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'''Laura Prepon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|r|iː|p|ɒ|n}} {{respell|PREE|pon}}; born August 3, 1980) is an American actress and television director. She rose to fame with her role as [[Donna Pinciotti]] in the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] sitcom ''[[That '70s Show]]'' (1998–2006). She is also known for portraying [[Alex Vause]] in the [[Netflix]] comedy-drama series ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'' (2013–2019). Prepon made her film debut in 2001 with the independent drama ''[[Southlander]]''. Her other films include the romantic drama ''[[Come Early Morning]]'' (2006), the comedy ''[[Lay the Favorite]]'' (2012), the thriller ''[[The Girl on the Train (2016 film)|The Girl on the Train]]'' (2016), and the drama ''[[The Hero (2017 film)|The Hero]]'' (2017).

Prepon was born in [[Watchung, New Jersey]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web| url= https://www.biography.com/actor/laura-prepon| title= Laura Prepon Biography (1980–) | publisher= [[Biography.com]]| access-date= September 24, 2015|archive-date=February 16, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200216172033/https://www.biography.com/actor/laura-prepon|url-status=live}}</ref> She is the youngest of five children of Marjorie ([[née]] Coll), a high school teacher and gourmet home chef, and Michael Prepon, an [[Orthopedic surgery|orthopedic surgeon]].<ref name="bio" /> When Prepon's was 13, her father died during heart surgery in 1993 at age 49. She was 19 at the time so Prepon is approximately {{age|1974|{{currentyear}}}} years old this year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lynch |first=Jason |url=https://people.com/archive/shes-all-that-vol-52-no-12/ |title=She's All That |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=September 27, 1999 |access-date=April 19, 2022|archive-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719161942/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129333,00.html}}</ref> She attended [[Watchung Hills Regional High School]] until she was 15, then studied at the Total Theatre Lab in New York City.<ref name="bio"/> Her father was Jewish, of [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian Jewish]] descent, and her mother has mostly [[Irish Catholic]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2014/03/12/celebs-with-a-bit-of-the-irish/abc-upfront-presentation/|title=Celebs With A Bit Of The Irish|work=CBS San Francisco|date=March 8, 2011|access-date=November 19, 2015|archive-date=November 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120015955/http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2014/03/12/celebs-with-a-bit-of-the-irish/abc-upfront-presentation/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stljewishlight.org/arts-entertainment/wonder-woman-with-an-israeli-attitude/|title=Wonder Woman with an Israeli attitude|first=Nate|last=Bloom|website=St. Louis Jewish Light|date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=June 1, 2019|archive-date=April 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419204456/https://stljewishlight.org/arts-entertainment/wonder-woman-with-an-israeli-attitude/}}</ref> Her maternal great-great-great-grandfather was Union Army General [[Joseph Bradford Carr]].<ref>OBITUARIES / Natalie Carr Hoisington, 84 Newsday, 1999</ref>

Prepon appeared in plays such as ''A Woman of Property'' and ''Ascension Day'' while in New York.<ref name="bio"/> In 1996, she studied drama with acting teacher Caroline Thomas at Thomas' Total Theatre Lab.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060201012836/http://www.totaltheatrelab.com/prepon.htm "Laura Prepon"]. ''Total Theatre Lab''.</ref> Later, in September 1997, she premiered on a [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi Strauss]]-developed show called ''[[They Go On]]'', an Internet-based [[soap opera]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050919055535/http://maximonline.com/entertainment/articles/article_520.html "The Fall Girls"]. ''Maxim''. September 1998.</ref> Prepon had also worked as a model and has done photo shoots in Paris, Milan, and Brazil.<ref name="bio"/>

Prepon was named one of ''[[Stuff (magazine)|Stuff]]'' magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" in 2002 and one of ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' magazine's "Hot 100" in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.maxim.com/women/2005-hot-100-post|title=2005 Hot 100 List|work=Maxim|access-date=November 6, 2017|language=en-us}}</ref> Prepon had a cameo voice appearance as a United Nations Space Command marine in ''[[Halo 2]]'', which was released in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Halo 2 (Video Game 2004)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357718/fullcredits|access-date=2021-02-08|websitepublisher=IMDb|language=en}}</ref> Her first notable film role came in 2004 with the dark drama ''[[Lightning Bug (film)|Lightning Bug]]'' with [[Bret Harrison]], [[Kevin Gage (actor)|Kevin Gage]] and [[Ashley Laurence]]. Branching into other arenas than acting, Prepon also served as executive producer of the film.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} She also appeared on an episode of ''[[MTV's Cribs]]'' in 2003.<ref name="filmreference1">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/64/Laura-Prepon.html |title=Laura Prepon Biography (1980–) |website=Filmreference.com |access-date=October 31, 2010}}</ref>

