Laverne Cox wins trans role in US legal drama
By Josh Haggis
Laverne Cox has been cast in a new US legal drama, it has been announced.
The transgender actress, best known for her role on popular Netflix series Orange Is The New Black, has been cast in Doubt, a legal drama that, if picked up, could potentially air on US network CBS.
Although details surrounding the show are scarce, Deadline have confirmed that Cox will play Cameron Wirth – a “fierce and funny, competitive and compassionate transgender Ivy League-educated attorney.”
The drama, penned by Grey’s Anatomy writers Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, centres on a “smart, chic and successful lawyer” who finds herself getting romantically involved with a client who “may or may not be” guilty of a serious violent crime.
We’re getting serious Ally McBeal vibes here, although hopefully minus the dancing baby…
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