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 Natasha Lyonne is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated producer, actor, writer, and director.Lyonne co-created Netflix series Russian Doll (2019), which received three Emmy awards, a total of 13 Emmy nominations including Comedy Series and Lead Actress for Lyonne, a Gotham Award nomination, and a Golden Globe acting nomination for Lyonne after premiering in 2019. She is showrunner and writes and directs for the series, in which she stars alongside Greta Lee, Charlie Barnett, and Chlo? Sevigny.Lyonne directed the October 2020 Netflix comedy special, Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020), a variety special dealing with issues of politics, race, gender, and class and featured Helen Mirren, Fred Armisen, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Hamm, Aubrey Plaza, Ben Stiller, Winona Ryder, and Marisa Tomei, among others. In addition to directing, Lyonne executive-produced the special through Animal Pictures, her production company with Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens. Animal Pictures is developing and producing a slate of original content, including the half-hour series Desert People, which Lyonne co-created with Alia Shawkat and Apple TV+'s upcoming comedy series starring Rudolph, created by Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard.Lyonne portrayed Tallulah Bankhead opposite Andra Day in her Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning turn as legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels's The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021). The biopic was released by Hulu in February 2021.In 2019, Lyonne returned as Nicky Nichols in the seventh and final season of the Netflix original drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013), for which she also directed an episode. Lyonne directed and appeared in an episode of Comedy Central's Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020). She also directed an episode of Shrill (2019), starring Aidy Bryant, and an episode of Hulu series High Fidelity (2020), starring Zo? Kravitz.Lyonne made her directorial debut with Kenzo short film Cabiria, Charity, Chastity (2017), featuring the Fall/Winter 2017 collection. She wrote the screenplay for the film, which stars Rudolph, Armisen, and Leslie Odom Jr., among others. In 2017, she produced and starred in IFC Midnight's Antibirth (2016), directed by Danny Perez, co-starring Sevigny. This independent farce horror hybrid, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016, was released wide in the US in 2016, and released in the UK in 2017.In 2014, Lyonne earned an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Orange Is the New Black (2013). Recent television credits include guest stints on Portlandia (2011), Girls (2012), Inside Amy Schumer (2013), The Simpsons (1989), and IFC's Documentary Now! (2015).As a young child, Lyonne was signed by the Ford Modeling Agency and at the age of six, and she was cast as Opal on Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986). She is well-known for her acclaimed performances in Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), the beloved comedy directed by Tamara Jenkins and co-starring Alan Arkin and Tomei; the coming-of age comedy But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), with Clea DuVall and RuPaul; and Everyone Says I Love You (1996). Additional film credits include The Grey Zone (2001), Sleeping with Other People (2015), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015), Blade: Trinity (2004), Party Monster (2003), James Mangold's Kate & Leopold (2001), American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001), Detroit Rock City (1999), A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018), and Irresistible (2020).On stage, Lyonne starred alongside Ethan Hawke in The New Group's darkly comic Off-Broadway production of Blood From a Stone, written by Tommy Nohilly and directed by Scott Elliott. Lyonne earned critical acclaim for her adept portrayal of the couch-ridden, heartbroken Grace in the Roundabout Theatre Company s production of Tigers Be Still, written by Kim Rosenstock and directed by Sam Gold. In 2019, Lyonne co-presented Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees with executive producer Mike Birbiglia. The comedy showed at the Cherry Lane Theatre and received rave reviews. Lyonne's other stage credits include roles in Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an intimate collection of monologues and stories by Delia Ephron and Nora Ephron, and the familial drama Two Thousand Years, directed by Scott Elliot and written by the legendary Mike Leigh.Four-time Emmy and Golden Globe-nominee Natasha Lyonne is a gifted creator who continues to push boundaries as a producer, actor, writer and director after more than three decades in the industry.Lyonne co-created the Netflix series?Russian Doll, which won three Emmy Awards, a total of 14 Emmy nominations including Comedy Series and Lead Actress for Lyonne, a Gotham Award nomination and a Golden Globe acting nomination for Lyonne after premiering in 2019. She?produces, writes and directs the series, in which she stars alongside