Laverne Cox and Rain Valdez are blazing a new path for transgender people and people of color alike. This year, they became the first two openly transgender people recognized in any acting category.
Additionally, Valdez is the second performer of Filipino descent and among only a small handful of Asian performers nominated for an Emmy while Cox shares in a record year for the number of Black performers recognized.
Valdez is up for her first Emmy — Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series — for her unflinching performance as Belle, who’s unafraid to call out micro-aggressions or bad behavior in the people around her, in, which the actress also created. “It’s so good,” Cox says of the digital series.
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