--- title: Here’s Laverne Cox’s Reaction to a Surprise Holiday Gift From Beyoncé description: "Since No No No I have been saying YASSS YASSS YASSS!" canonical: https://time.com/3643203/beyonce-laverne-cox-christmas-card/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-21T17:08:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:09.486Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Here’s Laverne Cox’s Reaction to a Surprise Holiday Gift From Beyoncé og:description: "Since No No No I have been saying YASSS YASSS YASSS!" og:url: https://time.com/3643203/beyonce-laverne-cox-christmas-card/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf933c90a87c59476/698770493c16396b0e450cbb/laverne-cox.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Actress Laverne Cox attends the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. 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Actress Laverne Cox attends the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Aug. 25, 2014 in Los Angeles.Jason Merritt—Getty Images by [People / ANDREA BILLUPS](https://time.com/author/people/) ## People / ANDREA BILLUPS Contributor Dec 21, 2014 5:08 PM UTC _Orange is the New Black_ star [Laverne Cox](http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/package/article/0,,20840501%5F20847289,00.html) seems to have made [Beyoncé](http://www.people.com/)‘s “very good” list this holiday season. And the well-known Bey superfan’s excitement at receiving Bey’s annual Christmas card on Friday couldn’t be contained: The actress shared photos on social media of the singer’s hand-signed correspondence, as well as a “Cake by the Pound” sweatshirt she received as gift. Talk about [a Snoopy dance moment!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFNLbAs3KAU) For Cox, 30, 2014 was a breakout year. Her role as Sophia Burset on Netflix’s beloved series made her the first openly transgender actress to earn an Emmy nod. But the Emmys take a backseat to Beyoncé for Cox, who was obviously thrilled at Bey’s noticing and remembering her this holiday season. “Thanks Bey for the gift. I have had an awesome year and this is certainly a highlight. Happy holidays Mrs. Carter to you and your beautiful family. Thanks for all the amazing music and endless inspiration you’ve given to me and so many,” the LGBT activist gushed. “Since No No No I have been saying YASSS YASSS YASSS! #QueenBey foever.” [_This article originally appeared at PEOPLE.com_](http://www.people.com/article/beyonce-laverne-cox-christmas-card) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3643203/beyonce-laverne-cox-christmas-card/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3643203/beyonce-laverne-cox-christmas-card/"},"headline":"Here's Laverne Cox's Reaction to a Surprise Holiday Gift From Beyoncé","datePublished":"2014-12-21T17:08:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:00:09.486Z","description":"\"Since No No No I have been saying YASSS YASSS YASSS!\"","url":"https://time.com/3643203/beyonce-laverne-cox-christmas-card/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf933c90a87c59476/698770493c16396b0e450cbb/laverne-cox.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"People / ANDREA BILLUPS"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf933c90a87c59476/698770493c16396b0e450cbb/laverne-cox.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actress Laverne Cox attends the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. 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