Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein ( ; born April 4, 1979) is an American producer, director, comedian, writer, actress, and tech executive. Lyonne started her career as a child actress before expanding her career taking on mature roles in film and television, for which she was nominated for five
Primetime Emmy Awards and two
Golden Globe Awards, and 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), a recurring role in ''
Pee-wee's Playhouse'' (1986), and a supporting role in ''
Dennis the Menace'' (1993). She transitioned 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 the
''American Pie'' film series (1999–2012).
She found a career resurgence and
Emmy Award-nominations for her performances as
Nicky Nichols in the
Netflix series ''
Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), co-created, wrote, directed, and executive produced the Netflix series ''
Russian Doll'' (2019–2022), and starred in the
Peacock series ''
Poker Face'' (2023–present) and the Netflix film ''
His Three Daughters'' (2024).
In 2025, she publicly revealed herself as the co-founder of the
artificial intelligence film studio Asteria, founded with her boyfriend
Bryn Mooser in 2022 with the intent to "make [photorealistic] animated films with zero human hands on deck".
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