Natasha Lyonne

Biography

Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein is an American actress, director, writer, and producer. She starred as Nicky Nichols in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and portrayed Nadia Vulvokov in the Netflix comedy-drama series Russian Doll (2019–present), which she also co-created, executive produces, writes, and directs. For the latter, Lyonne received nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards.

Lyonne is also known for her role as Jessica in the American Pie film series (1999–2012). Her other film credits include Everyone Says I Love You (1996), But I’m a Cheerleader (1999), Scary Movie 2 (2001), Blade: Trinity (2004), Robots (2005), All About Evil (2010), Sleeping with Other People (2015), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015), Addicted to Fresno (2015), Antibirth (2016), Yoga Hosers (2016), and Ad Astra (2019).

Lyonne lives in New York City. She has been in a relationship with Saturday Night Live alumnus Fred Armisen since 2014.