
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBT advocate. She appeared in the legal drama Doubt, the TV musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again, and the series Orange Is the New Black and Clean Slate. Cox starred in films including Can You Keep a Secret? with Alexandra Daddario, Jolt with Kate Beckinsale, and Promising Young Woman. She was the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy Award in an acting category. Cox produced the documentary Disclosure and the series If We're Being Honest With Laverne Cox. She also released the singles Beat for the Gods and America the Beautiful, and hosts the podcast The Laverne Cox Show.
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- The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi #372 We Need Soundbites with Laverne Cox

Actress & storyteller Laverne Cox joins to share the downsides of getting your tea clocked at a young age, going to conversion therapy, the fight for trans rights in a fascist society, beefing with Caitlin Jenner, and why “messing up” has gotta stop.Follow Laverne Cox on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, & FacebookPre-order Laverne Cox's memoir, Transcendent: http://bit.ly/TranscendentBook--The Downside is going on tour! See us live in Portland, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Get tickets: https://gianmarcosoresi.com/downsidepodcast--The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi has a Patreon! Subscribe here for two bonus episodes every month and access to exclusive content!Follow Gianmarco Soresi on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and TwitterFollow Russell Daniels on InstagramFollow the show on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTokProduced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco SoresiTechnical production by Ty Colgate & Christian PittmanEdited by Dave ColumboSpecial Thanks Tovah SilbermannOriginal music by Douglas GoodhartLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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- US
- BORN
- May 29, 1972