While she already had a promising career ahead earlier than landing the position of Sophia Burset in Orange Is the New Black, joining the stellar solid on what was once Netflix’s highest-rated display has opened all kinds of new opportunities for Laverne Cox.
The outspoken LGBTQ+ activist and actress swiped up a handful of awards for the character, including an Emmy award for Outstanding Special Class Special in 2015 and a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance via an Ensemble in a Comedy Series — a feat she achieved two times in a row (2015 and 2016).
Cox’s occupation has skyrocketed since her exposure on Netflix, and since OITNB’s final run with season 7 in 2019, the 48-year-old has stayed booked and busy with little to no chance of her occupation slowing down anytime quickly. So how a lot is Cox’s net worth these days and how has she been making her money since OITNB ended? Here’s the lowdown…
Laverne Cox’s Net Worth
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Cox is worth an outstanding $Four million, with most of her fortune coming from her luck on Netflix.
It’s rumored that Cox was making less than $30,000 in line with episode ahead of she would return for a third series, which supposedly noticed her salary bumped to $60,000 per episode.
By season 3, Netflix clearly knew they'd a success display on their palms, so doubling on the salaries of its lead stars came as no wonder.
While Cox had already gave the impression in a sequence of presentations prior to OITNB, she admitted in an interview with Women’s Health mag that the pay was never enough for her to consider acting a full-time job. In reality, issues have been so dangerous that she ceaselessly found herself having very little cash left after paying her bills.
“Just a few years ago, I was still suffering to pay my rent,” she said. “I used to be thinking of going back to graduate faculty [for girls's studies] in fact because I hadn’t had an performing role for nine months. All the success just rings a bell in my memory of how far I've come and how a lot work is still but to be achieved.”
And what a turnout she has made because since touchdown her career breakout in 2013, Cox has never stopped working.
In 2017, she starred in the CBS sequence Doubt alongside Katherine Heigl and Dule Hill, and while the show appeared very promising, the community determined to not renew it for a 2d series.
Still, Cox would have made a significant quantity only for being forged in a syndicated tv series — on peak of being a routine forged member on one among the freshest presentations on Netflix.
Speaking about what had made her wish to take on the role of playing a attorney on the display, the LGBTQ+ activist advised Variety in 2017, “I’ve always sought after to play a legal professional, but if I was approached with this script I saw that Joan Rater and Tony Phalen had written this script, I was a huge fan in their work on Grey’s Anatomy."
“They did such an amazing job of writing these characters that were iconic. The years that they were on ‘Grey’s,’ the show was at the height of McDreamy, McSteamy, the Snow Patrol song, “Choose me” — all those moments that they created were so incredible.
She concluded, “So getting to work with show-runners of that caliber was the big draw. But I’ve really wanted to play a lawyer and do something different. The opportunity to be on network television, too, was really exciting to me. Netflix is awesome, Netflix has changed the world. But it’s a change to have a broadcast audience and have a different experience.”
Cox also had a recurring role playing Cousin Sheena in The Mindy Project before landing her biggest part in a blockbuster flick after being cast in the 2019 Charlie’s Angels reboot.
She’s currently filming her next TV series titled Inventing Anna before she commences work on the comedy show Clean Slate with actor George Wallace.
Cox is also a best-selling author, who published her brutally honest book, Daring to Be Myself: A Memoir, back in 2015.
In May 2021, it was announced that the actress had signed a deal with the E! network that will see her take over Giuliana Rancic’s position as host of Live From E!
"Laverne Cox is a risktaker, groundbreaking pioneer, and a way tour de pressure," executive vice president of E! News, Jean Neal, said in a statement.
“As we continue to evolve the way we cover Hollywood's biggest nights, Laverne's passion for, and extensive knowledge of, the fashion community resonates with our audience and we look forward to seeing her shine on the other side of the velvet rope."
It’s honest to say that Cox’s net worth is only going to continue emerging from right here.
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