Natasha Lyonne is an American actress, known for playing in many projects, including: American Pie, Beverly Hills Slums, Handsome, Orange - The Hit of the Season, etc. Now, let's move on to the article, from which we will learn a little more about her life and career.
Natasha Lyon: personal life
Natasha was born in 1979 in New York in the family of Yvette Bachinger and the organizer of boxing fights and race car driver Aaron Braunstein. Until the age of eight, she lived in the Great Neck area, located in the northern part of Long Island, and then moved to Israel with her parents. But the family did not take root in the new place, Yvette and Aaron began to have claims to each other, and they broke up. And Natasha, together with her brother and mother, returned to the United States.
The story of her studies begins at Ramaz School in Manhattan, a private Jewish school where the girl studied the Talmud and learned to read Aramaic. True, she was expelled for bad behavior. And after moving to Miami, she graduated from Country Day School. In 2013, she was nominated as a candidate from the Republicans of Manhattan's Sixth Circuit. Now lives in New York and meets with American musician, screenwriter and comedian Fred Armisen.
Carier start
Natasha Lyonne felt a taste for acting even during her short stay in Israel. She was invited to shoot the children's film April Fool, Natasha agreed and received a lot of pleasure. Upon returning to the United States, she earned a small role in Stuart Gillard's comedy "A Man named Sergeant." Three years later, she starred in Nick Castle's family comedy Dennis the Tormentor (1993), based on the comic books of the same name by Hank Ketcham.
The next role of the actress in 1996 was offered by Woody Allen. Then she, along with Julia Roberts, starred in the musical melodrama "Everyone Says I Love You." Then she played one of the main roles in the film adaptation of Frank Parkinâs novel âThe Crippendorf Tribeâ, filmed by American director Todd Holland. Two years later she played the main character in the comedy drama Tamara Jenkins "Slums of Beverly Hills." And in the first two and last parts of the teen comedy âAmerican Pie,â Natasha Lyonne played Jessica, the âchickenâ that Paul Finch paid to dissolve the rumor about his great sexual exploits.
Incorrigible Grace
The role of seventeen-year-old Megan Bloomfield is a cheerleader, whose sexual orientation is in doubt, the actress performed in the romantic comedy Jamie Babbit "Incorrigible" (1999). Tamaru Jenson, a girl whose young man is obsessed with a famous pornstar, played in the drama Salome Breziner âLove on the Runâ (2001). In the role of the mentally ill girl Alice starred in the horror film of William Butler's âHouse of Fearâ (2004). And as Sommerfield, a blind genetic scientist, appeared in the fantastic action movie Blade 3: Trinity, filmed by David S. Goyer in 2004.
Exactly one year later, Natasha Lyonne got a small role in Michael Parnessâs black comedy âSave Graceâ. Then she successfully passed the casting for her role in Todd Norwoodâs melodrama Womenâs Things. Deborah Tennis - the main character, played in the comedy horror movie of Peaches Christ âAll About Evilâ (2010). In the image of Mrs. Keaton appeared in the comedy âNight Clubâ by Sam Borowski (2011). And she played herself in the comedy project of Michael Yuri âIt is much more popular than youâ (2013).
Wanderer from Fresno
In 2013, the actress took a modest part in the filming of Calvin Readerâs detective drama âThe Wanderer,â in which a former prisoner named Rogue sets off to look for his long-lost brother. A year later, she asked for a small role in Adam Rapp's comedy drama âWhy Now ?!â, about two friends obsessed with the dream of working on the set. And in 2015, she appeared in Jamie Babbitâs comedy drama Fresno, which tells of two sisters and their attempts to get rid of the corpse of an unknown man, whose death they are innocent of.
Natasha Lyonne played a small role in the Tara Sabkoff horror film â#Horrorâ (2015) about a group of twelve-year-old girls who started a seemingly innocuous game on social networks that suddenly started to get out of hand. And in another horror film, "Anti-Birth", shot in 2016 by Danny Perez, the actress played the main character - a girl named Lou, who, waking up one day after a party, began to experience a strange malaise, worsening every day.
Handsome on beloved day
The role of a girl named Sarah Natasha received in the comedy drama by Clay Duval âInterventionâ (2016) about how a joint vacation of four married couples ended with an intervention in one of them. In the same year, Mrs. Taft played in the drama of Michael Stephenson's âBeloved's Dayâ, which tells about the former brilliant decorator of greeting cards, which, in order to create a new masterpiece dedicated to the day of her beloved, falls into a series of murders and deceit.
The actress received one of the main roles in the comedy detective Jeff Garlin's âHandsomeâ (2017). And since 2013, she already managed to star in 59 episodes of the comedy drama Ginji Kokhan "Orange is the hit of the season" (2013-2018). Natasha plays Nikki Nichols - a resident of the women's colony, which can not overcome her passion for drugs in any way. The result of her work: Award of the Guild of Actors and nomination for the Emmy Award.
What else to wait?
New films with Natasha Lyon will appear in 2017. This is an unnamed Netflix channel project directed by Leslie Hadland. In addition, the actress will star in the biographical film of David Wayne A Futile & Stupid Gesture (2017) and the comedy Raja Gosnell Show Dogs (2018).