Roderick Laverne Cox

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Roderick Laverne Cox Wiki Biography

Roderick Laverne Cox was born on the 29th May 1972 in Mobile, Alabama USA, and is now a transgender actress, probably best recognized for starring in the role of Sophia Burset in the TV series “Orange Is The New Black”, for which she was nominated for both a Primetime Emmy Award as well as an Emmy Award, the first transgender person to be so honoured. She is also recognized as a producer. Her career has been active since 2000.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Laverne Cox is, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Laverne’s net worth is over $2 million, accumulated through her successful involvement in the entertainment industry, not only as an actress, but also as a producer.

Laverne Cox spent her childhood with an identical twin brother in her hometown, where she was brought up by a single mother and grandmother; her brother is M Lamar, who is known as a composer and musician. She went to the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, where she initially studied creative writing, then switched to Dance, so then enrolled at Indiana University, Bloomington, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance. Later, she enrolled at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, to study acting.

Thus, her professional career began in 2000, when she made her debut appearance in the short video “Betty Anderson”. She was subsequently cast in the film “The Kings Of Brooklyn” in 2004, which really marked the establishment of her net worth, in the meantime appearing in various clubs and restaurants as a drag queen. In 2008, she began guest-starring in such TV series as “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, and “Bored To Death”, after which she appeared in the role of Stephanie in the 2009 film “Uncle Stephanie”, and as a hooker in the film “Bronx Paradise” in 2010, so her net worth was rising consistently.

At the beginning of the next decade, Laverne had a major role when appearig as Cinnamon in the 2011 film “Carla”, directed by Eli Hershko, then as Chantelle in “Musical Chairs”, followed in 2013 when she starred as Genesuis in Eddy Duran’s film “36 Saints”, and later that year was selected to play Sophia Burset in the TV series “Orange Is The New Black” (2013-present). This latter has certainly boosted her net worth, as it is still running today.

Her next major role came in the documentary film about herself, entitled “Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word” (2014), which she also produced, and for which she was nominated for the 2015 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary, which added a considerable amount to her net worth too.

To speak further about her career, Laverne also appeared as Deathy in the 2015 film “Grandma”, starring alongside Julia Garner and Lily Tomlin, and was chosen to portray Sheena in the TV series “The Mindy Project” (2015-2017). Most recently, she featured as Cameron Wirth in the TV series “Doubt” (2017), and will appear as Amanda Jones in the film “The Trustee” set for a 2018 release, which will also increase her net worth.

Additional to her career as an actress, Cox has also become known as a producer. Her first project was the reality TV series “Transform Me” (2010), in which she was also one of the official cast, and then the previously mentioned  documentary about herself, for which she won the 2015 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Special Class Special as the Executive Producer. Most recently, she worked on the film “Free CeCe” (2016). Her net worth is certainly rising.

Speaking about her personal life, Laverne Cox is an openly transgender woman, who has been in a relationship with Jono Freedrix since 2014. Unsurprisingly she is also known as a strong advocate for LGBT rights, and in fact was the first openly transgender person to appear on the cover of “Time” magazine. Laverne is still resident in New York City.

IMDB Wikipedia “Orange Is the New Black” (2013-2018) 1984 2000 2015 Actors Actress Alabama Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham Betty Anderson (video Bored To Death (2008) Bronx Paradise (2010) Critics’ Cho Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special (2015) Doubt (2017) Eddy Duran Eli Hershko Freak Show (2017) Free CeCe (2016) Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (2014) GLAAD Media Stephen F. Kolzak Award (2014) Glamour Award for Woman of the Year Glamour Award for Woman of the Year/The Advocate (2014) Grandma (2015) ice Television Award$2 million Indiana University Bloomington Julia Garner Laverne Cox Laverne Cox Net Worth Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word (2015) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit LGBT Advocate Lily Tomlin M Lamar Marymount Manhattan College May 29 Mobile NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress OUT Power 50 List (2017) Primetime Emmy Award producer Reality television star Screen Actors Guild Award (2016 Shorty Award for Best Actress (2015) Spirited The Mindy Project (2015-2017) The Trustee (2017) Transform Me (2010) Uncle Stephanie (2009) United States

