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Natasha Lyonne
Lyonne in 2014
Born	Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein (1979-04-04) April 4, 1979 (age 45)^[1] New York City, U.S.
Education	Tisch School of the Arts
Occupations	Actress writer director producer
Years active	1986\u2013present

Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein (/li\u02c8o\u028an/ lee-OHN;^[2] born April 4, 1979) is an American actress, comedian, writer, director, and producer. She is known for her distinctive raspy voice and tough persona,^[3]^[4] and the accolades she has received include nominations for five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.\n

After working as a child actress, Lyonne came to prominence in the late 1990s with her roles in Everyone Says I Love You (1996), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), and American Pie (1999). Following various independent film appearances throughout the 2000s, she achieved wider recognition with her portrayal of Nicky Nichols on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black (2013\u20132019). Her subsequent television work has included Peacock's Poker Face (2023\u2013present) and Netflix's Russian Doll (2019\u20132022). In addition to starring in Russian Doll, Lyonne co-created, wrote for, directed, and served as an executive producer of the series. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2023.^[5]\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1986\n	Heartburn\n	Rachel's Niece\n	Uncredited^[8]\n
1989\n	April Fool\n	Natasha\n	\n
1990\n	A Man Called Sarge\n	Arab Girl\n	\n
1993\n	Dennis the Menace\n	Polly\n	\n
1996\n	Everyone Says I Love You\n	Djuna \"DJ\" Berlin\n	\n
1998\n	Slums of Beverly Hills\n	Vivian Abromowitz\n	\n
Krippendorf's Tribe\n	Shelly Krippendorf\n	\n
Modern Vampires\n	Rachel\n	\n
1999\n	American Pie\n	Jessica\n	\n
Detroit Rock City\n	Christine Sixteen\n	\n
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby\n	Crystal \"White Girl\" Van Meuther\n	Also associate producer\n
But I'm a Cheerleader\n	Megan Bloomfield\n	\n
The Auteur Theory\n	Rosemary Olson\n	\n
2001\n	Plan B\n	Kaye\n	\n
Fast Sofa\n	Tamara Jenson\n	\n
Scary Movie 2\n	Megan Voorhees\n	\n
American Pie 2\n	Jessica\n	\n
The Grey Zone\n	Rosa\n	\n
Kate & Leopold\n	Darci\n	\n
2002\n	Comic Book Villains\n	Judy Link\n	\n
Zig Zag\n	Jenna the Working Girl\n	\n
Night at the Golden Eagle\n	Amber\n	\n
2003\n	Die, Mommie, Die!\n	Edith Sussman\n	\n
Party Monster\n	Brooke\n	\n
2004\n	America Brown\n	Vera\n	\n
Madhouse\n	Alice\n	\n
Blade: Trinity\n	Sommerfield\n	\n
2005\n	Robots\n	Loretta Geargrinder (voice)\n	^[117]\n
My Suicidal Sweetheart\n	Grace\n	\n
2008\n	Tricks of a Woman\n	Sally\n	\n
2009\n	The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle\n	Tracy\n	\n
Jelly\n	Mona Hammel\n	\n
Goyband\n	Fani\n	\n
Running Away with Blackie\n	Motel Clerk\n	Short film\n
Outrage: Born in Terror\n	Molly\n	\n
Heterosexuals\n	Ellia\n	\n
2010\n	All About Evil\n	Deborah Tennis\n	\n
2011\n	4:44 Last Day on Earth\n	Tina\n	\n
Night Club\n	Mrs. Keaton\n	\n
2012\n	American Reunion\n	Jessica\n	\n
2013\n	7E\n	Yael\n	\n
He's Way More Famous Than You\n	Herself\n	\n
The Rambler\n	Cheryl\n	\n
G.B.F.\n	Ms. Hogel\n	\n
Girl Most Likely\n	Allyson\n	\n
Clutter\n	Lisa Bradford\n	\n
2014\n	Loitering with Intent\n	Kaplan\n	\n
2015\n	Addicted to Fresno\n	Martha Jackson\n	\n
Sleeping with Other People\n	Kara\n	\n
Hello, My Name Is Doris\n	Sally\n	\n
Bloomin Mud Shuffle\n	Jock\n	\n
#Horror\n	Emma\n	\n
2016\n	Yoga Hosers\n	Tabitha Collette\n	\n
The Intervention\n	Sarah\n	\n
Darby Forever\n	The Baddest Girl\n	Short film\n
Antibirth\n	Lou\n	Also producer\n
Adam Green's Aladdin\n	Mom\n	\n
The Realest Real\n	Herself\n	Short film\n
Jack Goes Home\n	Nancy\n	\n
2017\n	Girlfriend's Day\n	Miss Taft\n	\n
Handsome\n	Det. Fleur Scozzari\n	\n
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity\n	Jules\n	Short film; Also producer, writer, and director\n
2018\n	A Futile and Stupid Gesture\n	Anne Beatts\n	\n
Family\n	Rebecca the Juggalette\n	\n
Show Dogs\n	Mattie\n	\n
Doulo\n	Rena\n	Short film\n
2019\n	Honey Boy\n	Mrs. Lort\n	\n
