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Orange Is the New Black revolves around Piper Chapman (Schilling), a New York woman, who is sent to a women's federal prison for possessing a suitcase full of drug money for Alex Vause (Prepon), an international drug smuggler and Chapman's one-time lover. Sentenced to serve a fifteen-month sentence, Chapman must survive the hardships of prison life, as she may have to be a different person to do so.

Creator Jenji Kohan hasn't just given us an intriguingly compromised lead character, she's also created an entire world, an alternately sly and sad pressure cooker that offers an enticing range of complicated relationships and unstable power dynamics. But what may be most impressive is the fact that Kohan and her writers have fun with a whole array of "Women in Prison" tropes while allowing many of the central characters to have dignity, depth and even moments of pathos. This mixture of melodrama, subversive comedy and drama could have been a big ol' mess, but "Orange" ends up a rich, flavorful stew.

Series Cast

Taylor Schilling... Piper Chapman / ... (13 episodes, 2013)
Jason Biggs ... Larry Bloom (13 episodes, 2013)
Michelle Hurst ... Miss Claudette Pelage (13 episodes, 2013)
Kate Mulgrew ... Galina 'Red' Reznikov (13 episodes, 2013)
Natasha Lyonne ... Nicky Nichols (13 episodes, 2013)
Laura Prepon ... Alex Vause (13 episodes, 2013)
Michael Harney ... Sam Healy (13 episodes, 2013)
Lea DeLaria ... Carrie 'Big Boo' Black (13 episodes, 2013)
Taryn Manning (13 episodes, 2013)
Dascha Polanco ... Dayanara Diaz (13 episodes, 2013)
Samira Wiley ... Poussey Washington (13 episodes, 2013)
Uzo Aduba ... Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren (12 episodes, 2013)
Joel Garland ... O'Neill (12 episodes, 2013)
Matt McGorry ... John Bennett (12 episodes, 2013)
Yael Stone ... Lorna Morello (12 episodes, 2013)
Samantha Suzanne Sweed ... Prison Inmate / ... (11 episodes, 2013)
Yael Gonen ... Inmate - core (10 episodes, 2013)
Vicky Jeudy ... Janae Watson (10 episodes, 2013)
Beth Katehis ... Inmate Beth / ... (10 episodes, 2013)
Emma Myles ... Leanne Taylor (10 episodes, 2013)
Elizabeth Rodriguez ... Aleida Diaz (10 episodes, 2013)
Nick Sandow ... Joseph 'Joe' Caputo (10 episodes, 2013)
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