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Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne

Birthday: 1979-04-04 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
The Bad Guys 2

as    Doom aka Susan (voice)

2025
Smurfs

as    Mama Poot (voice)

2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps

as    Rachel Rozman

2025
Pee-wee as Himself

as    Self

2024
An Almost Christmas Story

as    Pat (voice)

2024
His Three Daughters

as    Rachel

2024
Fantasmas

as    Suzanna

2024
Lightscape

as    Woman in Hotel

2023
Poker Face

as    Charlie Cale

2023
Ballmastrz: Rubicon

as    Gaz Digzy (voice)

2022
DC League of Super-Pets

as    Merton (voice)

2022
House Comes with a Bird

as    Penn

2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

as    Tallulah Bankhead

2020
Mae West: Dirty Blonde

as    Self

2020
2020
Irresistible

as    Tina

2019
Long Gone

as    Carla Meola

2019
Honey Boy

as    Mom

2019
Russian Doll

as    Nadia Vulvokov

2019
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

as    Natasha Lyonne

2019
Steven Universe: Change Your Mind

as    Smoky Quartz (voice)

2018
Ballmastrz: 9009

as    Gaz Digzy (voice)

2018
Show Dogs

as    Mattie