<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1986--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein (born April 4, 1979), better known as Natasha Lyonne, is an American actress . She is best known for playing Nicky Nichols on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and for her role as Jessica in the American Pie film series (1999--2012). Her other film credits include Everyone Says I Love You (1996), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), and But I'm a Cheerleader (1999). </P> <P> Lyonne was born in New York City, the daughter of Ivette Buchinger and Aaron Braunstein, a boxing promoter, race car driver, and radio host, who was distantly related to cartoonist Al Jaffee . </P>

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