Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein (/liˈoʊn/lee-OHN; born April 4, 1979) is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. Lyonne started her career as a teen actress before expanding her career, taking on mature roles in film and television. She is known for her distinctive raspy voice and "tough" persona, and the accolades she has received include nominations for five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2023. Lyonne started her career as a child actress, making her first uncredited appearance in Heartburn (1986), recurring in Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986), and supporting in Dennis the Menace (1993). She transitioned to taking on teen roles in several independent films such as Everyone Says I Love You (1996), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), and Party Monster (2003) as well as in broad comedic films such as American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001), Scary Movie 2 (2001), and American Reunion (2012). She found a career resurgence and Emmy Award nominations for her performances as Nicky Nichols on the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), a software engineer stuck in a time loop in the Netflix's comedy-drama series Russian Doll (2019–2022), and a woman who can tell when people are lying in the Peacock crime comedy series Poker Face (2023–present), the former of which she also served as a co-creator, writer, director, and executive producer of the series. She also starred in the Netflix drama film His Three Daughters (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Natasha Lyonne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (40)
Roommates
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
The Bad Guys 2
Smurfs
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
His Three Daughters
DC League of Super-Pets
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Crush
Irresistible
Ad Astra
Uncut Gems
Honey Boy
Show Dogs
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Yoga Hosers
The Intervention
#Horror
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Sleeping with Other People
American Reunion
Loving Leah
Robots
Blade: Trinity
Party Monster
Scary Movie 2
American Pie 2
Kate & Leopold
The Grey Zone
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
But I'm a Cheerleader
If These Walls Could Talk 2
American Pie
Detroit Rock City
Modern Vampires
Krippendorf's Tribe
Slums of Beverly Hills
Everyone Says I Love You
Dennis the Menace
