Laverne Cox

Acting

Laverne Cox

Born May 29, 1972 · Mobile, Alabama, USA (age 54)

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 Awa…

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Promising Young WomanPromising Young Woman · 2020
Promising Young Woman
7.42020
MovieThrillerCrime
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
OutcomeOutcome · 2026
Outcome
5.42026
MovieComedyDrama
Reef Hawk, Hollywood's poster child since age six, is not okay. When he learns about an extortion plot tied to a mysterious video, Reef preemptively sets out on a redemption tour to make amends, confront his demons, and avoid getting canceled.
Charlie's AngelsCharlie's Angels · 2019
Charlie's Angels
6.42019
MovieActionAdventure
Elena Houghlin is a scientist, engineer and inventor of Calisto -- a sustainable energy source that will revolutionize the way people use power. It will be ready as soon as she works out the last issue, if not it could be turned into a dangerous weapon. But when the cutting edge technology is pushed to an investor before she can do that, Elena turns to the Townsend Agency for help. Now, it's up to the Angels -- Jane, Sabina, and the newly recruited Elena -- to retrieve Calisto before it can be transformed into a weapon of mass destruction.
JoltJolt · 2021
Jolt
6.52021
MovieActionThriller
A bouncer with an anger management problem goes on a furious and resentful rampage after the murder of a friend.
Animal FarmAnimal Farm · 2026
Animal Farm
6.42026
MovieAnimationComedy
A group of farm animals rise up against their neglectful owner, dreaming of equality and freedom. But as the pigs take control, the revolution turns into tyranny, with truth rewritten and dissent crushed.
Can You Keep a Secret?Can You Keep a Secret? · 2019
Can You Keep a Secret?
6.42019
MovieRomanceComedy
Emma Corrigan, a girl with a few secrets, thinks she’s about to die on a turbulent plane ride. She spills them all to the handsome stranger sitting next to her. At least, she thought he was a stranger. But then, her company’s young and elusive CEO, arrives at the office. It’s him. And he knows every single humiliating detail about her.
A Very Jonas Christmas MovieA Very Jonas Christmas Movie · 2025
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
6.22025
MovieComedyMusic
Kevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families.
UgliesUglies · 2024
Uglies
5.72024
MovieScience FictionAdventure
In a futuristic dystopia with enforced beauty standards, a teen awaiting mandatory cosmetic surgery embarks on a journey to find her missing friend.

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Grand StreetGrand Street · 2014
Grand Street
5.02014
MovieRomanceDrama
Camilla Reilly’s elegant life has come undone. Once a fast-track film executive living in a luxurious SoHo loft, she finds herself unemployed, broke, single and suddenly homeless. Just as her cool, steely façade gives way to quiet desperation, she meets Amory, a brash young writer whose deeply personal screenplay she rejected a year earlier. Though Camilla doesn’t remember him, “Amo” has never forgotten. Over of the course of the next 24 hours, the two share a sleepless journey through the teeming streets and shadowy scenes of late night Manhattan. From downtown demimonde to uptown refinement, they edge closer to discovering their secret connection, until, ultimately, their whirlwind love story takes a fateful turn.

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The Normal HeartThe Normal Heart · 2021
The Normal Heart
2021
Movie
Directed by Emmy Award-winning director Paris Barclay, this presentation, the first after Kramer's death, is also the first time the Tony Award-winning play features a predominately BIPOC and LGBTQ cast. First staged in New York City in 1985 at The Public Theater, THE NORMAL HEART went on to become the longest running play there. Dealing with the painful experiences of the early days of the AIDS crisis when everything was still mysterious, the play dramatizes the struggle among gay men over which strategies would save their lives. Larry Kramer was a distinguished novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, and a pioneering AIDS activist. In 1982, he co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis, and then in 1987, he founded ACT UP. He died at the age of eighty-four in May, 2020. He is survived by his husband, David Webster.