Laverne Cox is making her mark in Prime Video’s new comedy, Clean Slate.
In PEOPLE’s first look at the heartfelt series, Cox, 52, takes on the role of Desiree, a proud trans woman who returns to her small town in Alabama when her New York City art gallery goes under.
“The show follows Harry Slate (George Wallace), an old-school and outspoken Alabama car wash owner, who has a lot of soul searching to do when the estranged child he thought was a son returns home to Mobile as a proud, trans woman, Desiree,” the synopsis reads. “Desiree works to repair the fraught relationship with her father, navigating their relationship while contending with vastly different points of view as roommates. They find themselves facing all of the hilarious coming-of-age milestones they missed out on the first time around.”
Alongside Cox and Wallace, the series — which comes from late producer…