What is Laverne Cox?
{{Infobox person | name = Laverne Cox | image = Laverne Cox by Sachyn Mital cropped.jpg | caption =Cox in July 2014 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|05|29}} | birth_place = [[Mobile, Alabama]], U.S. | education = {{unbulleted list| | [[Indiana University Bloomington]] | [[Marymount Manhattan College]] }} | occupation = [[Actor|Actress]], [[Reality television|reality television star]], [[activist]] | years_active = 2000–present | relatives = [[M Lamar]] {{small|(twin brother)}} [[Gloria Cox]] Mother | website = {{URL|www.lavernecox.com}} }} '''Laverne Cox''' (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and [[LGBT]] advocate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavernecox.com/bio-2/|title=Laverne Cox Bio|publisher=LaverneCox.com|accessdate=September 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820105221/http://www.lavernecox.com/bio-2/|archivedate=August 20, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/theater/13actout.html|title=Helping Gay Actors Find Themselves Onstage|publisher=The New York Times|author=Erik Piepenburg|date=December 12, 2010|accessdate=April 12, 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612101336/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/theater/13actout.html|archivedate=June 12, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afterelton.com/blog/nycrob/gay-man-transgender-woman-want-to-work-diddy |title=Meet the Gay Man and Transgender Woman Who Want to Work for Diddy |publisher=AfterElton |accessdate=April 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830102209/http://www.afterelton.com/blog/nycrob/gay-man-transgender-woman-want-to-work-diddy |archivedate=August 30, 2010 }}</ref> She is best known for playing Sophia Burset in ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'', a [[Netflix]] series. Burset is a [[transgender woman]] in a women's prison. ==Early life== Laverne Cox was born in [[Mobile, Alabama]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/loca