6. Laverne Cox
Net worth: $2 million
Sharing Carmen Carrera’s number 6 spot on this list of the highest paid transgender celebrities is Laverne Cox. Aside from being one of the highest paid celebs, Laverne Cox has quite a lot of bragging rights to her name. For one, she is the first trans woman of color to have been cast in a mainstream TV series, by way of Netflix’s hit prison series “Orange is the New Black”. This role on “Orange…” has also earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination – the first transgender individual to have earned such honor. Laverne is also a popular LGBT rights activist and public speaker.
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