Laverne Cox Got Her Own ABC Cop Comedy Pilot

After making history as the first openly transgender actress with a regular part on a network TV series, Laverne Cox is officially one of the two leads for a new hourlong ABC comedy pilot called The Trustee. The Orange Is the New Black Emmy nominee will co-star with Meaghan Rath of New Girl, Banshee and Being Human.

Deadline says The Trustee is...

"...a fun, female buddy cop comedy about Eliza Radley (Rath), a driven but stubborn detective who finds unlikely help from her precinct’s trustee, Amanda Jones (Cox) a larger-than-life ex-con finishing out her prison sentence doing menial tasks for the police department."