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Laverne Cox

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Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBTQ 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. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, making her the first trans woman to win the award. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on U.S. broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBS's Doubt. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2024). Laverne Cox is the 5,966th most popular actor (down from 5,646th in 2024), the 9,244th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,265th in 2019) and the 2,740th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Laverne Cox ranks 5,966 out of 13,578. Before her are Bill Hader, Sul Kyung-gu, Jang Keun-suk, Laura Leighton, Rodrigo de la Serna, and Strother Martin. After her are Edward Arnold, Brian Aherne, Peter Mark Richman, Sidney Blackmer, Austin St. John, and Melinda Clarke.

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Among people born in 1984, Laverne Cox ranks 120. Before her are Sara Jean Underwood, Oleksiy Honcharuk, Calvin Harris, João Pereira, Marie Kondo, and Aubrey Plaza. After her are Stefan Kießling, John David Washington, Vedad Ibišević, Dustin Moskovitz, Karolína Kurková, and Garrett Hedlund.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laverne Cox ranks 9,246 out of 20,380. Before her are Gil Gerard (1943), Charles Sheeler (1883), Bill Hader (1978), R. B. Kitaj (1932), Laura Leighton (1968), and Strother Martin (1919). After her are Dianne Reeves (1956), Edward Arnold (1890), Bobby Heenan (1944), Peter Mark Richman (1927), Sidney Blackmer (1895), and Austin St. John (1974).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Laverne Cox ranks 2,741. Before her are Betty Bronson (1906), William Hopper (1915), Gil Gerard (1943), Bill Hader (1978), Laura Leighton (1968), and Strother Martin (1919). After her are Edward Arnold (1890), Peter Mark Richman (1927), Sidney Blackmer (1895), Austin St. John (1974), Melinda Clarke (1969), and Zach Galligan (1964).

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