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Julie Lake
American actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Personal life
Lake is married to Jeff Cahn and in 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
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