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With various ‘firsts’ in her already impressive career, Laverne Cox is a four-time Emmy-nominated actress, Emmy winning documentary film producer and a prominent equal rights advocate and public speaker. Laverne's groundbreaking role of Sophia Burset in the critically acclaimed Netflix original series Orange is The New Black brought her to the attention of diverse audiences all over the world. This role lead to Laverne becoming the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for a Primetime acting Emmy.
An artist and an advocate with an empowering message of moving beyond gender expectations to live more authentically, Laverne is the first openly transgender person to appear on the covers of TIME Magazine, Cosmopolitan and Essence magazines among others. She was named one of Glamour magazine’s 2014 Women of the Year. Laverne also proudly holds two SAG Awards... winning them with her Orange Is The New Black cast mates.
Laverne is continuing to expand her presence on the big and small screens with diverse and groundbreaking roles. Laverne’s upcoming films include Justin Simien’s independent film “Bad Hair'', Focus Features and FilmNation Entertainment’s thriller “Promising Young Woman” and the action comedy JOLT alongside Kate Beckinsale, Bobby Cannavale and Stanley Tucci.
Laverne has been one of the faces of Beyonce’s athleisure line, Ivy Park. She continues to collaborate with Smirnoff in a series of groundbreaking commercials.
Her Emmy-winning documentary Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word helped lead her to Executive Producing two powerful documentaries. Free CeCe, tells the story of CeCe McDonald, a transgender woman who was controversially sentenced to 41 months in a men's prison for second degree manslaughter after defending herself against a racist and transphobic attack. The documentary focuses on McDonald’s case, her experiences while incarcerated and the larger implications of her case for the transgender community and for communities of color at large. Disclosure available now on Netflix is an unprecedented, groundbreaking look at the depiction of transgender lives throughout the history of film and TV. What emerges is a fascinating story of dynamic interplay between trans representation on screen, society’s beliefs, and the reality of trans lives. Disclosure provokes a startling revolution in how we see and understand trans people.
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