Lea DeLaria | |
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![]() DeLaria in 2017 | |
Born | Belleville, Illinois, U.S. | May 23, 1958
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Years active | 1982–present |
Website | www |
Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer.[1][2][3] She portrayed Carrie "Big Boo" Black on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019). She also starred in the Broadway productions POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive in 2022 and the 2000 revival of The Rocky Horror Show. She was the first openly gay comic to appear on American television in a 1993 appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show.[4]