Orange Is the New Black. Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy- dramaweb television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix.[1][2] The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2. FCI Danbury, a minimum- security federal prison. Orange Is the New Black premiered on July 1.

Netflix.[3] In February 2. The fifth season was released on June 9, 2. The series is produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. Orange Is the New Black has become Netflix's most- watched original series.[4][6] It has received critical acclaim and many accolades. For its first season, the series garnered 1. 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 2.

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For its second season, the series received four Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, and Uzo Aduba won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Watch Scents And Sensibility Youtube more. Orange Is the New Black is the first series to score Emmy nominations in both comedy and drama categories.[8] The series has also received six Golden Globe Award nominations, six Writers Guild of America Award nominations, a Producers Guild of America Award, an American Film Institute award, and a Peabody Award. The series revolves around Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a woman in her 3. New York City who is sentenced to 1.

Litchfield Penitentiary, a minimum- security women'sfederal prison (initially operated by the "Federal Department of Corrections," a fictional version of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and later acquired by Management & Correction Corporation (MCC), a private prison company) in upstate New York. Piper had been convicted of transporting a suitcase full of drug money for her girlfriend Alex Vause (Laura Prepon), an international drug smuggler. The offense had occurred 1.

Piper had moved on to a quiet, law- abiding life among New York's upper middle class. Her sudden and unexpected indictment severely disrupted her relationships with her fiancé, family and friends. In prison, Piper is reunited with Alex (who named Piper in her trial, resulting in Piper's arrest) and they re- examine their relationship. Simultaneously, Piper must learn how to survive in prison and how to overcome its numerous, inherent struggles. Episodes often feature flashbacks of significant events from various inmates' and prison guards' pasts.

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These flashbacks typically explain how the inmate came to be in prison or develop the character's backstory. The show pays close attention to how corruption, drug smuggling, funding cuts, overcrowding and guard brutality affect the prisoners' health and well- being and the prison's basic ability to fulfil its fundamental responsibilities and ethical obligations as a federal corrections institution. One of the show's key conflicts involves the prison Director of Human Activities, Joe Caputo, whose efforts and aims as a warden constantly conflict with the business interests of MCC, which acquired the facility when it was about to be shut down. Cast and characters[edit]Main cast[edit]Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman, inmate. Laura Prepon as Alex Vause, inmate. Michael Harney as Sam Healy, correctional officer[a]Michelle Hurst as Miss Claudette Pelage, inmate (season 1)Kate Mulgrew as Galina "Red" Reznikov, inmate. Jason Biggs as Larry Bloom, Piper's fiancé (season 1–2, guest season 5)Uzo Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren, inmate.

Danielle Brooks as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson, inmate. Natasha Lyonne as Nicky Nichols, inmate. Taryn Manning as Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett, inmate. Selenis Leyva as Gloria Mendoza, inmate.

Adrienne C. Moore as Cindy "Black Cindy" Hayes, inmate. Dascha Polanco as Dayanara "Daya" Diaz, inmate. Nick Sandow as Joe Caputo, Director of Human Activities, later Warden. Yael Stone as Lorna Morello, inmate. Samira Wiley as Poussey Washington, inmate (seasons 1–4, guest season 5)Jackie Cruz as Marisol "Flaca" Gonzales, inmate. Lea De. Laria as Carrie "Big Boo" Black, inmate.

Elizabeth Rodriguez as Aleida Diaz, former inmate. Jessica Pimentel as Maria Ruiz, inmate. Recurring cast[edit]Inmates[edit]Staff. Catherine Curtin as Wanda Bell. Joel Marsh Garland as Scott O'Neill.

Matt Peters as Joel Luschek. Alysia Reiner as Natalie "Fig" Figueroa. Brendan Burke as Wade Donaldson (seasons 1- 4)Lolita Foster as Eliqua Maxwell (seasons 1–3)Germar Terrell Gardner as Charles Ford (seasons 1–3)Matt Mc. Gorry as John Bennett (seasons 1–3)Pablo Schreiber as George "Pornstache" Mendez (seasons 1–3, guest season 5)Lauren Lapkus as Susan Fischer (seasons 1–2)Alan Aisenberg as Baxter "Gerber" Bayley (season 3–present)Beth Dover as Linda Ferguson / "Amelia Von Barlow" (season 3–present)Jimmy Gary Jr. Felix Rikerson (season 3–present)James Mc. Menamin as Charlie "Donuts" Coates (season 3–present)Mike Birbiglia as Danny Pearson (seasons 3- 4)Marsha Stephanie Blake as Berdie Rogers (season 3)Nick Dillenburg as Ryder Blake (season 4–present)Evan Arthur Hall as Stratman (season 4–present)Mike Houston as Lee Dixon (season 4–present)Brad William Henke as Desi Piscatella (seasons 4–5)John Palladino as Josh (season 4–present)Emily Tarver as Artesian Mc.

Cullough (season 4–present)Michael Torpey as Thomas "Humps" Humphrey (seasons 4–5)Others. Production[edit]. The series cast at The Paley Center For Media's Paley. Fest 2. 01. 4 event honoring the show. Show creator Jenji Kohan read Piper Kerman's memoir after a friend sent it to her.

She then set up a meeting with Kerman to pitch her on a TV adaptation, which she notes she "screwed up" as she spent most of the time asking Kerman about her experiences she described in the book rather than selling her on the show. This appealed to Kerman as it let her know that she was a fan and she signed off on the adaptation.[9] Kohan would later go on to describe the main character, Piper Chapman, as a "trojan horse" for the series, allowing it to focus on characters whose demographics would not normally be represented on TV.[1.

In July 2. 01. 1, it was revealed that Netflix was in negotiations with Lionsgate for a 1. TV adaptation of Kerman's memoirs with Kohan as creator.[1. In November 2. 01. Casting announcements began in August 2. Taylor Schilling, the first to be cast, in the lead role as Piper Chapman,[1.

Jason Biggs as Piper's fiancé Larry Bloom.[1. Laura Prepon and Yael Stone were next to join the series.[2]Abigail Savage, who plays Gina, and Alysia Reiner, who plays Fig, had auditioned for role of Alex Vause.[9][1. Prepon initially auditioned for Piper Chapman,[1. Kohan felt she would not worry about her [in prison], noting a "toughness and a presence to her that wasn’t right for the character." Kohan instead gave her the role of Alex.[9] Stone had originally auditioned for the role of Nicky Nichols, but she was not considered "tough enough" for the character; [1. Lorna Morello instead.[1. Likability was important for Morello, whom casting director Jen Euston deemed "a very helpful, nice, sweet Italian girl."[1. Laverne Cox, a black transgender woman, was cast as Sophia Burset, a transgender character.

The Advocate touted Orange Is the New Black as possibly the first women- in- prison narrative to cast a transgender woman for this type of role.[1. Natasha Lyonne was to audition for Alex, but was asked to read for the character Nicky Nichols; "[Kohan knew] she could do Nicky with her eyes closed. She was perfect," said Euston.[1. Uzo Aduba read for the part of Janae Watson but was offered the character Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren.[1.

Taryn Manning was offered the role of Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett.[1. This American Life host Ira Glass was offered a role as a public radiohost, but he declined. Watch Striptease Online here. The role instead went to Robert Stanton, who plays the fictional host Maury Kind.[2.