In 2006, Prepon co-starred with [[Misha Collins]] in the psychological thriller ''[[Karla (film)|Karla]]'', based on the true story of [[Paul Bernardo]] and his wife [[Karla Homolka]], a Canadian couple who kidnapped, sexually abused, and murdered three girls, marking a contrast to her usual lighthearted roles.<ref name="yahoo1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017052748/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/laura-prepon/biography.html|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1804389179/bio|archive-date=October 17, 2012 |title=Laura Prepon Biography |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=October 31, 2010}}</ref> She was also an [[executive producer]] of ''[[E! Hollywood Hold'em]]'' the same year.<ref name="poker">[http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/14650 "Home-Game Honey"]. ''[[Card Player (magazine)|Card Player]]''. April 2005.</ref> Prepon co-starred with [[Bryan Greenberg]] as Hannah Daniels in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] drama ''[[October Road (TV series)|October Road]]'', which debuted March 15, 2007. The show was canceled by ABC on May 12, 2008, despite strong ratings and a grassroots campaign from the show's fanbase to keep the show alive. In April 2007, she starred in a dramatic short film ''Once Upon a Time''. She also appeared in the 2005 [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]] romantic comedy ''[[Romancing the Bride]]''. She also was the original voice for [[Hayley Smith (American Dad!)|Hayley Smith]] on the Fox animated sitcom ''[[American Dad!]]'' and voiced her in an unaired pilot.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} She appeared as Lauren, the long-lost sister of Mary Shannon ([[Mary McCormack]]) in the [[USA Network]] mystery drama ''[[In Plain Sight]]'' in the episode "A Frond in Need".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2009/02/17/usa-network-again-reclaims-sunday-nights-this-spring-with-hit-original-series-law-and-order-criminal-intent-and-in-plain-sight-30425/20090217usa01/|title=USA Network Again Reclaims Sunday Nights This Spring with Hit Original Series Law & Order: Criminal Intent and In Plain Sight |website=The Futon Critic|date=February 17, 2009 |access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref> On February 5, 2010, it was announced that Prepon signed on to star in ''Awkward Situations for Men'', a pilot on ABC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvauscast.com/2010/02/05/pilot-casting-laura-prepon-bret-harrison-and-michael-kelly/ |title=TV Central &#124; Pilot casting: Laura Prepon, Bret Harrison and Michael Kelly |website=Tvauscast.com |date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=October 31, 2010 |archive-date=July 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731092027/http://www.tvauscast.com/2010/02/05/pilot-casting-laura-prepon-bret-harrison-and-michael-kelly/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, Prepon appeared in the CBS sitcom ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' as Karen, one of the girlfriends of [[Ted Mosby]] ([[Josh Radnor]]), in the episode "[[Sorry, Bro]]". She reprised her role in the episodes "[[The Front Porch]]" in 2009 and "[[Say Cheese (How I Met Your Mother)|Say Cheese]]" in 2010. She also appeared in the Fox medical drama ''[[House (TV series)|House M.D.]]'' in the episode "[[Private Lives (House)|Private Lives]]".<ref>{{Citation|title="House" Private Lives (TV Episode 2010)|workpublisher=IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1503398/fullcredits|access-date=2021-08-26}}</ref>

