United States
Laverne Cox is a Black transgender actress, producer, and civil rights advocate from Mobile, Alabama, whose breakout role as Sophia Burset on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black made her the first…
Total Followers -0.1%
7.2M
Across Instagram, YouTube, TikTok
Primary Platform
6.7M followers · 94% of audience
Engagement
3.1%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mega
Est. $81K–$188K / IG post
Cox told Variety and The Guardian that speaking engagements and brand deals dried up as DEI-related opportunities were eliminated, raising broader questions about the economic impact on all trans people.
The Simon & Schuster memoir traces Cox's life from Mobile, Alabama to Hollywood. The tour hit NYC (Strand Books), San Francisco, and Los Angeles, with notable guest moderators at each stop.
Cox attended the film's world premiere in New York City in April 2026.
Cox took home the honor at the 37th GLAAD Media Awards alongside journalists Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels for a segment on LGBTQ+ visibility and WorldPride.
Cox announced she would not return as host just ahead of the Golden Globes, citing a desire to keep evolving as an actress, artist, and speaker.
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Laverne Cox is a Black transgender actress, producer, and civil rights advocate from Mobile, Alabama, whose breakout role as Sophia Burset on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black made her the first openly transgender woman nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category — a milestone that placed her at the center of a broader cultural conversation about transgender visibility in mainstream media. She has since built a career that spans scripted television, documentary producing (for which she holds an Emmy win), public speaking, and memoir writing, with her book Transcendent extending her platform into literary spaces. Her most recent television work includes the Prime Video series Clean Slate.
Cox's Instagram presence functions as a hybrid of personal advocacy, cultural commentary, and arts appreciation — her posts touch on transgender rights legislation, Broadway productions, and social policy, reflecting an audience that skews millennial, majority female, and predominantly U.S.-based, with meaningful international reach. Her engagement rate running notably above category median suggests an audience that actively responds to her political and cultural commentary rather than passive celebrity following. For brands, she represents a well-defined positioning at the intersection of LGBTQ+ advocacy, Black culture, and prestige entertainment — a combination that makes her particularly relevant for partners in fashion, beauty, publishing, and cause-driven campaigns as trans rights discourse continues to shape the broader cultural landscape.
Lavernecox reaches an audience concentrated in United States primarily through Instagram, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories, TikTok branded content. As an entertainment creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. Engagement on Instagram runs around 3.1%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Lavernecox's tier (Mega, 7.2M combined followers, United States). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Laverne Cox played Sophia Burset, a transgender hairdresser incarcerated at Litchfield Penitentiary, in Netflix's Orange Is the New Black. Her performance made history in 2014 when she became the first openly transgender actress to receive a Primetime acting Emmy nomination, a milestone she references prominently in her public bios.
Clean Slate is a series streaming on Amazon Prime Video that stars Laverne Cox. She has actively promoted the show across her social media platforms, particularly on TikTok, where her bio directs fans to watch it.
Yes, Laverne Cox appears in Uglies, Netflix's adaptation of Scott Westerfeld's popular dystopian YA novel. She has posted about the project on social media, using the hashtag #uglies to promote her involvement.
Laverne Cox won an Emmy as a producer for her documentary work shining a light on the lives of transgender youth. Beyond this producing win, she has also earned four acting Emmy nominations, making her one of the most Emmy-recognized transgender artists in television history.
Yes, Laverne Cox appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine in 2014 for the landmark issue headlined 'The Transgender Tipping Point,' becoming one of the first transgender people to grace the magazine's cover. She references this milestone among the career 'firsts' listed in her YouTube bio.
Yes, Laverne Cox has a twin brother named M Lamar, who is also a performer and artist. M Lamar memorably played a younger version of Sophia Burset in Orange Is the New Black flashback scenes, making it a real-life sibling collaboration on screen.
Laverne Cox grew up in Mobile, Alabama, before relocating to New York City to pursue a career in performance arts. She has spoken openly about the challenges of growing up as a gender-nonconforming Black child in the South, which shaped much of her advocacy work.
Laverne Cox's memoir, titled Transcendent, explores her personal journey as a Black transgender woman in America, covering her upbringing, identity, and the barriers she has broken in Hollywood. She has been actively promoting it through a book tour that is linked directly in her Instagram bio.
Laverne Cox has appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race as a guest judge and is a highly visible supporter of the drag community. The hashtag #dragrace features regularly in her social posts, and she frequently celebrates drag performers on her platforms.
Laverne Cox has built an audience of over six million followers on Instagram, making it her primary and largest social platform by a wide margin. She uses it to share advocacy content around transgender rights, acting projects, and moments from her personal life.
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