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.
Who is Lauren Lapkus’s husband Chris Alvarado?
Lauren Lapkus married actor and improviser Chris Alvarado on May 3, 2014. She announced their separation on February 14, 2016, and they divorced later that year.
Chris Alvarado is known for Spare Change (2015), 7p/10e (2014), and Single Siblings (2013). Born and raised in Los Angeles to an immigrant father from Honduras and a career criminal mom from Brooklyn, Chris trained at The Second City Conservatory in Chicago, iO West, and UCB LA.
He co-created the web series 7p10e, about a couple who begin dating long distance, that was later turned into TWO different pilots by CBS, Hilary Winston, Carter Bays, and Craig Thomas Real Life and My Time, Your Time. Chris also appeared on Cool Kids on FOX and fulfilled a lifelong dream in 2019 when he performed exactly 100 shows Off-Broadway in NYC with the show #DateMe.
