Meet Laverne Cox, groundbreaking actress and transgender activist | VIDEO
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Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
October 31st, 2012
http://sdgln.com/news/2012/10/31/laverne-cox-groundbreaking-actress-transgender-activistLaverne Cox is on a roll as an actress and transgender activist, and 2012 has been very good to her.
This year, Cox earned rave reviews for her supporting role of Chantelle in director Susan Seidelman's latest film, "Musical Chairs," playing a vivacious transgender woman who is paraplegic but refuses to let life keep her down.
"Musical Chairs," which opened in select cities in the spring, will be screened on Thursday, Nov. 15, at The International Film Festival of Manhattan at the Quad Cinemas. The feel-good movie is inspirational, too, showing how the competitive world of ballroom dancing has embraced the worldwide phenomenon of wheelchair ballroom dancing.
As a transgender woman, Cox says she had no difficulty playing a transgender woman, but that she had to learn how to be convincing as Chantelle, a disabled person who uses a wheelchair. Cox eats up her scenes, creating a colorful and rich character who is strong, funny, resilient, charming and upbeat despite the harsh realities of her situation.
