MY CULTURED LIFE What’s on Laverne Cox’s radar?

Actress Laverne Cox tells us what’s hot in her world right now…

What’s the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? Write down five things I’m grateful for.

What’s on your workout playlist? Early Noughties hip-hop.

What’s the last film that made you cry? Lion.

What was the last TV series you binged on? Big Little Lies. It’s reignited my love for Reese Witherspoon after Legally Blonde and Election.

What is your most treasured possession? My Emmy, because for a black, working-class, trans girl from Mobile, Alabama, to have one makes me feel like anything is possible.

What photo do you have as your phone screensaver? Me in a cut-out bikini, at my goal weight.

What’s your ultimate blow-out meal? Truffled mac and cheese followed by Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream.

What app do you wish that someone would invent? A dating app for transgender women that does not have a sex-work component to it.

What book changed your life? Lately, The Gifts Of Imperfection by Brené Brown.

How do you pass time on set? I sing opera.

What’s the alarm on your phone? It was a rooster, but my ex found it annoying, so now it’s a chime.

What’s your favourite emoji? The eggplant.

What books are next to your bed, waiting to be read? Healing Your Aloneness [by Margaret Paul]. It’s about recovering your inner child, and it’s been sitting there forever.

What song gets you on the dance floor? Anything by Beyoncé. Last time, it was Formation.

What TV show never gets old? Sex And The City. I could quote the whole show verbatim to you.

Orange Is The New Black, season five, is on Netflix from 9th June