<P> Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBT advocate . She became known for her portrayal of Sophia Burset on the Netflix television series Orange Is the New Black , for which she became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the acting category , and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer / musician 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 . This made her the first openly transgender woman to win a Daytime Emmy as an Executive Producer ; as well , The T Word is the first trans documentary to win a Daytime Emmy . Also in 2015 , she became the first openly transgender person to have a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds . In 2017 , she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on Doubt on CBS . </P>
<P> Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBT advocate . She became known for her portrayal of Sophia Burset on the Netflix television series Orange Is the New Black , for which she became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the acting category , and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer / musician 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 . This made her the first openly transgender woman to win a Daytime Emmy as an Executive Producer ; as well , The T Word is the first trans documentary to win a Daytime Emmy . Also in 2015 , she became the first openly transgender person to have a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds . In 2017 , she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on Doubt on CBS . </P>
who plays the trans in orange is the new black
who plays the trans in orange is the new black
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox