Google that question and you get "May 29, 1984." Other sites say the same; Women's Wear Daily recently called her a "Mobile-born 30-year-old." But we think Cox is a lot older -- like, 12 years older. We've found evidence that she was in college in 1993, and we're pretty sure she was born in 1972. Read on for details. Laverne Cox is both actress and advocate. She stars on the hit show Orange Is the New Black, and she has been everywhere (including the cover of Time) in the last year as a transgender icon and advocate. But in the grand tradition of Hollywood stars, she also likes to hide her age. That's what made us curious to learn more. First, the known facts. Laverne Cox was born in Mobile, Alabama and was, as she prefers to say, "assigned