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Lauren Lapkus

Lauren Lapkus

Acting1985Evanston, Illinois, USA

Biography

Lauren Lapkus (born Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus; September 6, 1985) is an American actress and comedian, known for portraying Susan Fischer in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2014, 2019) and Jess in the HBO comedy-drama series Crashing (2017–2019).

She has also appeared in the television series Are You There, Chelsea? (2012), Hot in Cleveland (2012), Clipped (2015), The Big Bang Theory (2018–2019), and Good Girls (2020–2021), and in the films Jurassic World (2015), The Unicorn (2018), and The Wrong Missy (2020). She played the voice role of Lotta in the animated comedy series Harvey Girls Forever! (2018–2020).

She has appeared on many podcasts, including Comedy Bang! Bang!, improv4humans, and her own podcast With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus.

Acting History

2025
St. Denis Medical
TVas Wife• 1 eps
Night Court
TVas Belinda• 1 eps
Digman!
TVas Gasolina / Mrs. Boddington (voice)• 1 eps
The Morning Show
TVas Emma• 1 eps
Dancing with the Stars
TVas Self - Audience Member• 1 eps
2024
Is It Cake?
TVas Self - Judge• 1 eps
After Midnight
TVas Self• 2 eps
It's Florida, Man.
TVas Absolute Sociopath
2023
The Out-Laws
as Phoebe King
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TVas Self - Contestant• 1 eps
A Million Little Things
TVas Mallory• 2 eps
Another Happy Day
Executive Producer
2022
Unbound
as Anna Lee Fisher
Inside Job
TVas Additional Voices (voice)• 1 eps
2021
Summer Camp Island
TVas Olf (voice)• 2 eps
To Tell the Truth
TVas Self - Panelist• 1 eps
2020
Happiest Season
as Mall Security Crystal
The Last Blockbuster
as Self - Narrator
Date Nite
as Maya
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TVas Jennifer Sh'reyan (voice)• 10 eps
Good Girls
TVas Agent Phoebe Donnegan• 17 eps
Close Enough
TVas Quinn (voice)• 1 eps
American Dad!
TVas (voice) / Sub Hub Employee (voice) / P-PSAT Sign-In Woman (voice) / Wife (voice) / Successful Classmate (voice) / Cowboy Hat Girl (voice)• 1 eps
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
TVas Self - Contestant• 2 eps
Animaniacs
TVas Cupcake (voice)• 1 eps
2019
Food Place
as Carley
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TVas Tina Hawk• 1 eps
Lights Out with David Spade
TVas Self - Panelist• 1 eps
Food Place
Director
2018
Dog Days
as Daisy
The Big Bang Theory
TVas Denise• 8 eps
Life in Pieces
TVas Cindy• 1 eps
Craig of the Creek
TVas Mackenzie (voice)• 7 eps
Lucifer
TVas Bree Garland/Abel• 1 eps
2017
Girlfriend's Day
as Cardie #2
The Fun Company
as Jessica
Clarence
TVas Lauren / Kim / Square Mom (voice)• 1 eps
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TVas Matilda (voice)• 2 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TVas Self• 1 eps
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
TVas Higgs (voice)• 2 eps
The Guest Book
TVas Sandy• 1 eps
Animals.
TVas C0298• 1 eps
Crashing
TVas Jess
2016
Opening Night
as Alex Bean
The Earliest Show
TVas Samantha Newman
Hell's Kitchen
TVas Self - Restaurant Patron• 1 eps
Bob's Burgers
TVas Krissy (voice) / Krissy's Mom (voice)• 1 eps
Adventure Time
TVas Patience St. Pim (voice)• 3 eps
2015
Cast Party
as Herself
Clipped
TVas Joy
The Soup
TVas Self• 1 eps
Another Period
TVas Penelope• 2 eps
2014
Blended
as Tracy
Wildlife
as Grace Hinckley
Rubberhead
as Girl 5 (segment "Lisa")
Bread and Butter
as Deirdre Newsome
Key & Peele
TVas Marion Glass• 1 eps
Drunk History
TVas Normal Woman• 1 eps
Comedy Bang! Bang!
TVas Whitney Peeps• 2 eps
2013
Are You Here
as Delia Shepard
The To Do List
as Girl Heckler
Orange Is the New Black
TVas Susan Fischer• 14 eps
2012
Dreamworld
as Sushi
Hot in Cleveland
TVas Oscar• 1 eps
2011
Manhattan Mixup
as Agent Smith
The Middle
TVas Cashier• 1 eps
2010
Conan
TVas Self
2009
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest

Social Media

IMDb

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/6/1985(40 years old)
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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