Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox is a transgender actress and LGBTQ+ activist best known for her breakthrough role as Sophia Burset in Orange Is the New Black (Netflix, 2013–2019). In 2014 she became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category. That same year she appeared on the cover of Time magazine as the face of "The Transgender Tipping Point" — the first transgender person to do so. She has since become the first trans person to appear on the cover of Cosmopolitan US and among the first to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cox has been a tireless advocate for transgender rights, particularly for trans women of color, and is one of the most prominent trans public figures in history.