Laverne Cox

Person · 7 cases · 2015–2025 · American actress and LGBT advocate

How Laverne Cox spread

Cox moved from VH1 reality television to Netflix acting, then reached wider audiences through interviews and magazine coverage.

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Entertainment 4 · Media & publishing 2, Fashion & accessories 1
202620082010201320142014201510 yrsConner Ives Protect the Dolls T-Shirt · Kept it going · Jun 10, 2025The Body Keeps the Score · Kept it going · Aug 1, 2024Entanglement · Kept it going · Feb 27, 2022Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s Shallow Oscars performance · Carried it · Feb 25, 2019Level Up Challenge · Carried it · Aug 12, 2018Formation · Carried it · Feb 6, 2016Call Me Caitlyn · Carried it · Jun 1, 2015Start2008First big push2010Breakout2013First big push2014First press2014Lasting mark2015TVOpen webPressXInstagramAudio

  1. 2008

    StartTV

    Cox competed on VH1's first season of I Want to Work for Diddy. web.archive.org

  2. 2010

    First big pushTV

    VH1 gave Cox a makeover series, TRANSform Me, after her appearance on Diddy's show. web.archive.org

  3. 2013

    BreakoutOpen web

    Cox began playing Sophia Burset on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black, gaining a platform for transgender advocacy. nytimes.com

  4. 2014

    First big pushJan · TV

    On Katie Couric's show, Cox redirected questions about surgery toward discrimination and violence against transgender people. salon.com

  5. 2014

    First pressJun 9 · Press

    Cox appeared on Time's cover for its story on transgender visibility. time.com

  6. 2015

    Lasting markTV

    Cox won a Daytime Emmy as executive producer of the documentary Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word. glaad.org

Call Me Caitlyn

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Caitlyn Jenner poses for Annie Leibovitz on the cover of Vanity Fair #CallMeCaitlyn http://t.co/NRyh6R09RR http://t.co/GO1ZgJJKBR

3.9B impressions

Conner Ives Protect the Dolls T-Shirt

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Conner Ives on Instagram: "After the groundswell of support for the ‘Protect the Dolls’ tee, we will be putting the t-shirt up on our website for pre order tomorrow at 5pm GMT. All proceeds…

20K sold

Formation

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Formation (Explicit)

16.3M impressions

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s Shallow Oscars performance

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Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow (From A Star Is Born/Live From The Oscars)

247M views on the upload

Level Up Challenge

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Ciara Inspires Patients in DC and Charlotte - Ryan Seacrest Foundation

2.7M views

The Body Keeps the Score

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Cover of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

3M sold

Entanglement

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39M views · 622K reactions | Jada and Will address the recent headlines and share their journey of finding peace through pain. | Red Table Talk

Peaked at #7

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