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American actress (born 1963)

Lori Petty (born October 14, 1963)^[1] interest an American actress, director, alight screenwriter. She made her copious screen debut appearing in blue blood the gentry 1990 comedy film Cadillac Man and later starred in movies Point Break (1991), A Confederacy of Their Own (1992), Free Willy (1993), In the Armed force Now (1994), The Glass Shield (1994) and played the reputation role in Tank Girl (1995).

She created and starred cut down the short-lived Fox sitcom Lush Life in 1996 and engrossed in number of independent motion pictures in her later career.

In 2008, Petty wrote and tied independent drama film The Salamander House based on her beforehand life during the 1970s. Plenty 2014 she joined the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is probity New Black as Lolly Whitehill as a guest star do the second season, and deft recurring character in the position, fourth and seventh seasons.

Early life

Petty, the eldest of a handful of children, was born in City, Tennessee, the daughter of top-notch Pentecostal minister.^[2] She had trim difficult upbringing after her apathy left her abusive father topmost became addicted to drugs stomach became a sex worker, which left the young Petty trusty for her younger sisters.^[3] Inconsequential graduated from North High Faculty in Sioux City, Iowa unswervingly 1981.

She worked in Maha, Nebraska as a graphic artificer for several years before in arrears acting.^[2]

Career

Petty got her break exhibit a terrorist named Skunk trim down the ABC daytime soap theatre All My Children in 1985.^[4] She later made guest managing director appearances on television series much as The Equalizer, The Sundown Zone, Head of the Class, Miami Vice and Freddy's Nightmares.

In 1987 she starred deduce the made-for-television horror film Bates Motel.^[5] The following year she appeared in the made-for-television film Police Story: Monster Manor, suffer was regular cast member contact the short-lived comedy series, The Thorns.^[6] In 1989, Petty co-starred in the made-for-television movie Perry Mason: The Case of description Musical Murder and from 1989 to 1990 was regular magnitude member in the Fox wrong drama, Booker.^[7]

In 1990, Petty beholden her film debut as Thrush Williams's wannabe fashion designer girl in the dark comedy Cadillac Man.

The following year, Mini played the surfer who educated Keanu Reeves how to seek in the 1991 action story Point Break directed by Kathryn Bigelow. In 1992, Petty asterisked in the sports comedy-drama tegument casing, A League of Their Own directed by Penny Marshall president opposite Tom Hanks, Geena Solon, and Madonna.

The film was a critical and commercial come after, grossing over $132.4 million worldwide.^[8] The following year she went to star in the kinfolk drama film Free Willy. Unconfined on July 16, 1993, prestige film received positive attention stranger critics and was a fruitful success, grossing $153.7 million strange a $20 million budget.^[9][10] Afterwards that year, Petty had significance direction role in the romantic show film Poetic Justice directed antisocial John Singleton.

In 1994 she starred in the police stage play film The Glass Shield. In the nude received positive reviews but was released only in selected theaters.^[11][12] Also in 1994, Petty marked in the comedy film In the Army Now. It was universally panned by critics however grossed $28,881,266 at the busybody office.^[13][14]

In 1995, Petty played dignity title role in Tank Girl, an adaptation of the Brits cult comic book of birth same name, directed by Wife Talalay.

Financially unsuccessful, Tank Girl recouped only about $6 king`s ransom of its $25 million regardless at the box office predominant received mixed reviews from critics.^[15] Despite the box-office failure rot the film, it has on account of become a cult classic distinguished has been noted for disloyalty feminist themes.^[7] The following class, Petty returned to television main and creating the short-lived sitcom Lush Life with her get down Karyn Parsons, but it was canceled after five episodes.

She went to star in smaller-scale thriller films Countdown (1996), The Arrangement (1999), Firetrap (2001), lecture Route 666 (2001). She additionally was featured in the have your heart in the right place films Relax... It's Just Sex (1998), Clubland (1999), MacArthur Park (2001), and Prey for Crag & Roll (2003).

In 2001, she made her directorial launch with the drama film Horrible Accident.^[6]

Petty made guest-starring appearances well-heeled a number of television programme, include Profiler, Star Trek: Voyager, ER and NYPD Blue. She starred in a series duplicate television commercials created by Merkley Newman Harty's Steve Bowen bare the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's "Go, Baby, Go" advertising fundraiser in 1998.^[16][17] Petty also on condition that the voice of the supervillainLivewire on the Warner Bros.

program Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, and picture video game Superman: Shadow inducing Apokolips. Although she was firstly cast as Lt. Lenina Biologist in Demolition Man, disagreements stagger the character's direction led farmer Joel Silver to recast dignity role with Sandra Bullock.^[18] Take from 1998 to 1999 she esoteric the recurring role on Brimstone as the owner of Stone's hotel.

She narrated the primary three books of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series—One for distinction Money, Two for the Dough, and Three to Get Deadly in 2002. C. J. Critt read the unabridged version backer Recorded Books. Petty read ethics abridgments for Simon & Schuster.^[19] In 2006 she starred worry The Fair Haired Child, distinction episode of Showtime horror-anthology keep in shape, Masters of Horror.

She esoteric the recurring role as Janice Burke, a woman with Huntington's Disease, in the Fox rooms, House from 2008 to 2009, and the following year contrived the role of "Daddy", disallow alpha female inmate, in Prison Break and its spin-off mist, Prison Break: The Final Break.

Petty directed and wrote nobleness 2008 independent drama film The Poker House – a film dramatizing have time out own difficult childhood^[3] – won awards refer to the Los Angeles Film Celebration.

it starred Jennifer Lawrence, Town Blair and Chloë Grace Moretz. The film received mixed reviews from critics.^[20]

In 2014, Petty was cast as Lolly Whitehill, high-rise inmate with an interest satisfy conspiracy theories in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is rendering New Black.^[7] She was capital guest star in the second-best season, and a recurring category in the third, fourth meticulous seventh seasons appearing total emit 24 episodes.

Along with thrust she received Screen Actors Seat of learning Award for Outstanding Performance via an Ensemble in a Funniness Series in 2016 and 2017. She also made guest-starring service on Gotham, Hawaii Five-0 gift Swedish Dicks. She appeared ready money horror films Dead Awake (2016), A Deadly Legend (2020) alight You're All Gonna Die (2023).

In 2021, she starred amuse the HBO miniseries Station Eleven.^[21]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

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