Lauren Lapkus

Lauren Lapkus

Known for
Acting
Born
September 6, 1985 (age 41)
Birthplace
Evanston, Illinois, USA

Biography

Lauren Lapkus (born Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus; September 6, 1985) is an American actress and comedian, 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), 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). She has appeared on many podcasts, including Comedy Bang! Bang!, improv4humans, and her own podcast With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus.

Known For

Photos

Lauren Lapkus photoLauren Lapkus photoLauren Lapkus photo

Filmography

2026
That Friend poster

That Friend

Movie · as Jessa

2026
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe poster

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe

TV · as Denise / Alternate Denise · 10 eps

2026
Mating Season poster

Mating Season

TV · as Lexi (voice) · 1 ep

2026
Cartoon Cartoons poster

Cartoon Cartoons

TV · as Nancy / Mom (voice) · 1 ep

2026
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast poster

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2026
Sofia the First: Royal Magic poster

Sofia the First: Royal Magic

TV · as Charmsie (voice) · 1 ep

2024
After Midnight poster

After Midnight

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2024
Invincible Fight Girl poster

Invincible Fight Girl

TV · as Coca (voice) · 3 eps

2024
It's Florida, Man. poster

It's Florida, Man.

TV · as Absolute Sociopath · 1 ep

2024
Gastronauts poster

Gastronauts

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2024
St. Denis Medical poster

St. Denis Medical

TV · as Wife · 1 ep

2023
The Out-Laws poster

The Out-Laws

Movie · as Phoebe King

2023
Another Happy Day poster

Another Happy Day

Movie · as Joanna

2023
Digman! poster

Digman!

TV · as Princess Gasolina (voice), Gasolina / Mrs. Boddington (voice) · 2 eps

2023
History of the World: Part II poster

History of the World: Part II

TV · as Yorick · 1 ep

2023
Night Court poster

Night Court

TV · as Belinda · 1 ep

2023
The Ultimate Improv Show poster

The Ultimate Improv Show

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2023
Lauren Lapkus Presents: A Very Good Time! poster

Lauren Lapkus Presents: A Very Good Time!

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2022
Unbound poster

Unbound

Movie · as Anna Lee Fisher

2022
The Curse of Bridge Hollow poster

The Curse of Bridge Hollow

Movie · as Mayor Tammy

2022
2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson poster

2022 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

Movie · as Self

2022
About Last Night poster

About Last Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Is It Cake? poster

Is It Cake?

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2022
Untitled Improv Project poster

Untitled Improv Project

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2021
Dan Mangan is the Least Cool Thing poster

Dan Mangan is the Least Cool Thing

Movie · as Self

2021
Inside Job poster

Inside Job

TV · as Deany (voice), Additional Voices (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2021
Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins

Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins

TV · 1 ep

2020
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close poster

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

Movie · as Lynn / Self

2020
The Wrong Missy poster

The Wrong Missy

Movie · as Missy

2020
Date Nite poster

Date Nite

Movie · as Maya

2020
Happiest Season poster

Happiest Season

Movie · as Mall Security Crystal

2020
The Last Blockbuster poster

The Last Blockbuster

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2020
Close Enough poster

Close Enough

TV · as Kristen (voice), Quinn (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks poster

Star Trek: Lower Decks

TV · as Jennifer Sh'reyan (voice) · 10 eps

2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire poster

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

TV · as Self - Contestant · 2 eps

2020
Animaniacs poster

Animaniacs

TV · as Gabriella (voice), Cupcake (voice) · 1 ep

2019
The Unicorn poster

The Unicorn

Movie · as Mal

2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie poster

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Movie · as Carol

2019
Food Place poster

Food Place

Movie · as Carley

2019
Lights Out with David Spade poster

Lights Out with David Spade

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2019
The Morning Show poster

The Morning Show

TV · as Emma · 1 ep

2018
Holmes & Watson poster

Holmes & Watson

Movie · as Millicent

2018
Good Girls Get High poster

Good Girls Get High

Movie · as Patty

2018
Dog Days poster

Dog Days

Movie · as Daisy

2018
Good Girls poster

Good Girls

TV · as Agent Phoebe Donnegan · 17 eps

2018
A Million Little Things poster

A Million Little Things

TV · as Mallory · 2 eps

2018
Harvey Girls Forever! poster

Harvey Girls Forever!

TV · as Lotta (voice) · 52 eps

2018
Craig of the Creek poster

Craig of the Creek

TV · as Mackenzie (voice) · 7 eps

2018
Nailed It! Holiday! poster

Nailed It! Holiday!

