American actress
Julie Lake is an American actress, best known for playing inmate Angie Rice on Orange is the New Black,[1] for which she is a two-time winner of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Early life and education
While Lake was in Grad School, she dated a fellow actor named Robert Stephan. A native of Palo Alto, California, Lake attended Yale University, where she majored in theater.[2]
Career
Lake acted in theatrical plays in New York City for several years, including with Nick Jones.[3] When Jones was hired to be a writer for Orange is the New Black, Jones suggested that Lake audition for the part of Angie Rice.[3] Lake auditioned, and she got the part.[3]
Lake and Shirin Najafi created a web series called George and Julie, which is about a struggling actress in Hollywood who seeks advice from her cat George who degrades her.[3] Lake and Najafi also created a web series called Mental, which is about two friends and their anxiety and mental instability.[4]
Personal life
Lake is married to Jeff Cahn and on 2019 she gave birth to a son. When she was asked to do a make-out scene on Orange Is the New Black, the producers asked her if she had someone in mind for the part, and her husband was brought in for the role.[5]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Notes
|
| 2013–2019
|
Orange Is the New Black
|
Angie Rice
|
48 episodes
|
| 2016
|
Tinderellas
|
Nicole Richmond
|
Episode: "Pilot"
|
| 2016
|
Boomtown
|
Miss Mildred / Jane Fonda
|
4 episodes
|
| 2016–2017
|
Mental
|
Julie
|
5 episodes
|
| 2017
|
Tall Tales
|
Lisa
|
Episode: "The Tale of the New Hire"
|
| 2017
|
Love Me Do
|
Babah Gah
|
Television film
|
| 2018
|
James Blondes
|
Jungle Doll
|
Episode: "Blondes in the Jungle"
|
| 2020
|
Trophies
|
Tiffany
|
Television film
|
| 2020
|
Backsliders
|
Podcast Host
|
Episode: "Backsliders"
|
| 2021
|
Dale's House
|
Nilly
|
Episode: "Pilot"
|
References
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