Lea DeLaria
Biography
Lea DeLaria is a comedian, actress and jazz singer from Belleville, Illinois, who started out in stand-up in San Francisco in 1982. In 1993 she hosted the Comedy Central special Out There and also appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show. Her stage work takes in a 1998 Broadway revival of On the Town, where she played Hildy Esterhazy, a part Entertainment Weekly called showstopping, and in 2000 she was cast in a Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show as Eddie and Dr. Scott. On television she played Madame Delphina on One Life to Live from 1999 to 2011 and Carrie Black, or Big Boo, in Orange Is the New Black from 2013 to 2019. Her films include Edge of Seventeen (2000) and Potato Dreams of America (2021), the second of which won her an award at the Tallgrass Film Festival. She returned to Broadway in 2022 in the play POTUS.
68years old
Turns 69 on May 23in 222 days
- Born Belleville
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 29 years1997 to 2026
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Behind the camera
In 1989, DeLaria wrote, directed, conceived and starred in the musical comedy Girl Friday: We're Funny That Way. That show earned the 1989 Golden Gull for Best Comedy Group in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Lea DeLaria movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Lea DeLaria made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Brian Fee
All films by Andrew Bujalski
David MoretonDirector, 1 film, 2000
All films by David Moreton
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1998 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
Online
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