20 Badass Trans Women Who Ruled 2015

Known For: Her role as Sophia Burset on the hit Netflix series, Orange Is the New Black.

How She Owned 2015: From her Entertainment Weekly cover to her sexy Allure spread, Laverne broke many barriers for trans women this year. She became the first transgender woman to receive a Madame Tussauds wax figure and was included on People magazine's "Most Beautiful Women" list and Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" list.