Natasha Lyonne is a famous actress and producer in America. The American actress has credited the Hollywood movie industry with the number of movies and Tv series now.
Furthermore, the actress is best-known for playing Nicky Nichols on the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress.
Similarly, For the latter, Natasha has received nominations for three Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
The actress has also made her feature film debut in 1986 with a small, uncredited role in Heartburn. Lyonne went on to play more prominent parts in Dennis the Menace (1993); Everyone Says I Love You (1996); Slums of Beverly Hills (1998); Detroit Rock City, Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby, and But I’m a Cheerleader (all 1999); Scary Movie 2.
Natasha Lyonne’s Date of Birth and Age
Natasha Lyonne was born in New York City America on April 4, 1979. The actress is currently 43 years old as of 2022. Even in her 40s, she has been able to carry on her career and personal life very smoothly.
Lyonne has been celebrating her birthday along with her friends and family on the 4th of April every year.
Moreover, The actress holds an American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. Natasha who was born in a Christian family follows Christianity. Lyonne was born in America and she spent her entire childhood in the United States.
Natasha Lyonne’s Parents
Natasha Lyonne is the daughter of Ivette Buchinger and Aaron Braunstein. Lyonne’s father was a boxing promoter who also drove race cars and hosted radio shows during his spare time.
Likewise, her mother was born in Paris to Holocaust survivors, and later she migrated to the USA.
Lyonne’s family had interests in arts and the famous cartoonist Al Jaffee was her father’s distant relative. Natasha’s family was of Jewish origin and both her parents had orthodox Jewish beliefs. She was also raised as an orthodox Jew.
Similarly, the actress was raised in the Great Neck area of New York City for eight years of her life. Likewise, her family then migrated to Israel. After 1 and a half years of migrating to Israel, her parents got divorced. She along with her mother and brother move back to the USA.
Natasha Lyonne’s Education
The actress attended the famous private Jewish school ‘The Ramaz School’ in New York City. Lyonne was a good student and received scholarships all through her schooling. Natasha even took Talmud classes and read the Aramaic language with zest during her school days.
She got addicted to drugs at a very young age because of the disturbances in her family. The actress was rejected from school after getting caught selling pot.
It got really difficult for her to continue her education in New York, that’s why Lyonne’s mother moved the family to Miami where she studied at ‘Miami Country Day School.’
Natasha’s father died in the year 2014. In an interview given to a newspaper, the actress stated that she was not even close to her mother and had mostly lived independently from the age of sixteen.
Unfortunately, Lyonne did not graduate from high school as she dropped out of school before her senior year to attend a film program at NYU’s ‘Tisch School of the Arts.’ Later, the actress started exploring opportunities to act in movies.
Natasha Lyonne’s Career
Likewise, Russian Dolls is the series on Netflix where she portrayed her role, which she also co-created, executive produces, writes, and directs.
Similarly, For the latter, Natasha has received nominations for three Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
The actress has also made her feature film debut in 1986 with a small, uncredited role in Heartburn.
Lyonne went on to play more prominent parts in Dennis the Menace (1993); Everyone Says I Love You (1996); Slums of Beverly Hills (1998); Detroit Rock City, Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby, and But I’m a Cheerleader (all 1999); Scary Movie 2.
Meanwhile, She has also directed an episode of ‘Orange Is the New Black in its seventh and final season. The actress has voiced characters in shows like ‘The Simpsons and ‘Big Mouth.
Natasha Lyonne’s Social Media Handles
Natasha Lyonne is active on her social media handles like Instagram, Twitter, Tiktok, Facebook, and others. She has around 1.8 million followers on her Instagram.