Lauren Lapkus

Lauren Lapkus
Lapkus in May 2016
Born	Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus (1985-09-06) September 6, 1985 (age 38) Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Evanston Township High School
Alma mater	DePaul University
Occupation(s)	Actress, comedian
Years active	2005–present
Spouses	Chris Alvarado ​ ​ (m. 2014; div. 2016)​ Mike Castle ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	2
Website	laurenlapkus.com

Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus (born September 6, 1985) is an American actress and comedienne, 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),^[1] 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).

Lapkus has appeared on various podcasts, including Comedy Bang! Bang!, improv4humans, and her own podcasts With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus, Laptime with Lauren Lapkus,^[2][3] Threedom,^[4] Raised by TV,^[5] and Newcomers.^[6]