 2021
Susan Sarandon's page
- Jolt2021IMDb rating 5.6Cox as Detective NevinSarandon as Woman with No Name
Woody Harrelson1 film together, 2026
Woody Harrelson's page
- Animal Farm2026IMDb rating 3.0Cox as SnowballvoiceHarrelson as Boxervoice
Clancy Brown1 film together, 2020
Clancy Brown's page
- Promising Young Woman2020IMDb rating 7.5Cox as GailBrown as Stanley
Keanu Reeves1 film together, 2026
Keanu Reeves's page
- Outcome2026IMDb rating 4.5Cox as Virginia Allen-GreenReeves as Reef Hawk
Stanley Tucci1 film together, 2021
Stanley Tucci's page
- Jolt2021IMDb rating 5.6Cox as Detective NevinTucci as Dr. Ivan Munchin
Emerald FennellDirector, 1 film, 2020
All films by Emerald Fennell
- Promising Young Woman2020IMDb rating 7.5Cox as Gail
Tanya WexlerDirector, 1 film, 2021
All films by Tanya Wexler
- Jolt2021IMDb rating 5.6Cox as Detective Nevin
McGDirector, 1 film, 2024
All films by McG
- Uglies2024IMDb rating 4.7Cox as Dr. Cable

Awards

One award and honor.

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Laverne Cox's awards and nominations, grouped by award
Year	Award	Film	Result
Other honors
2014	GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award		Won

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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