Roderick Laverne Cox Quick Info

Full Name Laverne Cox
Net Worth $2 Million
Date Of Birth May 29, 1972
Place Of Birth Mobile, Alabama, United States
Height 1.8 m
Profession Actress, Reality Television Star, LGBT Advocate, Producer
Education Marymount Manhattan College, Indiana University Bloomington, Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham
Nationality American
Parents Gloria Cox
Siblings M Lamar
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/lavernecoxforreal
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/lavernecox
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lavernecox/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/laverne-cox-7531832
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1209545
Allmusic https://www.allmusic.com/artist/laverne-cox-mn0003563643
Awards Glamour Award for Woman of the Year/The Advocate (2014), GLAAD Media Stephen F. Kolzak Award (2014), Screen Actors Guild Award (2016, 2015), Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special (2015)
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award, Shorty Award for Best Actress (2015), NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Critics’ Choice Television Award, EBONY Power 100 list (named 2014), World’s Most Beautiful Women List (2015, People)
Movies The Trustee (2017), Spirited, Freak Show (2017), Free CeCe (2016), Grandma (2015), Bronx Paradise (2010), Betty Anderson (video, 2000), Uncle Stephanie (2009), Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word (2015), OUT Power 50 List (2017)
TV Shows Orange is The New Black (2013-2018), The Mindy Project (2015-2017), Doubt (2017), Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (2014), Transform Me (2010), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Bored To Death (2008)

Roderick Laverne Cox Quotes

  • [as one spokesperson for the transgender movement] Some folks, they just don’t understand. And they need to get to know us as human beings. Others are just going to be opposed to us forever. But I do believe in the humanity of people and in people’s capacity to love and to change.

Roderick Laverne Cox Important Facts

  • The role of Cameron Wirth – her character in Doubt (2017) – was written specifically for a transgender actress.
  • Her nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – for her performance in Orange Is the New Black (2013) – at the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards makes her the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an acting award in the history of the Emmys.
  • She appeared on the cover of the June 9, 2014, issue of Time magazine, and was interviewed for the article “The Transgender Tipping Point” by Katy Steinmetz. This makes her the first openly transgender person to appear on the cover of Time in the magazine’s history.
  • She has spoken in many interviews about the bullying and lack of support she received from both peers and teachers as a child in Alabama. Her third grade teacher warned her mother that she was sick and “would end up in New Orleans wearing a dress if we don’t get him into therapy right away.” As an adult, in her capacity as an LGBT activist, she has lectured at many universities, including New Orleans’s Tulane, where she did indeed wear a dress.
  • She attended high school at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, a state-wide, public, magnet, boarding and day school in Birmingham. Admission to ASFA is by competitive application and – depending on the area of arts interest – audition. She started as a creative writing major, before later switching to the dance program.
  • She was named one of OUT Magazine’s 100 most influential gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender people for 2013.
  • She has a twin brother, musician M. Lamar, who appeared on Orange Is the New Black (2013) in a flashback as the pre-gender transition version of her character, Sophia.
  • During an interview with Michel Martin on the NPR talk show “Tell Me More”, she revealed that she grew up in Mobile, Alabama.

