Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0

Began as a child actress in the 1980s before finding a second career as one of television's most original creative voices: playing Nicky Nichols on Orange Is the New Black, and co-creating, writing, directing, and starring in the time-loop series Russian Doll, for which she earned multiple Emmy nominations. She also starred in Poker Face and was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2023. In 2025 she revealed herself as co-founder of the AI film studio Asteria, aiming to make animated features with the new tools.