Natasha Lyonne
Born: 1979-04-04 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Roommates as Hannah
- Klara and the Sun as Manager
- ChikaBOOM!!
2025
- The Fantastic 4: First Steps as Rachel Rozman
- The Bad Guys 2 as Doom aka Susan (voice)
- Smurfs as Mama Poot (voice)
- If I Had Legs I'd Kick You ... (Thanks)
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Director, Performer and Writer
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler as Self - Guest
- Pee-wee as Himself as Self
- Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere as Self - 'Rachel Rozman'
- All Heart ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy as Nurse Tup (voice)
- An Almost Christmas Story as Pat (voice)
- His Three Daughters as Rachel
- American Dream: The 21 Savage Story
- Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees ... (Director)
- Lightscape as Woman in Hotel
2023
- Poker Face as Charlie Cale
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2022
- Loot ... (Executive Producer)
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Natasha Lyonne
- DC League of Super-Pets as Merton (voice)
- Crush ... (Producer)
- House Comes with a Bird as Penn
- Sirens ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- What If...? as Byrdie (voice)
- The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Tallulah Bankhead
- Happily ... (Thanks)
2020
- Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as Woman in Hair Salon
- High Fidelity ... (Director)
- Crossing Swords as Norah (voice)
- Irresistible as Tina
- Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
- Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine ... (Writer)
- Ricky Powell: The Individualist as Self
- Love, Loss, and What I Wore
- Mae West: Dirty Blonde as Self
- Lip Service as Risa The VO Agent
2019
- Euphoria as Hooker
- Steven Universe Future as Smoky Quartz (voice)
- Uncut Gems as Boston Player Personnel (voice)
- Russian Doll as Nadia Vulvokov
- Ad Astra as Tanya Pincus
- Honey Boy as Mom
- Oh Jerome, No as Gretchen
- John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch as Natasha Lyonne
2018
- Explained as Narrator (voice)
- Show Dogs as Mattie
- Ballmastrz: 9009 as Gaz Digzy (voice)
- A Futile and Stupid Gesture as Anne Beatts
- Family as Juggalette (uncredited)
- Doulo as Rena
2017
- Big Mouth as Suzette (voice)
- Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie as Detective Fleur Scozzari
- Girlfriend's Day as Mrs. Taft
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs as Self
- Cabiria, Charity, Chastity as Jules
2016
- WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews as Self - Guest
- The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
- Match Game as Self - Panelist
- Party Legends
- Yoga Hosers as Tabitha
- The Intervention as Sarah
- Jack Goes Home as Nancy
- Antibirth as Lou
- Darby Forever
- Adam Green's Aladdin as Mom
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Documentary Now! as Carla Meola
- Sleeping with Other People as Kara
- Hello, My Name Is Doris as Sally
- #Horror as Emma
- Addicted to Fresno as Martha
- Bloomin Mud Shuffle as Jock
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Loitering with Intent as Kaplan
- The Quitter as Gloria
- G.B.F. as Mrs. Hoegel
2013
- Orange Is the New Black as Nicky Nichols
- Steven Universe as Smoky Quartz (voice)
- He's Way More Famous Than You as Natasha Lyonne
- The Rambler as Cheryl
- Clutter as Lisa Bradford
- 7E as Yael
2012
- Girls as Rickey
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Katie
- The Eric Andre Show as Self
- American Reunion as Jessica
- Girl Most Likely as Allyson
- 4:44 Last Day on Earth as Tina
2011
- New Girl as Gretchen
- Portlandia as Madison
- Night Club as Mrs. Keaton
2010
- Conan as Self
- Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole as Self (archive footage)
- Heterosexuals as Ellia
- All About Evil as Deborah Tennis
- Jelly as Mona Hammel
- The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle as Tracy
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- Loving Leah as Esther
- Outrage: Born in Terror as Molly
- Goyband as Fani
- Running Away with Blackie as Motel Clerk
2008
- Free Radio as Natasha Lyonne
- Tricks of Love as Sally
2006
- Child Star Confidential as Self (archive footage)
2005
- Weeds as Tiffany
- Robots as Loretta Geargrinder (voice)
- Crazy for Love as Grace
- Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity as Self
- America Brown as Vera
2004
- Blade: Trinity as Sommerfield
- Madhouse as Alice
- American Pie: Revealed as Self
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Party Monster as Brooke
- Old School as Sara
- Die, Mommie, Die! as Edith Sussman
2002
- Zig Zag as Jenna the Working Girl
- Plan B as Kaye
- Comic Book Villains as Judy
- Night at the Golden Eagle as Amber
2001
- Grounded for Life as Gretchen
- Scary Movie 2 as Megan
- American Pie 2 as Jessica
- Night Visions as Bethany Daniels (segment "If a Tree Falls...")
- Kate & Leopold as Darci
- The Grey Zone as Rosa
- Fast Sofa as Tamara Jenson
2000
- But I'm a Cheerleader as Megan
- If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Jeanne
- Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby as White Girl (Crystal)
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gia Eskas
- American Pie as Jessica
- Detroit Rock City as Christine
- The Auteur Theory as Rosemary Olsen - Finalist
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
1998
- Will & Grace as Gillian
- Krippendorf's Tribe as Shelly
- Slums of Beverly Hills as Vivian Abromowitz
- Modern Vampires as Rachel
1997
- The View as Self
1996
- Everyone Says I Love You as Djuna 'D.J.' Berlin
1993
- Dennis the Menace as Polly
1990
- A Man Called Sarge as Arab Girl
1989
- The Simpsons as Sophie (voice)
- April Fool
1986
- Pee-wee's Playhouse as Opal
- Heartburn as Rachel's Niece (uncredited)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter