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Laverne Cox [0-0] American
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Actress


Laverne Cox is an American actress, reality television star, television producer, 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. 

Famous, Teacher



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I just have to be myself. I'm not perfect, and I'm going to make mistakes; I might say the wrong thing. I have to be responsible to my community, and I feel like I am, but then I have to not be so hard on myself.
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My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people. Teacher
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I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into dance classes, and finally, in third grade, she did. Tap and jazz, but not ballet.
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When people find out you're an actress, they Google you.
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I was an actress long before I was a reality TV person.
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I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else. Famous
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I don't have children, and I don't want children.
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What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned.
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Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented.
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I never knew my father. He was never married to my mother; he was never a part of my life. It was just my mom, my brother and me.
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