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Laverne Cox

1984 - Today

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Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBT 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 Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, making her the first trans woman to win the award. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laverne Cox has received more than 20,672,452 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Laverne Cox is the 5,649th most popular actor (down from 3,887th in 2019), the 8,269th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,902nd in 2019) and the 2,571st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Laverne Cox ranks 5,649 out of 13,578. Before her are Robert Earl Jones, January Jones, Betsy Brandt, Austin St. John, Rex Linn, and Aksel Hennie. After her are Andrew Scott, Marie Windsor, Brad Renfro, John David Washington, Ines Pellegrini, and Roschdy Zem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Laverne Cox ranks 95. Before her are Vedad Ibišević, Prince Félix of Luxembourg, Elizabeth Holmes, Marshall Allman, Sasha Vujačić, and Carmelo Anthony. After her are John David Washington, Vera Zvonareva, Andriy Pyatov, Michelle Ryan, Eric Trump, and Sunil Chhetri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laverne Cox ranks 8,269 out of 20,380. Before her are Rex Linn (1956), Clark Clifford (1906), Bebe Rexha (1989), Erykah Badu (1971), Charles R. Knight (1874), and ASAP Rocky (1988). After her are Rick Warren (1954), Amar Bose (1929), Teddy Pendergrass (1950), Emma Smith (1804), Marie Windsor (1919), and Brad Renfro (1982).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Laverne Cox ranks 2,571. Before her are Slim Summerville (1892), Robert Earl Jones (1910), January Jones (1978), Betsy Brandt (1976), Austin St. John (1974), and Rex Linn (1956). After her are Marie Windsor (1919), Brad Renfro (1982), John David Washington (1984), Joe Alaskey (1952), Omar Epps (1973), and Mariette Hartley (1940).

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