Laverne Cox makes network TV history for upcoming role on CBS’ ‘Doubt’
Laverne Cox is making history as the first transgender individual to be a series regular on network TV with her upcoming role on CBS’ Doubt, while also maintaining her role on Orange is the New Black as well as starring in Fox’s upcoming Rocky Horror Picture Show.
“I’m really, really grateful to have a job as an actor,” Cox said during the Television Critics Association press tour. “I’m an avid TV watcher, and there are people in my community who watch a lot of TV. Growing up, I did not see people like me on television. That folks can have a character like Cameron, who is Ivy League educated, it’s wonderful. And to be a black transgender woman in that position on CBS is really special.”
–Laverne Cox praises Jaden Smith’s women’s wear ad: ‘#TransIsBeautiful’
“It’s just an embarrassment of riches and I’m really, really grateful to be a part of all these projects that I really, really love. To be doing work that I love.”
On the panel, Cox looked back on her career, speaking about how she came from the position of struggling actress fighting eviction to the star she is today.
“I visualized it, I dreamed it. I think you have to begin to manifest things before they happen and so I dreamed about it and I worked towards this moment for a really long time. I’ve been really lucky. As [Oprah Winfrey] reminds us, ‘Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.’ So maybe I’m just prepared.”
–Laverne Cox shuts down Katie Couric when asked about her genitals
