Lauren Lapkus

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Lauren Lapkus
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Lapkus in 2016
Born (1985-09-06) September 6, 1985 (age 38)
Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation Actress, comedian
Years active 2005–present
Spouse(s) Chris Alvarado (m. 2014–2016)
Website LaurenLapkus.com

Lauren Lapkus (born September 6, 1985) is an American actress and comedian, best known for portraying Dee Dee in the NBC sitcom Are You There, Chelsea? and Susan Fischer in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.[1][2] She has also made appearances on such television shows as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Middle, Hot in Cleveland, and @midnight.[3] She is also known for her many podcast appearances, including Comedy Bang! Bang!, improv4humans, and her own podcast With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus.[4] She was a main cast member on the TBS original sitcom Clipped.[5]

Early life

Lapkus is of half Lithuanian descent.[6] At an early age she would film sketches with her older brother and later at Evanston Township High School[7] she participated in the annual student revue and variety show YAMO.[7]

During her senior year of high school, she began taking improv classes at the iO Theater.[7] She would attend DePaul University graduating in 2008 with a degree in English, while she continued performing improv most nights.[7] Lapkus credits watching a lot of television sitcoms and Saturday Night Live while young with giving her the education to become a comedienne.[8]

Upon graduation, she moved to New York City for a year where she got involved with Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.[7] After living in New York for 15 months,[7] she relocated to Los Angeles in 2010.[3]

Career

After almost a year in Los Angeles, Lapkus began landing roles in a number of commercials, including Snickers and Jack in the Box[7] as well as a sketch on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[7] From these successes, she got herself representation and during pilot season landed a supporting role in the short lived Are You There, Chelsea?.[7]

After self-taping her audition, Lapkus was cast as security guard Susan Fischer on the first and second seasons of the Netflix series Orange is the New Black.[9] In 2015, Lapkus and the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

In 2014, Lapkus launched her own podcast on the Earwolf network, called With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus. The show's premise is that each week her guest is the host of their own podcast, and she is appearing as a character on their show. Her guests have included Paul F. Tompkins, Betsy Sodaro, Andy Daly, Nick Kroll, and Scott Aukerman.[10] She has said that she "never expected to get into podcasts at all" and to her it is funny she has one.[7]

In mid-2014, Lapkus was cast in Jurassic World, which she filmed in both Hawaii and New Orleans.[7] Many of her scenes with Jake Johnson were improvised.[7] In 2015, she portrayed Joy the receptionist in TBS's Clipped. In 2016, Lapkus wrote and starred in her own 30-minute episode of the sketch show Netflix Presents: The Characters.[11]

Lapkus performs improv regularly. She is a cast member of UCB's flagship show Asssscat.[12] She also has a monthly show with her group Wild Horses, alongside Stephanie Allynne, Mary Holland, and Erin Whitehead.

Personal life

Lapkus married actor and improviser Chris Alvarado on May 3, 2014.[13] On February 14, 2016, Lapkus announced on social media that she and her husband had mutually agreed to end their marriage.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Movie Boy Pamela
2011 Dog DNA Short film
2011 Secrets, Secrets Short film
2011 Plastic Heart Lauren Short film
2012 Dreamworld Sushi
2012 Cleve Dixon: Terrible Detective Barbara Dietrichson
2012 Manhattan Mixup Agent Smith Short film
2013 3D Printer Short film
2013 Are You Here Delia Shepard
2013 The To Do List Girl Heckler
2014 Bread and Butter Deirdre Newsome
2014 Blended Babysitter
2015 Jurassic World Vivian

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Carpeted Afterhours Becky Television film
2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Various 2 episodes
2010–2011 The Parent Project Angie 4 episodes
2011 Video Game Reunion Luigi's Stalker 3 episodes
2011 The Back Room Various 2 episodes
2012 Are You There, Chelsea? Dee Dee 12 episodes
2012 Hot in Cleveland Oscar Episode: "A Box Full of Puppies"
2013 Joe, Joe & Jane Melissa TV pilot
2013–2014 Orange Is the New Black Susan Fischer 13 episodes
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2013–2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Various 4 episodes
2013 You're Whole Ellie Episode: "Lemonade/Fishing/Cupcakes"
2014 House of Lies Benita Spire 3 episodes
2014–2015 Drunk History Various 2 episodes
2014 The Hotwives of Orlando Bank Rep Episode: "Staycation"
2014 Friends with Better Lives Deena Episode: "The Lost and Hound"
2014 Key & Peele Marion Glass 2 episodes
2015 Kroll Show Candace Episode: "The In Addition Tos"
2015 Clipped Joy Series regular
2015 Another Period Penelope Episode: "Modern Pigs"
2016 Animals. Various voices 3 episodes
2016 Netflix Presents: The Characters Various Episode: "Lauren Lapkus"
2016 Bob's Burgers Krissy (voice) Episode: "Bye Bye Boo Boo"
2016 Adventure Time Patience St. Pim (voice) Episode: "Elemental"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Lego Jurassic World Vivian

Podcasts

Year Game Role Notes
2012–2016 improv4humans Various •30 appearances
2012–2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Various •33 appearances
2013 The Reality Show Show Herself •Episode 39: "There Is Ninjas"
2013, 2014 Totally Laime Herself •Episode 160: "Let's All Pee"
•Episode 242: "One Hundred Percent!"
2014 Pop My Culture Herself •Episode 154: "Lauren Lapkus and Chris Alvarado"
2014 Professor Blastoff Herself •Episode 175: "Reality TV"
2014 Who Charted? Herself •Episode 202: "Big Ass Wheels"
2014 Hollywood Handbook Herself •Episode 55: "Lauren Lapkus, Our Close Friend"
2014–present With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus Various (guest) •78 episodes
2015 The Hooray Show with Horatio Herself •Episode 2: "Cereal"
2015 Gilmore Guys Herself •Episode 60: "Lorelai Out of Water"
2015 Never Not Funny Herself •Episode 1615: "Lauren Lapkus"
2015 The Nerdist Podcast Herself •Episode 692: "Lauren Lapkus"
2015 Thrilling Adventure Hour Various •Episode 206: Sparks Nevada, "Martian Orders"
•Episode 208: Beyond Belief, "Stabbin in the Woods"
•Episodes 209–211: April Fools Fun-Around
2015 Box Angeles Herself •Episode 88: "Lauren Lapkus"
2015 The Dead Authors Podcast Beatrix Potter •Addendum vi: Beatrix Potter
2015 Psychic Pshow with Lauren Lapkus Host •4 episodes
2015 Wild Horses: The Perspective Co-host •5 episodes
2015 Sklarbro Country Herself •Episode 267: "Hump The Gun"
2015 SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins Herself •Episode 38: "Beautiful, Fancy Apartment in NYC"
2016 You Made It Weird Herself •Episode 297: "Lauren Lapkus"
2016 If I Were You Herself •Episode 209: "Friend Group (w/ Lauren Lapkus!)"
2016 The Longest Shortest Time Herself •Episode 78: "Lauren Lapkus Answers Kids' Unanswerable Questions"

References

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