Taylor Schilling

An American actress, she is known for portraying Piper Chapman on the Netflix original series *Orange Is the New Black* (2013–present), for which she won the 2013 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014. She made her film debut in the drama *Dark Matter* (2007), alongside Meryl Streep. Schilling also starred as Veronica Flanagan Callahan in the short-lived NBC medical drama *Mercy* (2009–10). Her other films include *Atlas Shrugged: Part I* (2011), the romantic drama *The Lucky One* (2012), and the political thriller *Argo* (2012).