Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus is a well-known American actress. Lapkus is known for portraying Susan Fischer in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black and Jess in the HBO comedy-drama series Crashing.
After almost a year in Los Angeles, Lapkus began landing roles in several commercials, including Snickers and Jack in the Box as well as a sketch on Jimmy Kimmel Live! From these successes, she got herself representation and during the pilot, season landed a supporting role in the short-lived Are You There, Chelsea?
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. In 2015, Lapkus and the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
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Lauren Lapkus was born to a father of Lithuanian descent and a mother of half-Greek and half-Serbian ancestry. She has one elder brother, Julian Lapkus.
In 2014, Lapkus launched her podcast on the Earwolf network, called With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus, in which each week her guest is the host of their podcast, and she appears as a character on their show. Her guests have included Paul F. Tompkins, Betsy Sodaro, Andy Daly, Nick Kroll, and Scott Aukerman. She has said that she never expected to get into podcasts at all and to her it is funny she has one.
