Award-winning actor, writer, director, and producer Natasha Lyonne has been a versatile creative.
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Natasha Lyonne
Emmy and Golden Globe-Nominated Co-Creator and Star of 'Russian Doll' & 'Orange is the New Black'
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Award-winning actor, writer, director, and producer Natasha Lyonne has been a versatile creative on stage and screen for more than two decades. She is known for acclaimed performances in Slums of Beverly Hills, But I’m a Cheerleader, and Orange is the New Black, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award. Lyonne is the star and co-creator, along with Amy Poehler, of the critically acclaimed Netflix series Russian Doll, which has won three Emmy Awards and received numerous nominations. She is also starring in and executive producing the upcoming Peacock series Poker Face, and can be seen in Irresistible alongside Steve Carell and Rose Byrne. Lyonne is a definitive voice in the entertainment industry, sharing insights about creativity, cultivating your vision, building a collaborative team, and more, in memorable events for audiences of all kinds.
Lyonne has been featured on the covers of Entertaiment Weekly, Variety, Cultured, and InStyle, and in The Hollywood Reporter, The New Yorker, among many others. She co-founded the production company Animal Pictures with Maya Rudolph, producing the documentary Sirens, which premiered at Sundance, as well as Hulu’s feature film Crush, LOOT, a half-hour comedy series starring Rudolph, created by Emmy winners Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard for AppleTV+, and many others. Lyonne has been a formidable talent across genres, crafting standout performances in The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, The Intervention, Kate and Leopold, DC League: Super Pets, Detroit Rock City, the American Pie franchise, and more, and she has directed episodes of Zoe Kravitz’s High Fidelity, Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, Aidy Bryant’s Shrill, and Russian Doll. She is an avid puzzler, video game lover, and co-created a crossword puzzle for The New York Times.
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