Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1979-04-04 (Age: 47)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Natasha Lyonne
Biography
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 (97)
Klara and the Sun
2026
Roommates
2026
The Bad Guys 2
2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
2025
Smurfs
2025
Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special
2025
Lightscape
2024
An Almost Christmas Story
2024
His Three Daughters
2024
American Dream: The 21 Savage Story
2024
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
DC League of Super-Pets
2022
House Comes with a Bird
2022
