Lea DeLaria
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Lea DeLaria

May 23, 1958 - Belleville, Illinois, USA

Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer. DeLaria is credited with being the first openly gay comic to appear on American television with her 1993 appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show. She is best known for her portrayal of inmate Carrie "Big Boo" Black on Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013-2019). She's known for her work on Broadway including the revival of The Rocky Horror Show in 2000, and POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive in 2022.

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Movie2006Outlaugh!Self
Movie2024Glitter & DoomBoston
Movie1999Edge of SeventeenAngie
Movie1996Jodie: An IconSelf - Interviewee
Movie2013Ass BackwardsDeb
Movie1998Homo HeightsClementine
Movie2013Dear Dumb DiaryMs. Bruntford
MovieN/ABollywood and Vine: The Original B-Movie MusicalDelilah Leigh
Movie2016Bear with UsChief Ranger Stewart (voice)
Movie2015The Same Difference
MovieN/AThere She Goes
Movie2017Cars 3Miss Fritter (voice)
Movie2018Support the GirlsBobo
Movie2017Miss Fritter's Racing SkooolMiss Fritter (voice)
Movie1998We're Funny That Way
Movie1996The First Wives ClubElise's Fan
Movie1996Rescuing DesireSadie
Movie1997Plump FictionMr. Purple
Movie2006Fat Rose and SqueakyFat Rose
Movie1999My Favorite Broadway: The Leading LadiesSelf - Performer
Movie2021Ahead of the CurveSelf
Movie2019Thanks to HankSelf
Movie2021Potato Dreams of AmericaTamara
Movie2021The Lesbian Bar ProjectNarrator
Movie2020The Renegades
Movie1993Camp Christmas
Movie2025Outerlands
Movie2017Clarence’s Stormy SleepoverEJ (voice)
Movie2025TowJocelyn
TV Show2001The Job1
TV Show1995The Drew Carey ShowJewel1
TV Show1993Saved by the Bell: The New ClassMiss Hearst1
TV Show1986Matlock1
TV Show1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitFrankie1
TV Show2001The OblongsHelga Phugly (voice)13
TV Show1998Will & GraceNurse Carver1
TV Show2013Orange Is the New BlackBig Boo63
TV Show1968One Life to Live4
TV Show2011Awkward.Tattooist1
TV Show2001Further Tales of the CityWillie Omiak4
TV Show2016ChelseaSelf1
TV Show2020Kipo and the Age of WonderbeastsMolly Yarnchopper (voice)30
TV Show2007CalifornicationDebbie1
TV Show2013The BlacklistNurse Binstock1
TV Show2014Broad CityDeb1
TV Show1994FriendsWoman1
TV Show1996Good News WeekSelf1
TV Show2014Trailblazer HonorsSelf - Honoree1
TV Show2014Trailblazer HonorsSelf - Presenter1
TV Show2014ClarenceEJ / Gale / Betty (voice)1
TV Show2014ClarenceEJ (voice)6
TV Show2014ClarenceEJ / Incidental Lady (voice)1
TV Show2014ClarenceEJ / TV Girl (voice)1
TV Show2014ClarenceEJ / Nurse (voice)1
TV Show2021Girls5evaBev1
TV Show1993The John Larroquette ShowLorelei2
TV Show2020Awkwafina Is Nora from QueensAlfur the Elf2
TV Show2015Jay Leno's GarageSelf1
TV Show2022Queer for Fear: The History of Queer HorrorSelf4
TV Show2019ReprisalQueenie9
TV Show1971Great PerformancesSelf1
TV Show2020Bottomless Brunch at Colman'sSelf1
TV Show2022East New YorkFire Marshal Nicky Greenville1
TV Show2011ShamelessBarb1
TV Show1986MatlockDet. Pat Jordan1
TV Show2022The Lesbian Bar ProjectSelf - Host3

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Movie2021The Lesbian Bar ProjectExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2024POSSUMExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022The Lesbian Bar ProjectExecutive ProducerProduction