
Natasha Lyonne
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Biography
Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein (/liˈoʊn/lee-OHN;[2] 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).
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Saturday Night Live

The Simpsons

Weeds

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Late Show with James Corden

What If...?

Teen Choice Awards

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

The Eric Andre Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

RuPaul's Drag Race

Will & Grace

The $100,000 Pyramid

Big Mouth

Fantasmas

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Awkwafina is Nora From Queens

Explained

Steven Universe

Golden Globe Awards

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Girls

New Girl

Oh Jerome, No

Crossing Swords

Steven Universe Future

Uncut Gems

Ad Astra

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Robots

Scary Movie 2

American Reunion

Pee-wee's Playhouse

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

American Pie: Revealed

American Pie

American Pie 2

Dennis the Menace

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Girlfriend's Day

The Bad Guys 2

Honey Boy

Irresistible

Detroit Rock City

DC League of Super-Pets

Blade: Trinity

Smurfs

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy

Modern Vampires

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

#Horror

Yoga Hosers

Orange Is the New Black

Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie

His Three Daughters

Poker Face

Ballmastrz: 9009

Russian Doll

But I'm a Cheerleader
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