Natasha Lyonne
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1979-04-04
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Natasha Lyonne
Biography
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.
Also Known For
Party Monster
Sep 05, 2003
American Pie
Jul 09, 1999
American Pie 2
Aug 10, 2001
But I'm a Cheerleader
Jul 07, 2000
Kate & Leopold
Dec 25, 2001
Modern Vampires
Oct 19, 1998
Krippendorf's Tribe
Feb 27, 1998
Everyone Says I Love You
Dec 06, 1996
Detroit Rock City
Aug 13, 1999
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Mar 05, 2000
Comic Book Villains
Sep 03, 2002
Blade: Trinity
Dec 08, 2004
Slums of Beverly Hills
Aug 14, 1998
The Grey Zone
Sep 13, 2001
Die, Mommie, Die!
Oct 31, 2003
Madhouse
Jul 30, 2004
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
May 13, 2000
All About Evil
May 01, 2010
Fast Sofa
Jun 15, 2001
American Reunion
Apr 04, 2012
Outrage: Born in Terror
Jan 01, 2009
Girl Most Likely
Sep 07, 2012
Night at the Golden Eagle
May 17, 2002
Jelly
Jan 23, 2010
Heterosexuals
Apr 20, 2010
America Brown
Oct 28, 2005
House Comes with a Bird
Mar 23, 2022
His Three Daughters
Sep 05, 2024
The Auteur Theory
Nov 03, 1999
Tricks of Love
Dec 04, 2008
The Rambler
Jan 21, 2013
He's Way More Famous Than You
May 10, 2013
My Suicidal Sweetheart
Mar 01, 2005
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Mar 23, 2012
Running Away with Blackie
Apr 10, 2009
G.B.F.
Jan 17, 2014
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
Jan 10, 2010
Zig Zag
Jun 14, 2002
Loving Leah
Jan 25, 2009
Addicted to Fresno
Oct 02, 2015
Sleeping with Other People
Jun 26, 2015
#Horror
Nov 20, 2015
Night Club
Apr 11, 2011
Uncut Gems
Aug 30, 2019
Yoga Hosers
Jul 08, 2016
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Nov 23, 2022
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Nov 27, 2015
Loitering with Intent
Apr 18, 2014
Klara and the Sun
The Intervention
Aug 26, 2016
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
Jun 16, 2020
Smurfs
Jun 30, 2025
Antibirth
Sep 02, 2016
Jack Goes Home
Mar 14, 2016
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Jul 23, 2025
Adam Green's Aladdin
Apr 15, 2016
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Jan 24, 2018
Darby Forever
Feb 18, 2016
Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie
May 05, 2017
Girlfriend's Day
Jan 24, 2017
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
Apr 11, 2015
7E
Dec 10, 2013
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
Sep 14, 2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Nov 18, 2017
Scary Movie 2
Jul 04, 2001
Show Dogs
May 18, 2018
The Quitter
Sep 12, 2014
Robots
Mar 10, 2005
Plan B
Jan 01, 2001
Clutter
Jun 07, 2013
The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle
May 12, 2010
Honey Boy
Sep 28, 2019
Doulo
May 18, 2018
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Dec 24, 2019
Dennis the Menace
Jun 09, 1993
Irresistible
Jul 01, 2020
Lip Service
Oct 12, 2020
Heartburn
Jul 25, 1986
Ad Astra
Sep 17, 2019
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Mar 31, 2021
Goyband
Jul 01, 2009
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
May 11, 2020
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
May 04, 2020
American Pie: Revealed
Jan 02, 2004
A Man Called Sarge
Feb 02, 1990
Family
Aug 19, 2018
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade: Trinity'
Jul 13, 2005
DC League of Super-Pets
Jul 27, 2022
An Almost Christmas Story
Oct 14, 2024
The Bad Guys 2
Jul 25, 2025
Ricky Powell: The Individualist
May 30, 2020
Old School
Jan 01, 2003
Basketful of Heads
Lightscape
Nov 16, 2024
Uncanny Valley
Can We Talk?
Roommates
The Knights of Prosperity
Jan 03, 2007
New Girl
Sep 20, 2011
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Sep 13, 1986
Night Visions
Jul 12, 2001
Poker Face
Jan 26, 2023
Grounded for Life
Jan 10, 2001
Will & Grace
Sep 21, 1998
Orange Is the New Black
Jul 11, 2013
Weeds
Aug 07, 2005
Girls
Apr 15, 2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Jun 08, 2012
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
The Eric Andre Show
May 20, 2012
Free Radio
Feb 03, 2008
Portlandia
Jan 21, 2011
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sep 20, 1999
Portlandia
Jan 21, 2011
Portlandia
Jan 21, 2011
Party Legends
Jul 07, 2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
Jun 27, 2016
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
Feb 22, 2024
Oh Jerome, No
Sep 25, 2019
Ballmastrz: 9009
Apr 09, 2018
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Match Game
Jun 26, 2016
Teen Choice Awards
Aug 01, 1999
Steven Universe
Nov 04, 2013
Russian Doll
Feb 01, 2019
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Documentary Now!
Aug 20, 2015
Portlandia
Jan 21, 2011
RuPaul's Drag Race
Feb 02, 2009
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
Jan 22, 2020
Explained
May 23, 2018
Steven Universe Future
Dec 07, 2019
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Big Mouth
Sep 29, 2017
Crossing Swords
Jun 12, 2020
Conan
Nov 08, 2010
Fantasmas
Jun 07, 2024
What If...?
Aug 11, 2021
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Dec 31, 2023
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Mar 12, 2025
Big Mouth
Sep 29, 2017
Pee-wee as Himself
May 23, 2025
