Laverne Cox twins with her Barbie doll at 50th birthday bash

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Laverne Cox twins with her Barbie doll at 50th birthday bash

Laverne Cox dressed up in the outfit she designed for the Barbie made her likeness to celebrate her 50th birthday.

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Laverne Cox twins with her Barbie doll at 50th birthday bash​

By Kristin Contino


May 27, 2022 | 3:08pm

Laverne Cox celebrated her 50th birthday with a Barbie-themed party -- and even dressed in exactly the outfit she designed for Mattel's Barbie in her likeness. Getty Images

Laverne Cox turned 50 in style.
The “Inventing Anna” actress celebrated the milestone birthday Thursday night at a Barbie-themed party at Magic Hour Rooftop at the Moxy Times Square in New York— and she even dressed to match the new doll in her likeness.
The LGBTQIA+ advocate was recently honored with the first Barbie modeled after a transgender woman, which is part of Mattel’s Tribute Collection featuring inspiring women.
The “Orange is the New Black” star — who turns 50 on Sunday — stepped out in a red leather corset and long, sheer red skirt over a sparkling silver catsuit, just like her doll.
“What excites me most about her being out in the world is that trans young people can see her and maybe get to purchase her and play with her, and know that there’s a Barbie made by Mattel, for the first time, in the likeness of a trans person,” she told People.
Cox was a Barbie Girl as she posed inside a doll box at her very pink birthday bash.Getty Images for Laverne Cox
The Emmy winner made sure her birthday was as Barbie-themed as possible — including a life-sized box that guests could pose inside of with photo props.
Decorations featured pink poodles along with cardboard cutouts of her new doll in various variations of its sassy outfit.
The doll’s outfit can be mixed and match in various ways, which Cox showed off by removing the skirt and corset to reveal the glittery catsuit underneath.Getty Images for Laverne Cox
“I was like, ‘What if we did a look that peeled?'” Cox told E! News, adding that while she would have liked the doll to have multiple outfits, it was necessary to improvise with one multi-use look.
“She gives you a catsuit fantasy, honey,” Cox said. “Transgender Barbie is in effect. She’s giving you looks. She’s giving you everything.”
The actress even had a special five-tiered, bow-trimmed cake for her milestone birthday topped with her new doll, as shared on friend Paul McGill’s Instagram story.
Actor Paul McGill shared some snaps from the party on his Instagram story, including one of Cox’s fabulous Barbie cake.paul_mcgill_/Instagram
Cox’s Barbie is available for $40 on the Mattel website along with retailers like Target and Walmart.
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