Natasha Lyonne
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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Credits
- 2025 · The Bad Guys 2 as Doom aka Susan (voice)
- 2025 · The Fantastic 4: First Steps as Rachel Rozman
- 2025 · Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere as Self - 'Rachel Rozman'
- 2025 · Smurfs as Mama Poot (voice)
- 2025 · Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Director, Performer and Writer
- 2024 · An Almost Christmas Story as Pat (voice)
- 2024 · His Three Daughters as Rachel
- 2024 · Fantasmas as Suzanna
- 2024 · The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy as Nurse Tup (voice)
- 2023 · Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2023 · Poker Face as Charlie Cale
- 2022 · Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Natasha Lyonne
- 2022 · DC League of Super-Pets as Merton (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Byrdie (voice)
- 2021 · The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Tallulah Bankhead
- 2020 · Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as Woman in Hair Salon
- 2019 · Steven Universe Future as Smoky Quartz (voice)
- 2019 · Honey Boy as Mom
- 2019 · Uncut Gems as Boston Player Personnel (voice)
- 2019 · Russian Doll as Nadia Vulvokov
- 2018 · Family as Juggalette (uncredited)
- 2018 · Explained as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self
- 2017 · Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs as Self
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Suzette (voice)
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Ms. Dunn (voice)
- 2016 · The Intervention as Sarah
- 2016 · The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
- 2016 · Match Game as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · Darby Forever as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Documentary Now! as Carla Meola
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Steven Universe as Smoky Quartz (voice)
- 2013 · Orange Is the New Black as Nicky Nichols
- 2012 · Girl Most Likely as Allyson
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Katie
- 2012 · The Eric Andre Show as Self
- 2012 · Girls as Rickey
- 2012 · American Reunion as Jessica
- 2011 · New Girl as Gretchen
- 2011 · Portlandia as Madison
- 2011 · Portlandia as Laura's Friend
- 2011 · Portlandia as Danielle
- 2011 · Portlandia as Carrie's Friend #2
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2009 · Loving Leah as Esther
- 2008 · Tricks of Love as Sally
- 2005 · Weeds as Tiffany
- 2005 · Robots as Loretta Geargrinder (voice)
- 2004 · Blade: Trinity as Sommerfield
- 2002 · Zig Zag as Jenna the Working Girl
- 2001 · Kate & Leopold as Darci
- 2001 · American Pie 2 as Jessica
- 2001 · Night Visions as Bethany Daniels (segment "If a Tree Falls...")
- 2001 · Scary Movie 2 as Megan
- 2001 · Fast Sofa as Tamara Jenson
- 2001 · Grounded for Life as
- 2000 · Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby as White Girl (Crystal)
- 2000 · If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Jeanne
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gia Eskas
- 1999 · Detroit Rock City as Christine
- 1999 · American Pie as Jessica
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Gillian
- 1998 · Slums of Beverly Hills as Vivian Abromowitz
- 1998 · Krippendorf's Tribe as Shelly
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Everyone Says I Love You as Djuna 'D.J.' Berlin
- 1993 · Dennis the Menace as Polly
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Sophie (voice)
- 1986 · Pee-wee's Playhouse as Opal
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Klara and the Sun as Manager
- 2025 · Pee-wee as Himself as Self
- 2025 · Good Hang with Amy Poehler as
- Future · Roommates as
- 2024 · Lightscape as Woman in Hotel
- 2022 · House Comes with a Bird as Penn
- 2020 · Lip Service as Risa The VO Agent
- 2020 · Irresistible as Tina
- 2020 · Mae West: Dirty Blonde as Self
- 2020 · Crossing Swords as Norah (voice)
- 2020 · Ricky Powell: The Individualist as Self
- 2020 · Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
- 2020 · Love, Loss, and What I Wore as
- 2019 · John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch as Natasha Lyonne
- 2019 · Oh Jerome, No as Gretchen
- 2019 · Ad Astra as Tanya Pincus
- 2018 · Doulo as Rena
- 2018 · Show Dogs as Mattie
- 2018 · Ballmastrz: 9009 as Gaz Digzy (voice)
- 2018 · A Futile and Stupid Gesture as Anne Beatts
- 2017 · Cabiria, Charity, Chastity as Jules
- 2017 · Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie as Detective Fleur Scozzari
- 2017 · Girlfriend's Day as Mrs. Taft
- 2016 · Antibirth as Lou
- 2016 · Yoga Hosers as Tabitha
- 2016 · Party Legends as
- 2016 · Adam Green's Aladdin as Mom
- 2016 · Jack Goes Home as Nancy
- 2015 · Hello, My Name Is Doris as Sally
- 2015 · #Horror as Emma
- 2015 · Addicted to Fresno as Martha
- 2015 · Sleeping with Other People as Kara
- 2015 · Bloomin Mud Shuffle as Jock
- 2014 · The Quitter as Gloria
- 2014 · Loitering with Intent as Kaplan
- 2014 · G.B.F. as Mrs. Hoegel
- 2013 · 7E as Yael
- 2013 · Clutter as Lisa Bradford
- 2013 · He's Way More Famous Than You as Natasha Lyonne
- 2013 · The Rambler as Cheryl
- 2012 · 4:44 Last Day on Earth as Tina
- 2011 · Night Club as Mrs. Keaton
- 2010 · The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle as Tracy
- 2010 · All About Evil as Deborah Tennis
- 2010 · Heterosexuals as Ellia
- 2010 · Jelly as Mona Hammel
- 2010 · Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Goyband as Fani
- 2003 · Party Monster as Brooke
- Future · Basketful of Heads as June
- 2009 · Running Away with Blackie as Motel Clerk
- 2009 · Outrage: Born in Terror as Molly
- 2008 · Free Radio as Natasha Lyonne
- 2007 · The Knights of Prosperity as
- 2005 · America Brown as Vera
- 2005 · Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade: Trinity' as Self
- 2005 · My Suicidal Sweetheart as Grace
- 2004 · Madhouse as Alice
- 2004 · American Pie: Revealed as Self
- 2003 · Die, Mommie, Die! as Edith Sussman
- 2003 · Old School as Sara
- 2002 · Comic Book Villains as Judy
- 2002 · Night at the Golden Eagle as Amber
- 2001 · The Grey Zone as Rosa
- 2001 · Plan B as Kaye
- 2000 · But I'm a Cheerleader as Megan
- 1999 · The Auteur Theory as Rosemary Olsen - Finalist
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1998 · Modern Vampires as Rachel
- 1990 · A Man Called Sarge as Arab Girl
- 1989 · April Fool as
- 1986 · Heartburn as Rachel's Niece (uncredited)
- Future · Uncanny Valley as
- Future · Can We Talk? as Joan Rivers