Ad Astra\n	Tanya Pincus\n	\n
Uncut Gems\n	Boston Player Personnel (voice)\n	\n
2020\n	Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics\n	Herself\n	\n
Irresistible\n	Tina De Tessant\n	\n
2021\n	The United States vs. Billie Holiday\n	Tallulah Bankhead\n	\n
2022\n	Sirens\n	None\n	Executive producer\n
DC League of Super-Pets\n	Merton (voice)\n	^[118]^[117]\n
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery\n	Herself\n	Cameo\n
2023\n	His Three Daughters\n	Rachel\n	Also executive producer^[119]\n
2024\n	An Almost Christmas Story\n	Pat (voice)\n	Short film\n
2025\n	Smurfs\n	TBA (voice)\n	In production\n
The Fantastic Four: First Steps\n	TBA\n	Post-production\n
The Bad Guys 2\n	Doom (voice)\n	In production\n
TBA\n	Klara and the Sun\n	Shopkeeper\n	Post-production\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1986\n	Pee-wee's Playhouse\n	Opal\n	6 episodes\n
2000\n	Will & Grace\n	Gillian\n	Episode: \"Girl Trouble\"\n
If These Walls Could Talk 2\n	Jeanne\n	Television film\n
2001\n	Night Visions\n	Bethany Daniels\n	Episode: \"If a Tree Falls\"\n
2002\n	Grounded for Life\n	Gretchen\n	Episode: \"Relax!\"\n
2007\n	The Knights of Prosperity\n	Female Co-Star\n	Episode: \"Operation: Rent Money\"\n
2009\n	Loving Leah\n	Esther\n	Television film\n
2011\n	New Girl\n	Gretchen\n	Episode: \"Wedding\"\n
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\n	Gia Eskas\n	Episode: \"Educated Guess\"\n
2012\n	Weeds\n	Tiffani\n	2 episodes\n
2013\n	NTSF:SD:SUV::\n	Mrs. Barbato\n	Episode: \"Comic Con-Air\"\n
2013\u20132019\n	Orange Is the New Black\n	Nicky Nichols\n	Main role; 81 episodes; Director: \"The Hidey Hole\"\n
2015\n	Girls\n	Rickey\n	Episode: \"Iowa\"\n
Comedy Bang! Bang!\n	Katie\n	Episode: \"Dax Shepard Wears a Heather Grey Shirt and Black Blazer\"\n
Sanjay and Craig\n	Chido (voice)\n	Episode: \"Bike-o Psycho\"^[117]\n
2015\u20132016\n	Inside Amy Schumer\n	Various\n	2 episodes\n
2015\u20132018\n	Portlandia\n	Various\n	5 episodes\n
2016\n	The $100,000 Pyramid\n	Herself\n	Episode: \"Natasha Lyonne vs. Terry Crews\"\n
2016\u20132019\n	Steven Universe\n	Smoky Quartz (voice)\n	3 episodes^[117]\n
2016\u20132022\n	The Simpsons\n	Sophie Krustofsky (voice)\n	4 episodes\n
2018\u20132023\n	Ballmastrz: 9009\n	Gaz Digzy (voice)\n	Main role; 21 episodes\n
2018\n	Corporate\n	Gretchen\n	Episode: \"Corporate Retreat\"\n
Animals.\n	VHS Copy of Can't Hardly Wait (voice)\n	Episode: \"Stuff\"^[117]\n
2018\u20132022\n	Big Mouth\n	Suzette; Nadia Vulvokov (voice)\n	7 episodes\n
2019\u20132022\n	Russian Doll\n	Nadia Vulvokov\n	Main role; 15 episodes; Also executive producer, writer, and director\n
2019\n	Documentary Now!\n	Carla Meola\n	Episode: \"Long Gone\"\n
An Emmy for Megan\n	Herself\n	Episode: \"New Minimum Length\"\n
Explained\n	Narrator (voice)\n	Episode: \"Pirates\"\n
Steven Universe Future\n	Smoky Quartz (voice)\n	Episode: \"Guidance\"^[117]\n
Cake\n	Gretchen\n	Episode: \"Cache Flow\"\n
John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch\n	Herself\n	Television special\n
2020\n	Shrill\n	None\n	Director: \"WAHAM\"\n
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens\n	Woman in Hair Salon\n	Episode: \"Not Today\"; Director: \"Paperwork\"\n
High Fidelity\n	None\n	Director: \"Weird... But Warm\"\n
Crossing Swords\n	Norah (voice)\n	Episode: \"Eat Plague Love\"\n
Bless the Harts\n	Debbie Donatello (voice)\n	Episode: \"Violet's Secret\"\n
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine\n	None\n	Director\n
2021\n	Ten Year Old Tom\n	Irene (voice)\n	Episode: \"The Principal is Banging My Mom/Elderly Gerbil\"\n
2022\n	Saturday Night Live\n	Herself (host)\n	Episode: \"Natasha Lyonne/Japanese Breakfast\"\n
Loot\n	None\n	Executive producer\n
2023\u2013present\n	Poker Face\n	Charlie Cale\n	Main role; Also executive producer; Writer and director: \"The Orpheus Syndrome\"\n
2023\n	The Eric Andre Show\n	Herself\n	Episode: \"Don't You Say A Word\"\n
HouseBroken\n	Various voices\n	2 episodes\n
2024\u2013present\n	The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy\n	Nurse Tup (voice)\n	Main role; Also executive producer\n
2024\n	Fantasmas\n	Suzanna\n	2 episodes\n
What If...?\n	Byrdie (voice)\n

