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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

2025
The Bad Guys 2

as Doom aka Susan (voice)

Movie
2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps

as Rachel Rozman

Movie
2025
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere

as Self - 'Rachel Rozman'

Movie
2025
Smurfs

as Mama Poot (voice)

Movie
2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

as Natasha Lyonne

Movie
2019
Ad Astra

as Tanya Pincus

Movie
2015
Hello, My Name Is Doris

as Sally

Movie
2005
Robots

as Loretta Geargrinder (voice)

Movie
2004
Blade: Trinity

as Sommerfield

Movie
2001
American Pie 2

as Jessica

Movie
2001
Scary Movie 2

as Megan

Movie
1999
American Pie

as Jessica

Movie
2023
Poker Face

as Charlie Cale

TV Show
2011
Portlandia

as Carrie's Friend #2

TV Show