Power 50
Power 50: Laverne Cox

Actress/Transgender Advocate, 31
April 14 2016 10:22 AM EST
September 25 2018 3:20 AM EST
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Actress/Transgender Advocate, 31
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Appearances in Lily Tomlin's Grandma and TheMindyProject helped the OrangeIstheNewBlack star expand her visibility in 2015. Later this year, she'll trade in her prison duds for fishnets in Fox's musical version of TheRockyHorrorPictureShow, before slipping into a smart power suit as one of the leads in the new CBS legal drama Doubt.
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