| Natasha Lyonne | ||
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| Character Gia Eskas | ||
| Date of birth April 4, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth New York City, New York | ||
| IMDb profile |
Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein is an actress who guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Educated Guess" as Gia Eskas.
She is known for her roles on various films and TV shows. She starred as Nicky Nichols in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019; with Michael Harney, Michelle Hurst, Kate Mulgrew, Jason Biggs, Taryn Manning, Selenis Leyva, Adrienne C. Moore, Nick Sandow, Samira Wiley, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Jessica Pimentel, Laura Gomez, and Alysia Reiner), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and portrayed Nadia Vulvokov in the Netflix comedy-drama series Russian Doll (2019–present; with Charlie Barnett, Yul Vazquez, Elizabeth Ashley, and Chloë Sevigny), 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) with Jason Biggs and Eddie Kaye Thomas. Her other film credits include Everyone Says I Love You (1996), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), 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). Her TV credits include New Girl, Weeds, and Portlandia. She also appeared in the comedy special John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch (with Annaleigh Ashford, André De Shields, and Richard Kind).
Her animated TV credits include The Simpsons, Ballmastrz: 9009 (with Ed Asner), Big Mouth, and Steven Universe.