Greta Lee, Charlie Barnett and Chloe Sevigny. The second season of Russian Doll premiered on April 20 and introduces new cast members Annie Murphy, Sharlto Copey and Carolyn Michelle Smith.Lyonne most recently lent her voice to the animated Warner Bros,?DC League of Super-Pets, alongside Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart,?Keanu Reeves,?Kate McKinnon,?Vanessa Bayer,?John Krasinski and Diego Luna, out July 29, 2022. The film is based on characters from DC's Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Lyonne plays Mertel the turtle, who along with the other super pets, have powers to fight crime after Superman is kidnapped.Lyonne is currently in production on Rian Johnson's gritty and clever mystery series Poker Face, in which she stars and executive produces. Lyonne plays Charlie, a smart-mouthed detective in this episodic anthology series that has a who's who of guest stars, including Chloe Sevigny, Adrien Brody, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Stephanie Hsu. It will premiere on Peacock in 2023.?Additionally, Lyonne will join Ricky Gervais, Jemaine Clement, JB Smoove, Anthony Ramos and Zach Woods to lend her voice to Bron Digital's new animated series Fables. In this series classic fables, such as The Tortoise and The Hare, The Lion and The Mouse and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, will be given a modern-day twist.Along with Maya Rudolph, Lyonne launched Animal Pictures in 2018 with veteran independent producer Danielle Renfrew Behrens, which is currently in a first look deal with Apple TV. Through Animal, Lyonne produced and directed the Netflix special?Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine and in April 2022 their first feature,?Crush, premiered on Hulu. Animal debuted its first documentary,?Sirens, to rave reviews at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and most recently produced Loot, a half-hour comedy series starring Rudolph, with weekly episodes now on Apple TV +.Projects in development include Amazon's sci-fi animated show The Hospital created by Cirocco Dunlap, which was recently picked up by Amazon for two seasons, TBS's Extra Ordinary based on Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman's Irish indie feature of the same name, and Desert People - a show that Lyonne created with Alia Shawkat - inspired by Alia's real life.Previously Lyonne portrayed Tallulah Bankhead opposite Andra Day in her Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe-winning turn as legendary jazz singer, Billie Holiday, in Lee Daniels' The United States Vs. Billie Holiday for Hulu.In 2019, Lyonne returned?as Nicky Nichols in the seventh and final season?of Netflix original drama series Orange Is the New Black for which she directed an episode. Lyonne directed and appeared in an episode of Comedy Central's Awkwafina is Nora From Queens. She also directed an episode of Shrill starring Aidy Bryant and an episode of Hulu series High Fidelity starring Zo? Kravitz.Lyonne made her directorial debut with?Kenzo short film Cabiria, Charity, Chastity, featuring the Fall/Winter 2017 collection. She wrote the screenplay for the film which stars Rudolph, Armisen, and Leslie Odom Jr. among others. In 2017, she produced and starred in IFC Midnight's Antibirth, directed by Danny Perez, co-starring Sevigny. This independent farce horror hybrid which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2016, was released wide in the US in 2016 and in the UK in 2017.In 2014, Natasha earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Orange Is the New Black. Previous television credits include guest stints on Portlandia, Girls,?Inside Amy Schumer, The Simpsons and IFC's Documentary Now.As a young child, Lyonne was signed by the Ford Modeling Agency and at the age of six, she was cast as Opal on Pee-wee's Playhouse. She is well known for her acclaimed performances in?Slums of Beverly Hills,?the beloved comedy directed by Tamara Jenkins, and co-starring Alan Arkin and Marisa Tomei; the coming-of age comedy,?But I'm a Cheerleader, with?Clea?Duvall and RuPaul; and Everyone Says I Love You. Additional film credits include: The Grey Zone, Sleeping with Other People, Hello, My Name is Doris, Blade: Trinity,?Party Monster, James Mangold's Kate & Leopold, American Pie, America Pie 2, Detroit Rock City, A Futile & Stupid Gesture and Irresistible.On stage, Lyonne starred alongside Ethan Hawke in The New Group's darkly comic Off-Broadway production of Blood from a Stone, written by Thomas?Nohilly?and directed by Scott Elliott. Lyonne earned critical-acclaim for her adept portrayal of the couch-ridden, heartbroken Grace in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Tigers Be Still, written by Kim Rosenstock and directed by Sam Gold. In 2019, Lyonne co-presented Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees with executive producer Mike Birbiglia. The comedy showed at The Cherry Lane Theatre and received rave reviews. Natasha's other stage credits include roles in Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an intimate collection of monologues and stories by Delia and Nora Ephron, and the familial drama, Two Thousand Years, directed by Scott Elliot and written by the legendary Mike Leigh.
Bio:
Natasha Lyonne is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated producer, actor, writer, and director.Lyonne co-created Netflix series Russian Doll (2019), which received three Emmy awards, a total of 13 Emmy nominations including Comedy Series and Lead Actress for Lyonne, a Gotham Award nomination, and a Golden Globe acting nomination for Lyonne after premiering in 2019. She is showrunner and writes and directs for the series, in which she stars alongside Greta Lee, Charlie Barnett, and Chlo? Sevigny.Lyonne directed the October 2020 Netflix comedy special, Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020), a variety special dealing with issues of politics, race, gender, and class and featured Helen Mirren, Fred Armisen, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Hamm, Aubrey Plaza, Ben Stiller, Winona Ryder, and Marisa Tomei, among others. In addition to directing, Lyonne executive-produced the special through Animal Pictures, her production company with Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens. Animal Pictures is developing and producing a slate of original content, including the half-hour series Desert People, which Lyonne co-created with Alia Shawkat and Apple TV+'s upcoming comedy series starring Rudolph, created by Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard.Lyonne portrayed Tallulah Bankhead opposite Andra Day in her Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning turn as legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels's The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021). The biopic was released by Hulu in February 2021.In 2019, Lyonne returned as Nicky Nichols in the seventh and final season of the Netflix original drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013), for which she also directed an episode. Lyonne directed and appeared in an episode of Comedy Central's Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020). She also directed an episode of Shrill (2019), starring Aidy Bryant, and an episode of Hulu series High Fidelity (2020), starring Zo? Kravitz.Lyonne made her directorial debut with Kenzo short film Cabiria, Charity, Chastity (2017), featuring the Fall/Winter 2017 collection. She wrote the screenplay for the film, which stars Rudolph, Armisen, and Leslie Odom Jr., among others. In 2017, she produced and starred in IFC Midnight's Antibirth (2016), directed by Danny Perez, co-starring Sevigny. This independent farce horror hybrid, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016, was released wide in the US in 2016, and released in the UK in 2017.In 2014, Lyonne earned an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Orange Is the New Black (2013). Recent television credits include guest stints on Portlandia (2011), Girls (2012), Inside Amy Schumer (2013), The Simpsons (1989), and IFC's Documentary Now! (2015).As a young child, Lyonne was signed by the Ford Modeling Agency and at the age of six, and she was cast as Opal on Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986). She is well-known for her acclaimed performances in Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), the beloved comedy directed by Tamara Jenkins and co-starring Alan Arkin and Tomei; the coming-of age comedy But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), with Clea DuVall and RuPaul; and Everyone Says I Love You (1996). Additional film credits include The Grey Zone (2001), Sleeping with Other People (2015), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015), Blade: Trinity (2004), Party Monster (2003), James Mangold's Kate & Leopold (2001), American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001), Detroit Rock City (1999), A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018), and Irresistible (2020).On stage, Lyonne starred alongside Ethan Hawke in The New Group's darkly comic Off-Broadway production of Blood From a Stone, written by Tommy Nohilly and directed by Scott Elliott. Lyonne earned critical acclaim for her adept portrayal of the couch-ridden, heartbroken Grace in the Roundabout Theatre Company s production of Tigers Be Still, written by Kim Rosenstock and directed by Sam Gold. In 2019, Lyonne co-presented Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees with executive producer Mike Birbiglia. The comedy showed at the Cherry Lane Theatre and received rave reviews. Lyonne's other stage credits include roles in Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an intimate collection of monologues and stories by Delia Ephron and Nora Ephron, and the familial drama Two Thousand Years, directed by Scott Elliot and written by the legendary Mike Leigh.
