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Between her TV debut at age 7 on Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) and playing junkie Nicky on Orange Is the New Black (2013), Natasha fought, and kicked, an addiction to heroin. After getting clean, she underwent open-heart surgery to repair the damage she'd inflicted on her body during this period.

In 2005 Lyonne was admitted to Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan under a pseudonym, suffering from hepatitis C, a heart infection, and a collapsed lung; she was also undergoing methadone treatment for heroin addiction. Later that year Lyonne was admitted to a drug and alcohol treatment center.

Her parents are both of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Her maternal grandparents, Ella (Netzer) and Morris Buchinger, both originally from Hungary, were Holocaust survivors.

Rufus Wainwright's song "Natasha" is written about her.

Lyonne underwent open-heart surgery in 2012 to correct heart valve damage caused by her heart infection.

After dropping out of NYU's Tisch School at age 17, she bought her own apartment, a penthouse with wraparound terrace in Manhattan's Gramercy Park area, using two semesters worth of tuition to make the down payment.

Has lived on her own since 16.

Close friends with her Orange Is the New Black (2013) co-stars, Laura Prepon and Taylor Schilling.

She was offered the title role in Buffy l'ammazzavampiri (1997), but turned it down because she wasn't interested in doing TV at the time.

Arrested by Miami Beach police on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Her rented Dodge ran off the road into a traffic sign. She was arrested about 1:45am and released after posting a bond during the day. Her statement to the arresting officer was, "I'm a movie star. Can I talk to my entertainment lawyer?" (28 agosto 2001)

She and her family briefly lived in Israel (where she filmed A Man Called Sarge (1990)). After her parents divorced, she moved back to New York with her mother and brother while her father remained in Israel.

Longtime friend of Chloë Sevigny.

Attended a Zionist military camp when she was 13 years old, living in Israel.

Her character in Orange Is the New Black (2013) mentions making L'esorcista (1973) jokes while being strapped down in the rehab clinic, which is a reference to her role in Scary Movie 2 (2001).

Attended Yeshiva High School in Manhattan, where she acted in a school production of "The Magic Garden."

Sits on the board of the Film Forum in New York City.

Was originally set to play Candy in La casa del diavolo (2005), but was replaced by Elizabeth Daily.

Received her first screen kiss from co-star Devin Ratray in the film Dennis la minaccia (1993).

Auditioned for the title role in La tenera canaglia (1991) (1991).

Auditioned for title role of Blossom and best friend Six LeMeure on the TV series Blossom (1990) (1990).

Auditioned for the role of Sabrina Spellman on the TV series Sabrina, vita da strega (1996) (1996).

She was born on the same day as Heath Ledger.

Natasha has worked with Michael Harney twice: in Weeds (2005) and Orange Is the New Black (2013).

Was originally cast as Audie in the film Audie & the Wolf (2008) but was replaced by Tara Price.

She is the second cousin, once removed of musician Rami Jaffee.