Laverne Cox
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LGBT rights activist
actress
film actor
human
producer
public speaker
television actor
transgender woman
Laverne Cox is an Emmy-nominated American actress and LGBTQ+ advocate best known for her groundbreaking role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laverne Cox canonical | 16 |
| Laverne Cox as Cybill | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T956686 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laverne Cox Context triple: [Orange Is the New Black, notableCastMember, Laverne Cox]
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A.
Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner is an American television personality and former Olympic gold medal–winning decathlete who became widely known both for her athletic achievements and her later public gender transition.
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B.
Robin Ruzan
Robin Ruzan is an American writer, producer, and actress known for her work in comedy and television, including contributions to projects associated with "Saturday Night Live."
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C.
Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke is an American civil rights activist best known for originating the "Me Too" movement to support survivors of sexual violence.
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D.
Adeena Sussman
Adeena Sussman is an American-Israeli cookbook author and food writer known for her vibrant, flavor-forward recipes and collaborations with prominent culinary figures.
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E.
Kaitlin Olson
Kaitlin Olson is an American actress and comedian best known for playing Dee Reynolds on the long-running sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laverne Cox Target entity description: Laverne Cox is an Emmy-nominated American actress and LGBTQ+ advocate best known for her groundbreaking role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black."
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A.
Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner is an American television personality and former Olympic gold medal–winning decathlete who became widely known both for her athletic achievements and her later public gender transition.
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B.
Robin Ruzan
Robin Ruzan is an American writer, producer, and actress known for her work in comedy and television, including contributions to projects associated with "Saturday Night Live."
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C.
Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke is an American civil rights activist best known for originating the "Me Too" movement to support survivors of sexual violence.
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D.
Adeena Sussman
Adeena Sussman is an American-Israeli cookbook author and food writer known for her vibrant, flavor-forward recipes and collaborations with prominent culinary figures.
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E.
Kaitlin Olson
Kaitlin Olson is an American actress and comedian best known for playing Dee Reynolds on the long-running sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT rights activist
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actress ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ producer ⓘ public speaker ⓘ television actor ⓘ transgender woman ⓘ |
| advocacyFocus |
LGBTQ+ equality
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transgender rights ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Doubt
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Grandma ⓘ Inventing Anna ⓘ Orange Is the New Black ⓘ TRANSform Me ⓘ The Mindy Project ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Daytime Emmy Award as executive producer of Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word
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linked to:
Daytime Emmy Awards
GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1972-05-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Alabama School of Fine Arts
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Marymount Manhattan College ⓘ |
| employer |
Netflix (for Orange Is the New Black)
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linked to:
Netflix
|
| ethnicGroup |
African-American
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linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Cox ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
LGBTQ+ advocacy
ⓘ
acting ⓘ |
| givenName | Laverne ⓘ |
| hasTwinSibling | M. Lamar ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying Sophia Burset on Orange Is the New Black ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Laverne Cox ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first openly transgender person nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category
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first openly transgender person to appear on the cover of Time magazine ⓘ |
| notableSpeech | speeches on transgender visibility and discrimination ⓘ |
| notableWork | Orange Is the New Black ⓘ |
| occupation |
LGBT rights activist
ⓘ
actress ⓘ model ⓘ reality television participant ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Mobile, Alabama, United States
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linked to:
Mobile, Alabama
|
| religion |
Christianity (raised)
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linked to:
Christianity
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| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation |
LGBTQ+
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linked to:
LGBTPeople
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| sibling | M. Lamar ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Laverne Cox Description of subject: Laverne Cox is an Emmy-nominated American actress and LGBTQ+ advocate best known for her groundbreaking role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black."
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.