Roderick Laverne Cox Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Doubt 2017 TV Series Cameron Wirth Actress
Freak Show 2017/II Felicia Watts Actress
Orange Is the New Black 2013-2017 TV Series Sophia Burset Actress
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again 2016 TV Movie Dr. Frank-N-Furter Actress
The Mindy Project 2015 TV Series Sheena Actress
Grandma 2015 Deathy Actress
Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce 2014 TV Series Adele Northrop Actress
Faking It 2014 TV Series Margot Actress
Grand Street 2014 Chardonnay Actress
36 Saints 2013 Genesuis Actress
The Exhibitionists 2012 Blithe Stargazer Actress
Migraine 2012 Short Lola Actress
Musical Chairs 2011 Chantelle Actress
Carla 2011 Cinnamon Actress
Bronx Paradise 2010 Hooker Actress
Uncle Stephanie 2009 Stephanie Actress
Bored to Death 2009 TV Series Transexual Prostitute Actress
Law & Order 2008 TV Series Minnie Actress
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2008 TV Series Candace Actress
All Night 2008 Short Layla Actress
The Kings of Brooklyn 2004 Girl Actress
Betty Anderson 2000 Short Deirdre Actress
Free CeCe 2016 Documentary executive producer / co-producer Producer
The T Word 2014 TV Movie documentary executive producer Producer
Style Exposed 2011 TV Series producer – 1 episode Producer
Transform Me 2010 TV Series producer – 8 episodes Producer
Style Exposed 2011 TV Series 1 episode Writer
Orange Is the New Black 2015 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Talk 2015-2017 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself Self
Access Hollywood 2016-2017 TV Series Herself Self
Access Hollywood Live 2016-2017 TV Series Herself Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden 2015-2017 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself Self
CBS This Morning 2014-2017 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest Self
Live with Kelly and Michael 2015-2017 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself Self
The Daily Show 2016-2017 TV Series Herself Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2017 TV Series Herself Self
E! Live from the Red Carpet 2014-2017 TV Series Herself Self
Free CeCe 2016 Documentary Herself – Interviewer Self
Lip Sync Battle 2016 TV Series Herself Self
Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf 2015-2016 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself Self
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2016 TV Series Herself Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2016 TV Series Herself Self
Entertainment Tonight 2014-2016 TV Series Herself Self
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards 2016 TV Special Herself Self
Extra 2016 TV Series Herself Self
The Trans List 2016 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
2016 Billboard Music Awards 2016 TV Movie Herself – Presenter Self
Megyn Kelly Presents 2016 TV Special Herself Self
Hollywood Game Night 2016 TV Series Herself – Celebrity Player Self
The 47th NAACP Image Awards 2016 TV Movie Herself Self
22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2016 TV Special Herself – Winner: Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Self
Secrets of New York Fashion Week 2015 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Fashion Police 2014-2015 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards 2015 TV Special Herself – Audience Member Self
Good Morning America 2014-2015 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 2015 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
BET Awards 2015 2015 TV Movie Herself – Presenter Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014-2015 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Today 2014-2015 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The Insider 2014-2015 TV Series Herself / Herself – Orange Is the New Black / Herself – Orange is the New Black Self
2015 Billboard Music Awards 2015 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards 2015 TV Special Herself Self
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Female Actor in a Drama Series Self
The View 2014-2015 TV Series Herself – Guest Co-Hostess / Herself – Guest Self
Gay Positive 2014 Documentary Herself Self
Project Runway All Stars 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest Judge Self
The T Word 2014 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Revlon’s #GoBold 2014 TV Series Herself – Host Self
Inside Edition 2014 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards 2014 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Self
2014 MTV Video Music Awards 2014 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2014 TV Special Herself – Co-Presenter: Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie / Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special / Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series / … Self
Conan 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
2014 Logo Trailblazers 2014 TV Movie Herself Self
E! News 2014 TV Series Herself Self
The 4th Annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards 2014 TV Special Herself Self
Chelsea Lately 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
It Got Better 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself Self
TakePart Live 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Katie 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The Wendy Williams Show 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
A World of Dreams: Voices from the Out100 2013 Documentary Herself Self
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Undateable 2010 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself Self
Transform Me 2010 TV Series Herself Self
Britain’s Ugliest Models 2009 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Transgender Basics 2009 Video documentary short Herself – transgender woman Self
I Want to Work for Diddy 2008 TV Series Herself Self
Access Hollywood 2017 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Entertainment Tonight 2014-2016 TV Series Herself / Herself – The View Archive Footage
Extra 2016 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Chelsea 2016 TV Series Sophia Burset Archive Footage
Inside Edition 2014 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage

Roderick Laverne Cox Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2015 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Special Class Special Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word (2014) Won
2015 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black (2013) Won
2014 Stephen F. Kolzak Award GLAAD Media Awards Won
2014 The “We’re Wilde About You” Rising Star Award Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) Won
2013 Festival Prize Massachusetts Independent Film Festival Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Musical Chairs (2011) Won
2015 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Special Class Special Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word (2014) Nominated
2015 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black (2013) Nominated
2014 Stephen F. Kolzak Award GLAAD Media Awards Nominated
2014 The “We’re Wilde About You” Rising Star Award Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) Nominated
2013 Festival Prize Massachusetts Independent Film Festival Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Musical Chairs (2011) Nominated