Lauren Lapkus
| Lauren Lapkus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
September 6, 1985 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 | Parent Project, TheThe Parent Project | Angie | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Video Game Reunion | Luigi's Stalker | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Back Room, TheThe 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" |
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! | Herself Traci Reardon Scott's Nephew Todd Diane Regina Crimp Mizz Chips Marla Charles Ho Ho the Elf Benjamin Susix III Hortense Harpie Murphy O'Malaman Juniper Flagen Sunny Big Sue Dimples | •Comedy podcast •32 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) | 76 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 | Charlottey Shraw Hadley Sparks Nevada | •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
- ↑ Lloyd, Robert (January 11, 2012). "Review: 'Are You There, Chelsea?' is best with Chelsea Handler". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ↑ VanDerWerff, Todd (July 16, 2013). "Orange Is The New Black - The Complete First Season". The A.V. Club. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- 1 2 Madrid, Monique (April 12, 2013). "Lauren Lapkus Is One Crazy, Talented Woman". Serial Optimist Magazine. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ↑ Ryan, Kyle (June 15, 2015). "Lauren Lapkus on podcasts, Jurassic World, and landing another TV series". AV Club.
- ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (May 7, 2014). "TBS Orders 'Buzzy's,' 'Your Family or Mine,' Rashida Jones Comedies to Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Lauren Lapkus on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "BA #088: Lauren Lapkus". the Box Angeles podcast. July 19, 2015.
- ↑ Lapkus, Lauren, 2016,, ""I sleep so well here,"" Chicagoly Magazine, summer 2016, pp. 16-19, p. 17.
- ↑ "Podcast Pick of the Week: With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus".
- ↑ Ryan, Kyle (June 15, 2015). "Lauren Lapkus on podcasts, Jurrasic World and Landing another TV Series". AV Club.
- ↑ "Netflix Orders Innovative Sketch Series 'The Characters' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. February 1, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Asssscat". UCB Theatre.
- ↑ "Orange is the New Black star Lauren Lapkus’s Chicago Wedding". Salvatore's. August 1, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ↑ "OITNB Star Lauren Lapkus Valentines Day Separation Message". TMZ. February 14, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.