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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 Men…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Natasha Lyonne's Filmography
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Klara and the Sun
as Manager

Pathetic Fallacy
as The Spider (voice)
No Poster
ChikaBOOM!!

Roommates
as Hannah

The Bad Guys 2
as Doom aka Susan (voice)

The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Rachel Rozman

Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere
as Self - 'Rachel Rozman'

Smurfs
as Mama Poot (voice)

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self

Lightscape
as Woman in Hotel

An Almost Christmas Story
as Pat (voice)

His Three Daughters
as Rachel

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Natasha Lyonne

DC League of Super-Pets
as Merton (voice)

House Comes with a Bird
as Penn

The United States vs. Billie Holiday
as Tallulah Bankhead

Lip Service
as Risa The VO Agent

Irresistible
as Tina

Mae West: Dirty Blonde
as Self

Ricky Powell: The Individualist
as Self

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
as Self

Love, Loss, and What I Wore

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
as Natasha Lyonne

Uncut Gems
as Boston Player Personnel (voice)

Honey Boy
as Mom

Ad Astra
as Tanya Pincus

Family
as Juggalette (uncredited)

Show Dogs
as Mattie

Doulo
as Rena

A Futile and Stupid Gesture
as Anne Beatts

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self

Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie
as Detective Fleur Scozzari

Girlfriend's Day
as Mrs. Taft

Antibirth
as Lou

The Intervention
as Sarah

Yoga Hosers
as Tabitha

Adam Green's Aladdin
as Mom

Jack Goes Home
as Nancy

Darby Forever
as The Baddest Girl

Hello, My Name Is Doris
as Sally

#Horror
as Emma

Addicted to Fresno
as Martha

Sleeping with Other People
as Kara

Bloomin Mud Shuffle
as Jock

The Quitter
as Gloria

Loitering with Intent
as Kaplan

G.B.F.
as Mrs. Hoegel

7E
as Yael

Clutter
as Lisa Bradford

He's Way More Famous Than You
as Natasha Lyonne

The Rambler
as Cheryl

Girl Most Likely
as Allyson

American Reunion
as Jessica

4:44 Last Day on Earth
as Tina

Night Club
as Mrs. Keaton

The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle
as Tracy

All About Evil
as Deborah Tennis

Heterosexuals
as Ellia

Jelly
as Mona Hammel

Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
as Self (archive footage)

Goyband
as Fani

Running Away with Blackie
as Motel Clerk

Loving Leah
as Esther

Outrage: Born in Terror
as Molly

Tricks of Love
as Sally

America Brown
as Vera

Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity
as Self

Robots
as Loretta Geargrinder (voice)

Crazy for Love
as Grace

Blade: Trinity
as Sommerfield

Madhouse
as Alice

American Pie: Revealed
as Self

Die, Mommie, Die!
as Edith Sussman

Party Monster
as Brooke

Old School
as Sara

Comic Book Villains
as Judy

Zig Zag
as Jenna the Working Girl

Night at the Golden Eagle
as Amber

Plan B
as Kaye

Kate & Leopold
as Darci

The Grey Zone
as Rosa

American Pie 2
as Jessica

Scary Movie 2
as Megan

Fast Sofa
as Tamara Jenson

But I'm a Cheerleader
as Megan

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
as White Girl (Crystal)

If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Jeanne

The Auteur Theory
as Rosemary Olsen - Finalist

Detroit Rock City
as Christine

American Pie
as Jessica

Modern Vampires
as Rachel

Slums of Beverly Hills
as Vivian Abromowitz

Krippendorf's Tribe
as Shelly

Everyone Says I Love You
as Djuna 'D.J.' Berlin

Dennis the Menace
as Polly

A Man Called Sarge
as Arab Girl

April Fool

Heartburn
as Rachel's Niece (uncredited)
No Poster
Basketful of Heads
as June
No Poster
Can We Talk?
as Joan Rivers
No Poster
Uncanny Valley
No Poster
Darlene
as Annie