TV · as Guest Judge · 1 ep

2018
Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island

TV · as Olf (voice) · 2 eps

2018
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom poster

Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom

TV · as Jillian Goldensocks, Tina Hawk · 1 ep

2017
The Fun Company poster

The Fun Company

Movie · as Jessica

2017
Girlfriend's Day poster

Girlfriend's Day

Movie · as Cardie #2

2017
We Strike Hard and Fade Away Into the Night poster

We Strike Hard and Fade Away Into the Night

Movie · as April (voice)

2017
Crashing poster

Crashing

TV · as Jess · 24 eps

2017
The Guest Book poster

The Guest Book

TV · as Sandy · 1 ep

2017
Ginger Snaps poster

Ginger Snaps

TV · as Calista (voice) · 9 eps

2016
Opening Night poster

Opening Night

Movie · as Alex Bean

2016
Hairpin Bender poster

Hairpin Bender

Movie · as Emily

2016
LEGO Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape poster

LEGO Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape

Movie · as Vivian (voice)

2016
Andy Richter's Home for the Holidays poster

Andy Richter's Home for the Holidays

Movie · as Andy's Wife

2016
The Hindenburg Explodes! poster

The Hindenburg Explodes!

Movie · as Penelope

2016
The Earliest Show: Outtakes & Bloopers poster

The Earliest Show: Outtakes & Bloopers

Movie · as Samantha Newman

2016
The Earliest Show poster

The Earliest Show

TV · as Samantha Newman · 6 eps

2016
Netflix Presents: The Characters poster

Netflix Presents: The Characters

TV · 1 ep

2016
Animals. poster

Animals.

TV · as C0298 · 1 ep

2016
Lucifer poster

Lucifer

TV · as Bree Garland/Abel · 1 ep

2016
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ poster

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

TV · as Nadine · 1 ep

2016
To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2016
The $100,000 Pyramid poster

The $100,000 Pyramid

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Heist

Heist

Movie

2015
Jurassic World poster

Jurassic World

Movie · as Vivian

2015
Cast Party

Cast Party

Movie · as Herself

2015
Another Period poster

Another Period

TV · as Penelope · 2 eps

2015
Clipped poster

Clipped

TV · as Joy · 10 eps

2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil poster

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

TV · as Higgs (voice) · 2 eps

2015
Life in Pieces poster

Life in Pieces

TV · as Cindy · 1 ep

2014
Blended poster

Blended

Movie · as Tracy

2014
Rubberhead poster

Rubberhead

Movie · as Girl 5 (segment "Lisa")

2014
Dan Klein: This Is Comedy poster

Dan Klein: This Is Comedy

Movie

2014
Bread and Butter poster

Bread and Butter

Movie · as Deirdre Newsome

2014
Wildlife poster

Wildlife

Movie · as Grace Hinckley

2014
Beginner's Luck poster

Beginner's Luck

Movie · as Judith

2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero poster

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

TV · as Matilda (voice) · 2 eps

2014
Clarence poster

Clarence

TV · as Lauren / Kim / Square Mom (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Friends with Better Lives poster

Friends with Better Lives

TV · as Deena · 1 ep

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
7p/10e poster

7p/10e

TV · as Lauren · 32 eps

2013
The To Do List poster

The To Do List

Movie · as Girl Heckler

2013
House of Lies Live poster

House of Lies Live

Movie · as Self

2013
Are You Here poster

Are You Here

Movie · as Delia Shepard

2013
Orange Is the New Black poster

Orange Is the New Black

TV · as Susan Fischer · 14 eps

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Normal Woman · 1 ep

2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick poster

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Dreamworld poster

Dreamworld

Movie · as Sushi

2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! poster

Comedy Bang! Bang!

TV · as Whitney Peeps · 2 eps

2012
Cleve Dixon: Terrible Detective

Cleve Dixon: Terrible Detective

TV · as Barbara Dietrichson · 3 eps

2012
Are You There, Chelsea? poster

Are You There, Chelsea?

TV · as Dee Dee · 12 eps

2012
Key & Peele poster

Key & Peele

TV · as Marion Glass · 1 ep

2012
House of Lies poster

House of Lies

TV · as Benita Spire · 3 eps

2011
Manhattan Mixup

Manhattan Mixup

Movie · as Agent Smith

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as Krissy (voice) / Krissy's Mom (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Adventure Time poster

Adventure Time

TV · as Patience St. Pim (voice) · 3 eps

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Oscar · 1 ep

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2009
The Middle poster

The Middle

TV · as Cashier · 1 ep

2007
The Big Bang Theory poster

The Big Bang Theory

TV · as Denise · 8 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Cowboy Hat Girl (voice), P-PSAT Sign-In Woman (voice), Successful Classmate (voice), Wife (voice), Sub Hub Employee (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

TV · as Self - Restaurant Patron · 1 ep

2004
The Soup poster

The Soup

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep