WATCH: “Uglies” star Laverne Cox used to have a “Huge crush on Keanu Reeves”

Collider writes: To call Laverne Cox’s list of superlatives “incredible” is a massive understatement. She’s the first African-American transgender person to produce and star in her own TV show (subsequently winning a GLAAD Media Award). She blazed onto the screen as Sophia in Orange in the New Black, stealing our hearts and becoming the first transgender person nominated for an acting award at the Emmys. Beyond her amazing acting work, Cox has received an Honorary Doctorate from The New School, the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal from the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, and has been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. Laverne Cox is an absolute powerhouse. Now she’s starring in Netflix’s new young adult science-fiction adaptation, Uglies.