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Actress Laverne Cox has such an engaging character arc on “Orange Is the New Black,” and her real life is just as captivating as her story on camera. Share this (if you find her story as interesting as I do) by clicking the Facebook and Twitter buttons below.

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Actress Laverne Cox has such an engaging character arc on “Orange Is the New Black,” and her real life is just as captivating as her story on camera.

Share this (if you find her story as interesting as I do) by clicking the Facebook and Twitter buttons below.

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