Constance Shulman

Constance Shulman is an actress who was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, and trained at the University of Tennessee and the Circle in the Square Theatre School. In 1987 she was the first to play Annelle in Steel Magnolias Off-Broadway. Her screen debut came in 1989 with Fletch Lives, and she went on to supporting parts in Men Don't Leave (1990) and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). She voiced Patti Mayonnaise on the animated sitcom Doug from 1991 to 1999 and in Doug's 1st Movie (1999). From 2013 to 2017 she played Yoga Jones on Orange Is the New Black, sharing three Screen Actors Guild Awards for ensemble performance in a comedy series. Later film work includes Nasty Baby (2015) and Strawberry Mansion (2021). On stage, she earned an AUDELCO nomination for Barbecue in 2015, a Drama Desk nomination for Bobbie Clearly in 2018, and appeared in the 2019 Broadway revival of The Rose Tattoo.