Laverne Cox ‘is so excited’ to host ‘intimate’ weekly podcast for Shondaland in February

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Laverne Cox ‘is so excited’ to host ‘intimate’ weekly podcast for Shondaland in February

By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com

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Transgender trailblazer Laverne Cox announced Monday that she’s ‘so excited’ to host her first-ever weekly podcast for Shondaland and iHeartRadio, which launches in February.

‘The Laverne Cox Show will feature intimate conversations that I hope will expand our consciousness and get us closer to becoming the very best versions of ourselves,’ the 48-year-old Daytime Emmy winner – who boasts 6.3M social media followers – wrote.

‘I hope you’ll join me in February on this journey I want us to go on together.’  

Surprise! Transgender trailblazer Laverne Cox announced Monday she’s ‘so excited’ to host her first-ever weekly podcast for Shondaland and iHeartRadio, which launches in February

The 48-year-old Daytime Emmy winner wrote: 'The Laverne Cox Show will feature intimate conversations that I hope will expand our consciousness and get us closer to becoming the very best versions of ourselves'

The 48-year-old Daytime Emmy winner wrote: ‘The Laverne Cox Show will feature intimate conversations that I hope will expand our consciousness and get us closer to becoming the very best versions of ourselves’

This marks the second time Cox teamed up with the legendary showrunner Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal) as she’ll also act in her 10-episode limited series, Inventing Anna.

Laverne (born Roderick) plays celebrity trainer and life coach, Kacy Duke, who’s ‘mature and centered enough to stay out of any real trouble.’

‘Kacy gets sucked into the Anna (Julia Garner) whirlwind,’ the Shondaland description read last year. 

'Meet the cast!' This marks the second time Cox teamed up with the legendary showrunner Shonda Rhimes (Grey's Anatomy, Scandal) as she'll also act in her 10-episode limited series, Inventing Anna

‘Meet the cast!’ This marks the second time Cox teamed up with the legendary showrunner Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal) as she’ll also act in her 10-episode limited series, Inventing Anna 

Due out in 2021! Laverne plays trainer and life coach Kacy Duke in the Netflix drama based on Jessica Pressler's 2018 NY Mag article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People

Due out in 2021! Laverne plays trainer and life coach Kacy Duke in the Netflix drama based on Jessica Pressler’s 2018 NY Mag article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People

‘When she least expects it, in the wake of Anna’s crimes, Kacy find herself becoming a coach to more than just Anna.’

The 2021 Netflix drama is based on Jessica Pressler’s 2018 New York Magazine article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People.

The Bad Hair actress next plays coffee shop manager Gail opposite Carey Mulligan in Emerald Fennell’s thriller Promising Young Woman, which hits US theaters December 25 and UK theaters February 12.

But first! The Bad Hair actress next plays coffee shop manager Gail opposite Carey Mulligan (L) in Emerald Fennell's (M) thriller Promising Young Woman, which hits US theaters December 25 and UK theaters February 12

But first! The Bad Hair actress next plays coffee shop manager Gail opposite Carey Mulligan (L) in Emerald Fennell’s (M) thriller Promising Young Woman, which hits US theaters December 25 and UK theaters February 12