Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Lyonne is an American actress. Born April 4, 1979, in New York City. Educated at Ramaz School and New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Awards include TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy.
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- Described as
- American actress (born 1979)
- Other names
- Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein
- Born
- April 4, 1979 · 3 references
- Born in
- New York City · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- film actor; actor · 2 references; character actor; television actor; voice actor; presenter · 1 reference; screenwriter; showrunner
- Education
- Ramaz School · 1 reference; New York University Tisch School of the Arts · 1 reference; Miami Country Day School · 1 reference; New York University; French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts
- Awards
- TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2023) · 1 reference
- Religion
- Judaism; Orthodox Judaism
- Lived in
- East Village; Los Angeles
- Wikipedias with a page
- 41
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1384562523
Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein ( lee-OHN; born April 4, 1979) is an American actress, executive producer, director and writer. 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 made her first uncredited appearance in Heartburn (1986), had a recurring role in Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986), and a supporting role 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 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 (2023–2025) 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 create animated feature films with AI tools.
- Born, in its opening lines
- April 4, 1979
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