deborah offner played the trans in orange is the new black.
deborah offner played the trans in orange is the new black.
who plays the trans in orange is the new black?
deborah offner
in 2013, cox began her recurring role in the netflix series "orange is the new black" as sophia burset, a trans woman sent to prison for credit-card fraud. in that year, she stated, "sophia is written as a multi-dimensional character who the audience can really empathize with—all of the sudden they're empathizing with a real trans person. and for trans folks out there, who need to see representations of people who are like them and of their experiences, that's when it becomes really important." cox's role in "orange is the new black" provides her a platform to speak on the rights of trans people.
laverne cox
orange is the new black: my year in a women's prison









































orange is the new black: my year in a women's prison (titled orange is the new black: my time in a women's prison in some editions) is a 2010 memoir by piper kerman, which tells the story of her money laundering and drug trafficking conviction and subsequent year spent in a federal women's prison.









































the book was adapted into the netflix original comedy-drama series "orange is the new black".









































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orange is the new black: my year in a women's prison