<P> After almost a year in Los Angeles, Lapkus began landing roles in a number of commercials, including Snickers and Jack in the Box as well as a sketch on Jimmy Kimmel Live! . From these successes, she got herself representation and during pilot season landed a supporting role in the short lived Are You There, Chelsea? . </P> <P> After self - taping her audition, Lapkus was cast as security guard Susan Fischer on the first and second seasons of the Netflix series Orange is the New Black . In 2015, Lapkus and the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series . </P> <P> In 2014, Lapkus launched her own podcast on the Earwolf network, called With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus . The show's premise is that each week her guest is the host of their own podcast, and she is appearing as a character on their show . Her guests have included Paul F. Tompkins, Betsy Sodaro, Andy Daly, Nick Kroll, and Scott Aukerman . She has said that she "never expected to get into podcasts at all" and to her it is funny she has one . </P> <P> In mid-2014, Lapkus was cast in Jurassic World, which she filmed in both Hawaii and New Orleans . Many of her scenes with Jake Johnson were improvised . In 2015, she portrayed Joy the receptionist in TBS's Clipped . In 2016, Lapkus wrote and starred in her own 30 - minute episode of the sketch show Netflix Presents: The Characters . </P>

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