Ranked: Top 13 Laverne Cox Roles (According to IDMB)
Queer History reviews the top-rated career of a transgender icon
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13. Inventing Anna: 6.9
A journalist investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary heiress who stole the hearts and money of New York elites. — Google
Laverne’s role: Kacy Duke
Stream via Netflix
12. Tuca & Bertie: 7.4
The story of two 30-year old bird women who live in the same apartment building. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: Ebony Black
Stream via Netflix
11. Migraine: 7.5
Co-starring Orange Is The New Black’s Laverne Cox, this drama tells the story of a shoe designer who is suffering a severe migraine and lead on an adventure that will change his life forever. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: Lola
Stream via VOD
10. Promising Young Woman: 7.5
Nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be — she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she’s living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: Gail
Stream via Peacock
9. Awkwafina is Nora from Queens: 7.5
With help from her dad and grandmother, Nora Lum navigates young adulthood in Flushing, New York with her cousin. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: God (voice of)
Stream via MAX
8. A Black Lady Sketch Show: 7.5
A half-hour sketch comedy written by and starring Robin Thede. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: Kiana
Stream via MAX
7. The Mindy Project: 7.5
A young Ob/Gyn doctor balances her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small office.
Laverne’s role: Cousin Sheena
Stream via Hulu
6. Law and Order: 7.8
New York’s finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: Minnie
Stream via BRAVO
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5. Bored to Death: 7.9
A well-meaning but struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective using the methods he read about in old detective novels. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: transgender prostitute
Stream via MAX
4. The Blacklist: 7.9
A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: Dr. Laken Perillos
Stream via Netflix
3. Orange is the New Black: 8.0
Convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: Sophia Burset
Stream via Netflix
2. Law and Order: SVU: 8.1
This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: Candace
Stream via BRAVO
1. Curb Your Enthusiasm: 8.8
Larry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events. — IMDB
Laverne’s role: herself
Stream via MAX
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