Surprising Facts About “Orange Is The New Black”

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The actress who plays Yoga Jones was the voice of Patty Mayonnaise on Doug.

Bonus fact: You should be watching this show.


Pablo Schreiber, who plays “Pornstache” Mendez, is Liev Schrieber’s half-brother in real life.

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Laverne Cox’s (Sophia) real-life twin brother played her pre-transition in the flashback sequence in Episode 3…

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 …which was directed by Jodie Foster.

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Yael Stone, who plays Morello, is Australian.

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This is Crazy Eyes in real life (actress Uzo Aduba).

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The bartender from Episode 7 is actress Lindsay Felton, who played Caitlin in Nickelodeon’s Caitlin’s Way.

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This is the real Piper and Larry…

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…who once had their closet redone and the space-saving process was documented for a magazine…

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 …and Larry really wrote a Modern Love piece in The New York Times. This is it.

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 There is an American Pie reference in the first episode of the series.

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Red is actress Kate Mulgrew. You may may know her as Captain Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek…

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…and there was a Star Trek reference between her and Nicky where she didn’t know who Spock was.

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This guy from Episode 12 looks like Leonardo DiCaprio:

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The scar we see on Nicky is a real scar from heart surgery Natasha Lyonne had in 2012.

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Jason Biggs’ character was watching Weeds in one episode, which was created by this show’s creator Jenji Kohan…

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…and Natasha Lyonne, Pablo Schreiber and Michael Harney all made appearances on Weeds.

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Actress Taryn Manning, who plays Pennsatucky, is cousins with Eli and Peyton Manning…

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…and was in the 2002 movie Crossroads.

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 Laura Prepon and Lauren Lapkus were costars on NBC’s Are You There, Chelsea?

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Taylor Schilling, who plays Piper, looks like Jared Leto.

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Matt McGorry, who plays CO Bennet, used to be a body builder and personal trainer.

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The entire cast is amazing and perfect.

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