Four-time Emmy and Golden Globe-nominee Natasha Lyonne is a gifted creator who continues to push boundaries as a producer, actor, writer and director after more than three decades in the industry.Lyonne co-created the Netflix series?Russian Doll, which won three Emmy Awards, a total of 14 Emmy nominations including Comedy Series and Lead Actress for Lyonne, a Gotham Award nomination and a Golden Globe acting nomination for Lyonne after premiering in 2019. She?produces, writes and directs the series, in which she stars alongside Greta Lee, Charlie Barnett and Chloe Sevigny. The second season of Russian Doll premiered on April 20 and introduces new cast members Annie Murphy, Sharlto Copey and Carolyn Michelle Smith.Lyonne most recently lent her voice to the animated Warner Bros,?DC League of Super-Pets, alongside Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart,?Keanu Reeves,?Kate McKinnon,?Vanessa Bayer,?John Krasinski and Diego Luna, out July 29, 2022. The film is based on characters from DC's Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Lyonne plays Mertel the turtle, who along with the other super pets, have powers to fight crime after Superman is kidnapped.Lyonne is currently in production on Rian Johnson's gritty and clever mystery series Poker Face, in which she stars and executive produces. Lyonne plays Charlie, a smart-mouthed detective in this episodic anthology series that has a who's who of guest stars, including Chloe Sevigny, Adrien Brody, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Stephanie Hsu. It will premiere on Peacock in 2023.?Additionally, Lyonne will join Ricky Gervais, Jemaine Clement, JB Smoove, Anthony Ramos and Zach Woods to lend her voice to Bron Digital's new animated series Fables. In this series classic fables, such as The Tortoise and The Hare, The Lion and The Mouse and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, will be given a modern-day twist.Along with Maya Rudolph, Lyonne launched Animal Pictures in 2018 with veteran independent producer Danielle Renfrew Behrens, which is currently in a first look deal with Apple TV. Through Animal, Lyonne produced and directed the Netflix special?Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine and in April 2022 their first feature,?Crush, premiered on Hulu. Animal debuted its first documentary,?Sirens, to rave reviews at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and most recently produced Loot, a half-hour comedy series starring Rudolph, with weekly episodes now on Apple TV +.Projects in development include Amazon's sci-fi animated show The Hospital created by Cirocco Dunlap, which was recently picked up by Amazon for two seasons, TBS's Extra Ordinary based on Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman's Irish indie feature of the same name, and Desert People - a show that Lyonne created with Alia Shawkat - inspired by Alia's real life.Previously Lyonne portrayed Tallulah Bankhead opposite Andra Day in her Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe-winning turn as legendary jazz singer, Billie Holiday, in Lee Daniels' The United States Vs. Billie Holiday for Hulu.In 2019, Lyonne returned?as Nicky Nichols in the seventh and final season?of Netflix original drama series Orange Is the New Black for which she directed an episode. Lyonne directed and appeared in an episode of Comedy Central's Awkwafina is Nora From Queens. She also directed an episode of Shrill starring Aidy Bryant and an episode of Hulu series High Fidelity starring Zo? Kravitz.Lyonne made her directorial debut with?Kenzo short film Cabiria, Charity, Chastity, featuring the Fall/Winter 2017 collection. She wrote the screenplay for the film which stars Rudolph, Armisen, and Leslie Odom Jr. among others. In 2017, she produced and starred in IFC Midnight's Antibirth, directed by Danny Perez, co-starring Sevigny. This independent farce horror hybrid which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2016, was released wide in the US in 2016 and in the UK in 2017.In 2014, Natasha earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Orange Is the New Black. Previous television credits include guest stints on Portlandia, Girls,?Inside Amy Schumer, The Simpsons and IFC's Documentary Now.As a young child, Lyonne was signed by the Ford Modeling Agency and at the age of six, she was cast as Opal on Pee-wee's Playhouse. She is well known for her acclaimed performances in?Slums of Beverly Hills,?the beloved comedy directed by Tamara Jenkins, and co-starring Alan Arkin and Marisa Tomei; the coming-of age comedy,?But I'm a Cheerleader, with?Clea?Duvall and RuPaul; and Everyone Says I Love You. Additional film credits include: The Grey Zone, Sleeping with Other People, Hello, My Name is Doris, Blade: Trinity,?Party Monster, James Mangold's Kate & Leopold, American Pie, America Pie 2, Detroit Rock City, A Futile & Stupid Gesture and Irresistible.On stage, Lyonne starred alongside Ethan Hawke in The New Group's darkly comic Off-Broadway production of Blood from a Stone, written by Thomas?Nohilly?and directed by Scott Elliott. Lyonne earned critical-acclaim for her adept portrayal of the couch-ridden, heartbroken Grace in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Tigers Be Still, written by Kim Rosenstock and directed by Sam Gold. In 2019, Lyonne co-presented Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees with executive producer Mike Birbiglia. The comedy showed at The Cherry Lane Theatre and received rave reviews. Natasha's other stage credits include roles in Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an intimate collection of monologues and stories by Delia and Nora Ephron, and the familial drama, Two Thousand Years, directed by Scott Elliot and written by the legendary Mike Leigh.
