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NATASHA LYONNE With curly blonde hair, a winning smile and a world-weary delivery, Natasha Lyonne successfully made the transition from child performer to assured screen presence with talent to spare. She may perhaps be best recalled for her recurring role of Opal on "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" in the late 1980s. Lyonne made her first film appearance in the uncredited role of Meryl Streep's niece in "Heartburn" (1986) and, after a brief time living in Israel, landed a recurring role on the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns". Her first supporting film role was in "Dennis the Menace" (1993) but she garnered more attention for her deadpan narration as Woody Allen's levelheaded teenaged daughter in the musical "Everyone Says I Love You" (1996). She wasnext seen as Richard Dreyfuss' daughter, forced to pretend to be part of an imaginary civilization, in theuneven comedy "Krippendorf's Tribe" (1998). But Tamara Jenkins' "Slums of Beverly Hills" (also 1998) offered the rising star one of her best screen roles to date as a teenager coping with the onset of puberty andher dysfunctional (all male) family's constant movement from apartment to apartment. The young thespian delivered a winning and assured performance that anchored the uneven film. She followed with a decidedly supporting turn in the horror comedy "Modern Vampires" (1999). |
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Birth Name: Natasha Bianca Braunstein
Date of Birth: 4 April 1979 Place of Birth: New York, New York Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Blond Height: About 5'3 or 5'4 Family: Father: Aaron Braunstein, former boxing promoter and race car driver Mother: Yvette Lyonne, product liscensing consultant and ex-ballerina Brother: Adam Lyonne; born 1972 Education: High school in Manhattan and Miami. Plans to attend college at New York University in New York, NY; majoring in film and philosophy. |
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FILMOGRAPHY 1.If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV) .... Jeanne (segment "1972")
2.Auteur Theory, The (1999) 3.But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) .... Megan 4.Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999) .... Crystal/White Girl 5.Detroit Rock City (1999) .... Christine 6.American Pie (1999) .... Jessica 7.Rat Girl (1999) 8.When Autumn Leaves (1999) 9.Modern Vampyres (1998) .... Rachel 10.Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) .... Vivian Abramowitz 11.Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) .... Shelly Krippendorf 12.Everyone Says I Love You (1996) .... DJ 13.Dennis the Menace (1993) .... Polly 14."Pee-wee's Playhouse" (1986) TV Series .... Opal 15.Heartburn (1986) (uncredited) .... Rachel's Niece |
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