Orange Is the New Black is a comedy-drama Netflix series which takes place in a women's prison. The story is based around Piper Chapman, a woman whose past history with a drug dealer (Alex Vause) eventually causes her to be sentenced to 15 months in prison. The show is loosely based on the autobiographical novel Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison, by Piper Kerman. The show was created by the creator of Weeds, Jenji Kohan. The main title theme song for the series "You've Got Time" is written, composed and performed by Regina Spector.
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Cast
Main
- Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman
- Jason Biggs as Larry Bloom (Season 1-2)
- Laura Prepon as Alex Vause
- Kate Mulgrew as Galina 'Red' Reznikov
- Danielle Brooks as Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson
- Michael Harney as Sam Healy
- Michelle Hurst as Miss Claudette Pelage (Season 1)
- Uzo Aduba as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
- Natasha Lyonne as Nicky Nichols
- Taryn Manning as Tiffany 'Pennsatucky' Doggett
- Yael Stone as Lorna Morello
- Selenis Leyva as Gloria Mendoza
- Dascha Polanco as Dayanara Diaz
- Adrienne C. Moore as Cindy 'Black Cindy' Hayes
- Nick Sandow as Joe Caputo
- Samira Wiley as Poussey Washington (Season 1-4)
- Jackie Cruz as Marisol 'Flaca' Gonzales
- Lea DeLaria as Carrie 'Big Boo' Black
- Elizabeth Rodriguez as Aleida Diaz
Recurring
- Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset
- Michael Chernus as Cal Chapman
- Tracee Chimo as Neri Feldman-Chapman
- Nick Stevenson as Pete Harper (Season 1-2)
- Maria Dizzia as Polly Harper (Season 1-2)
- Lin Tucci as Anita DeMarco
- Matt McGorry as John Bennett (Season 1-3)
- Vicky Jeudy as Janae Watson
- Alysia Reiner as Natalie 'Fig' Figueroa
- Catherine Curtin as Wanda Bell (Season 1-4)
- Joel Marsh Garland as Scott O'Neill (Season 1-4)
- Lolita Foster as Eliqua Maxwell (Season 1-3)
- Matt Peters as Joel Luschek
- Pablo Schreiber as George 'Pornstache' Mendez (Season 1-3)
- Lauren Lapkus as Susan Fischer (Season 1-2)
- Madeline Brewer as Tricia Miller (Season 1)
- Jessica Pimentel as Maria Ruiz
- Brendan Burke as Wade Donaldson (Season 1-4)
- Abigail Savage as Gina Murphy
- Emma Myles as Leanne Taylor
- Julie Lake as Angie Rice
- Laura Gomez as Blanca Flores
- Diane Guerrero as Maritza Ramos
- Constance Shulman as Yoga Jones
- Beth Fowler as Sister Jane Ingalls
- Barbara Rosenblat as Rosa 'Miss Rosa' Cisneros
- Annie Golden as Norma Romano
- Lori Tan Chinn as Mei Chang
- Kimiko Glenn as Brook Soso (Season 2-present)
- Lorraine Toussaint as Yvonne 'Vee' Parker (Season 2)
- Lori Petty as Lolly Whitehill (Season 2-4)
- Ruby Rose as Stella Carlin (Season 3-4)
- Emily Althaus as Maureen Kukudio (Season 3-present)
- Mike Birbiglia as Danny Pearson (Season 3-4)
- Blair Brown as Judy King (Season 3-present)
- Brad William Henke as Desi Piscatella (Season 4-present)