Year\n	Song\n	Artist\n	Notes\n
2003\n	\"Way Out West\"\n	Verbena\n	\n
2015\n	\"Lampshades on Fire\"\n	Modest Mouse\n	\n
2016\n	\"333\"\n	Against Me!\n	^[120]^[121]\n

Year\n	Association\n	Category\n	Work\n	Result\n	Ref.\n
1999\n	Chicago Film Critics Association\n	Most Promising Actress\n	Slums of Beverly Hills\n	Nominated\n	\n
Teen Choice Awards\n	Film \u2013 Funniest Scene (shared with Marisa Tomei)\n	Nominated\n	\n
Film \u2013 Breakout Performance\n	Nominated\n
2000\n	Young Hollywood Awards\n	Best Ensemble Cast (shared with the cast)\n	American Pie\n	Won\n	\n
2008\n	Monaco International Film Festival\n	Best Supporting Female\n	Tricks of a Woman\n	Won\n	^[122]\n
2011\n	Golden Door Film Festival\n	Best Female Lead\n	Night Club\n	Won\n	^[123]\n
2014\n	Primetime Emmy Awards\n	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series\n	Orange Is the New Black\n	Nominated\n	^[124]\n
2015\n	Screen Actors Guild Awards\n	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared with the cast)\n	Won\n	^[125]\n
2017\n	Won\n	^[126]\n
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards\n	Best Actress\n	Antibirth\n	Nominated\n	^[127]\n
2018\n	Screen Actors Guild Awards\n	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared with the cast)\n	Orange Is the New Black\n	Nominated\n	^[128]\n
2019\n	Primetime Emmy Awards\n	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series\n	Russian Doll\n	Nominated\n	^[129]\n
Outstanding Comedy Series\n	Nominated\n	^[130]\n
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series\n	Nominated\n	^[131]\n
Gotham Awards\n	Breakthrough Series \u2013 Short Form\n	Nominated\n	^[132]\n
Satellite Awards\n	Best Television Series \u2013 Musical or Comedy\n	Nominated\n	^[133]\n
Best Actress \u2013 Television Series Musical or Comedy\n	Nominated\n
Saturn Awards\n	Best Streaming Science Fiction, Action & Fantasy Series\n	Nominated\n	^[134]\n
Best Actress in Streaming Presentation\n	Nominated\n
Television Critics Association\n	Individual Achievement in Comedy\n	Nominated\n	^[135]\n
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy\n	Nominated\n
Outstanding New Program\n	Won\n
Program of the Year\n	Nominated\n
2020\n	Writers Guild of America Awards\n	Comedy Series\n	Nominated\n	^[136]\n
New Series\n	Nominated\n
Golden Globe Awards\n	Best Actress \u2013 Television Series Musical or Comedy\n	Nominated\n	^[137]\n
Hugo Awards\n	Best Dramatic Presentation \u2013 Long Form\n	Nominated\n	^[138]\n
Dorian Awards\n	TV Performance of the Year \u2013 Actress\n	Nominated\n	^[139]\n
2022\n	Dorian Awards\n	Best TV Performance\n	Nominated\n	^[140]\n
2023\n	Dorian Awards\n	Best TV Performance \u2013 Comedy\n	Poker Face\n	Nominated\n	^[141]\n
Television Critics Association\n	Program of the Year\n	Nominated\n	^[142]\n
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy\n	Nominated\n
Individual Achievement in Comedy\n	Won\n
Outstanding New Program\n	Nominated\n
2024\n	Golden Globe Awards\n	Best Actress \u2013 Television Series Musical or Comedy\n	Nominated\n	^[143]\n
Gotham Awards\n	Outstanding Supporting Performance\n	His Three Daughters\n	Nominated\n	^[144]\n
Astra TV Awards\n	Best Streaming Series, Comedy\n	Poker Face\n	Nominated\n	^[145]\n
Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy\n	Nominated\n
Critics' Choice Television Awards\n	Best Actress in a Comedy Series\n	Nominated\n	^[146]\n
Primetime Emmy Awards\n	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series\n	Nominated\n	^[147]\n
Chicago Film Critics Association\n	Best Supporting Actress\n	His Three Daughters\n	Won\n	^[148]\n

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Early life

Career

1986\u20131999: Beginnings and film breakout

2000\u20132010: Mainstream and independent films

2011\u2013present: Career resurgence and awards success

Theatre work

Directing and producing

Public image

Personal life

Relationships

Health and legal troubles

Influences and interests

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Accolades

See also

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Natasha Lyonne

Talks

1 January, 1996