Tivia:
Between her TV debut at age 7 on Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) and playing junkie Nicky on Orange Is the New Black (2013), Natasha fought, and kicked, an addiction to heroin. After getting clean, she underwent open-heart surgery to repair the damage she'd inflicted on her body during this period.Her parents are both of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Her maternal grandparents, Ella (Netzer) and Morris Buchinger, both originally from Hungary, were Holocaust survivors.In 2005 Lyonne was admitted to Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan under a pseudonym, suffering from hepatitis C, a heart infection, and a collapsed lung; she was also undergoing methadone treatment for heroin addiction. Later that year Lyonne was admitted to a drug and alcohol treatment center.Rufus Wainwright's song "Natasha" is written about her.After dropping out of NYU's Tisch School at age 17, she bought her own apartment, a penthouse with wraparound terrace in Manhattan's Gramercy Park area, using two semesters worth of tuition to make the down payment.Close friends with her Orange Is the New Black (2013) co-stars, Laura Prepon and Taylor Schilling.Has lived on her own since 16.Lyonne underwent open-heart surgery in 2012 to correct heart valve damage caused by her heart infection.She was offered the title role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but turned it down because she wasn't interested in doing TV at the time.Arrested by Miami Beach police on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Her rented Dodge ran off the road into a traffic sign. She was arrested about 1:45am and released after posting a bond during the day. Her statement to the arresting officer was, "I'm a movie star. Can I talk to my entertainment lawyer?" (August 28, 2001)She and her family briefly lived in Israel (where she filmed A Man Called Sarge (1990)). After her parents divorced, she moved back to New York with her mother and brother while her father remained in Israel.Attended a Zionist military camp when she was 13 years old, living in Israel.Longtime friend of Chlo? Sevigny.Her character in Orange Is the New Black (2013) mentions making The Exorcist (1973) jokes while being strapped down in the rehab clinic, which is a reference to her role in Scary Movie 2 (2001).Attended Yeshiva High School in Manhattan, where she acted in a school production of "The Magic Garden."Was originally set to play Candy in The Devil's Rejects (2005), but was replaced by Elizabeth Daily.Received her first screen kiss from co-star Devin Ratray in the film Dennis the Menace (1993).She was born on the same day as Heath Ledger.Auditioned for the title role in Curly Sue (1991) (1991).Auditioned for the role of Sabrina Spellman on the TV series Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) (1996).Sits on the board of the Film Forum in New York City.Auditioned for title role of Blossom and best friend Six LeMeure on the TV series Blossom (1990) (1990).Was originally cast as Audie in the film Audie & the Wolf (2008) but was replaced by Tara Price.Natasha has worked with Michael Harney twice: in Weeds (2005) and Orange Is the New Black (2013). |
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Natasha Lyonne |
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Actress,Producer,Writer (IMDB) |
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All World |
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Actress,Producer,Writer |
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Actress,Producer,Writer |
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148 |
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| Height: |
5' 3' (1.60 m) |
| Biography: |
Natasha Lyonne is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated producer, actor, writer, and director.Lyonne co-created Netflix series Russian Doll (2019), which received three Emmy awards, a total of 13 Emmy nominations including Comedy Series and Lead Actres |
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Between her TV debut at age 7 on Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) and playing junkie Nicky on Orange Is the New Black (2013), Natasha fought, and kicked, an addiction to heroin. After getting clean, she underwent open-heart surgery to repair the damage she'd inflicted on her body during this period.Her parents are both of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Her maternal grandparents, Ella (Netzer) and Morris Buchinger, both originally from Hungary, were Holocaust survivors.In 2005 Lyonne was admitted to Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan under a pseudonym, suffering from hepatitis C, a heart infection, and a collapsed lung; she was also undergoing methadone