Alysia Reiner Biography
Alysia Reiner began making a mark on the American entertainment world in the late 90s. The American actress as well as producer was born in Gainesville, Florida on 21st of July 1970. An indomitable spirit, Alysia entered the limelight into 1999. She had a minor role in a film Row Your Boat, however, was deleted from the movie. Reiner is best known for playing Natalie Fig Figueroa in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as part of the ensemble cast.
Reiner starred in and produced the financial drama, EQUITY, which was bought at Sundance by Sony Pictures Classics and was released nationwide. She has appeared in several Off-Broadway plays and won an Obie Award for her performance in An Oak Tree.In 2016, she also appeared in Season 4 of Masters of Sex on Showtime, as Lilian Izikoff on Rosewood, and Fiona in Michael Showalter’s TBS series Search Party.
Alysia Reiner Age
Alysia who was born in Gainesville, Florida, the United States on July 21, 1970, is currently 48 years old as of 2019.
Alysia Reiner Height and Weight
The American actress has a model height of 5 feet 0 inches or 180 cm as of 2019. Her weight is unknown but will be updated soon,t though it is known that she has a fair body weight to match her Height.
Alysia Reiner Education
She graduated from Vassar College and studied acting at the British American Drama Academy and the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.
Alysia Reiner Husband
Her marriage was something that could have never gone unnoticed. She tied knot with actor David Alan Basche. The couple is blessed with a wonderful daughter. They named her Livia. Livia was birth on 5th of December 2008.
Alysia Reiner Career
She joined Tim Crouch in the Obie Award winning An Oak Tree at The Barrow Street and Jayson with a Y with The New Group. At The Beckett, she played roles in Anaïs Nin One of Her Lives and Wasps in Bed. She has been deemed Off-Broadway Favorite by Theatremania and was called priceless by The New York Times. She has appeared in several films, including Kissing Jessica Stein, The Vicious Kind, Arranged, Schooled, That Awkward Moment and 5 Flights Up. In 2004, she played the role of Christine Erganian, Thomas Haden Church’s character’s fiancee, in the film Sideways, which won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.[1] She also had roles in the number of independent films.
On television, Reiner has appeared on over 50 different show as series regular, guest star or in recurring roles, including Natalie Figueroa in the Netflix comedy drama series, Orange Is the New Black. In 2014 she joined the cast of ABC legal drama series, How to Get Away with Murder produced by Shonda Rhimes, in a recurring role of D.A. Wendy Parks, a prosecutor who goes up against Viola Davis’ character. In 2018 Reiner joined the cast of The Deuce as agent Kiki Rains.In 2014, Alysia announced that she will be launching Broad Street Pictures to produce films with strong female roles.
Till date, Alysia Reiner has entertained her fans by appearing in more than twenty big movies, a number of short films, theatrical productions and television series.
Alysia Reiner Net Worth
The American actress and producer has an estimated net worth of $4 million as of 21019 which she earned from her career. Her best-known role has come starring as Natalie Figueroa on the Netflix television series Orange Is the New Black starting in 2013. Alysia Reiner has also had recurring roles on the TV series How to Get Away with Murder from 2014 to 2015 and Better Things from 2016 to 2017
Alysia Reiner Orange Is The New Black
In the series, Orange Is the New Black Alysia plays the role of Natalie Figueroa commonly known as Fig is the former Executive Assistant to the Warden at Litchfield Penitentiary. She serves as the supporting antagonist/bigger bad of Season One, the secondary antagonist of Season Two and an anti-villain in later seasons. She can be considered the reason for many of Litchfield’s problems due to her actions in the first two seasons. Figueroa comes off as incredibly confident, professional, and arrogant. She is often very mean, cold, and manipulative towards the inmates and staff, and cares more about the reputation of the prison than the welfare of the prisoners.
She dresses inexpensive clothing and designer shoes and drives a Mercedes convertible. It is implied that she started her job with optimism for change, but was broken by the system.
Alysia Reiner Orange Is the New Black
Reiner Starred In the Series Orange is the new Black .Orange Is the New Black is an American comedy-drama web television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman’s memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. Produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television, Orange Is the New Black premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013. In February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. On October 17, 2018, it was confirmed that the seventh season, which was released on July 26, 2019, would be its last.
Orange Is the New Black has become Netflix’s most-watched original series. It has received critical acclaim and many accolades. For its first season, the series garnered 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, winning three. A new Emmy rule in 2015 forced the series to change categories from comedy to drama.
Alysia Reiner Movies and TV Show
Movies
- Row Your Boat
- The Stand-In
- Little Pieces
- Kissing Jessica Stein
- Hourly Rates
- Sideways
- The Narrow Gate
- Arranged
- Schooled
- The Jacket
- Kelly & Cal
- The Networker
- The Other Side
- Equity
- The Female Brain
- Egg
TV Shows
- Law & Order
- Family Law
- The Drew Carey Show
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- The Jury
- The Sopranos
- Love Monkey
- The Starter Wife
- White Collar
- Search Party
- Chopped
- Younger
- The Deuce
- The Blacklist
- Butterbean’s Cafe