treatment for heroin addiction. Later that year Lyonne was admitted to a drug and alcohol treatment center.Rufus Wainwright's song "Natasha" is written about her.After dropping out of NYU's Tisch School at age 17, she bought her own apartment, a penthouse with wraparound terrace in Manhattan's Gramercy Park area, using two semesters worth of tuition to make the down payment.Close friends with her Orange Is the New Black (2013) co-stars, Laura Prepon and Taylor Schilling.Has lived on her own since 16.Lyonne underwent open-heart surgery in 2012 to correct heart valve damage caused by her heart infection.She was offered the title role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but turned it down because she wasn't interested in doing TV at the time.Arrested by Miami Beach police on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Her rented Dodge ran off the road into a traffic sign. She was arrested about 1:45am and released after posting a bond during the day. Her statement to the arresting officer was, "I'm a movie star. Can I talk to my entertainment lawyer?" (August 28, 2001)She and her family briefly lived in Israel (where she filmed A Man Called Sarge (1990)). After her parents divorced, she moved back to New York with her mother and brother while her father remained in Israel.Attended a Zionist military camp when she was 13 years old, living in Israel.Longtime friend of Chlo? Sevigny.Her character in Orange Is the New Black (2013) mentions making The Exorcist (1973) jokes while being strapped down in the rehab clinic, which is a reference to her role in Scary Movie 2 (2001).Attended Yeshiva High School in Manhattan, where she acted in a school production of "The Magic Garden."Was originally set to play Candy in The Devil's Rejects (2005), but was replaced by Elizabeth Daily.Received her first screen kiss from co-star Devin Ratray in the film Dennis the Menace (1993).She was born on the same day as Heath Ledger.Auditioned for the title role in Curly Sue (1991) (1991).Auditioned for the role of Sabrina Spellman on the TV series Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) (1996).Sits on the board of the Film Forum in New York City.Auditioned for title role of Blossom and best friend Six LeMeure on the TV series Blossom (1990) (1990).Was originally cast as Audie in the film Audie & the Wolf (2008) but was replaced by Tara Price.Natasha has worked with Michael Harney twice: in Weeds (2005) and Orange Is the New Black (2013). |
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Raspy voice |
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My life is very much in the present today. And that's what theater is all about.
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[re New York] I have a real love affair with the city. I just feel like when you're up or when you're down, the city really cushions you. I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater. For the matinee.
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I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or just been one. I certainly liked entertaining people and making jokes, but I don't know necessarily if that's what your child is prone to that you should necessarily put them in a real working industry at six years old. By the time I was 16, I was already an exhausted cynic.
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I mean, I didn't have a 28-day drug problem. I had a take-five-years-off drug problem. [Because of] "my well-publicized drug problem, there was many years I couldn't get work...I mean, life is very short but life is also very long. I don't know that there's such a rush. I think I also needed a break just in terms of the child actor in me was tired. I mean, I'd been working from, like, 6 to 24, pretty much nonstop.
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[on performing her role as a cat-loving school teacher in G.B.F. (2013)'] If you're at all a reasonable human being when you're 34 years old, you don't read scripts looking at the children's parts. I don't really feel like I need to be a teenager ever again. It's really a miracle that I made it out alive. I'm doing all right being in my 30s - I think I'm hitting my sweet spot. I'm glad to have already come of age. |
| Salaries: |
American Reunion (2012) - $500,000 |
| Job title: |
Actress,Producer,Writer |
| Others works: |
TV commercial for Minute Maid
Appeared in "Way Out West" music video for the rock band Verbena (2003)
(2015) 'Lampshades on Fire' music video for Modest Mouse- Appearance
(2016) Music video for Against Me "333" - Actress |
| Children: |
No Children |
| Parents: |
Aaron Braunstein
Yvette Braunstein |
| Relatives: |
Adam Braunstein (Sibling) |
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