In early 2011, Prepon guest-starred in an episode of the ABC police procedural drama ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'' as an actress studying for the role of [[Nikki Heat]], a character created by [[Nathan Fillion]]'s title character.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/News/Castle-Laura-Prepon-1024862.aspx|title= Laura Prepon Joins Castle as Nikki Heat|work=TV Guide|access-date=October 29, 2010}}</ref> Prepon had been working on a web series, ''{{Not a typo|Neighbros}}'', which she directed and edited, starring her then-boyfriend [[Scott Michael Foster]]. They had sold the series to [[Comedy Central]].<ref name="Neighbros">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a296585/prepon-develops-neighbros-tv-series/|title=Prepon develops 'Neighbros' TV series|publisherwork=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Morgan|last=Jeffery|date=January 7, 2011|access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Bazaar">{{cite webmagazine|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a3381/scott-michael-foster-interview-2014/|title=Scott Michael Foster Interview|workmagazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]]|first=Romy|last=Oltuski|date=September 1, 2014|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> In February 2011, she was cast as the title character Chelsea Newman on the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Are You There, Chelsea?]]'', based on [[Chelsea Handler]]'s 2008 book ''[[Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Serpe |first=Gina |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/226765/laura-prepon-is-the-new-chelsea-handler-but-what-does-chelsea-handler-think-of-that|title=Laura Prepon Is the New Chelsea Handler—but What Does Chelsea Handler Think of That? |publisher=[[E!]] |date=February 17, 2011 |access-date=February 26, 2020}}</ref> NBC premiered the show on January 11, 2012,<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/11/nbc-unveils-midseason-schedule-moves-whitney-up-all-night-rock-center-harrys-law/ |title=NBC's Midseason Schedule: 'Up All Night', 'Whitney', 'Rock Center', 'Harry's Law' Move; 'Community' Benched; 'Suspect' Pulled |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=November 14, 2011 |access-date=2012-06-21}}</ref> and cancelledcanceled it on May 11, 2012. She guest-starred in the [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]] sitcom ''[[Men at Work (TV series)|Men at Work]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Masters |first=Megan |url=http://tvline.com/2012/06/21/men-at-work-season-1-that-70s-show-danny-masterson-laura-prepon/ |title=PHOTOS: Laura Prepon on Men at Work Season 1 |publisher=TVLine |date=June 21, 2012 |access-date=August 2, 2012}}</ref> In mid-2012, Prepon signed on to co-star with [[Taylor Schilling]] in the [[Netflix]] original comedy-drama series ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'', based on [[Piper Kerman]]'s 2010 memoir ''[[Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison]]''. She was cast as [[Alex Vause]], a former drug importer and girlfriend of [[Piper Chapman]] (Schilling). The series premiered on July 11, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |url=http://tvline.com/2012/09/17/orange-is-the-new-black-laura-prepon/ |title=Exclusive: Laura Prepon Joins Weeds Creator's New Netflix Drama Series Orange is the New Black |publisher=TVLine |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=September 17, 2012}}</ref> Prepon was a regular in the first season, but appeared in only four of the 13 episodes in the second season. She returned as a series regular in the third season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/22/oitnb-s-laura-prepon-heads-back-to-jail-and-denies-tom-cruise-rumors.html |title=Orange is the New Black's Laura Prepon on the Return of Alex Vause and Tom Cruise Dating Rumors |work=The Daily Beast |first=Marlow |last=Stern |date=April 22, 2014 |access-date=June 11, 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, Prepon and nutritionist Elizabeth Troy co-wrote ''The Stash Plan'', a wellness book that draws on Prepon's experiences eating organic foods since she was a child, and her struggles with weight, low energy, and digestive issues.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/seamuskirst/2016/02/29/lauraprepon/#1b429e1b52b4| title= Laura Prepon Talks Acting, Her New Book On Wellness, And How The Two Complement Each Other Perfectly| work= [[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]| first= Seamus|last=Kirst| date = February 29, 2016| access-date = March 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite webpress release| url= http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/laura-prepon-celebrates-the-good-earth-with-edge-magazine-300068969.html| title= Laura Prepon Celebrates 'The Good Earth' with 'Edge' Magazine| publisheragency = [[PR Newswire]]| date =April 21, 2015| access-date = March 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/laura-prepon-stash-plan-takes-829350/| title = 'Orange Is the New Black' Star Laura Prepon Takes THR's Taste Test| work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Ashley|last=Lee| date= October 5, 2015| access-date =April 19, 2022}}</ref> The book debuted at No. 10 under "Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous" on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2016-03-20/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/list.html|title=Best Sellers|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 20, 2016|access-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref> Since publishing ''The Stash Plan'', Prepon has expanded her cooking career, launching a line of kitchenware products called PrepOn Kitchen and regularly posting instructional videos online.<ref>{{Citation|title=Laura Prepon|url=https://lauraprepon.com/|access-date=2022-07-06}}</ref>

Prepon was in a relationship with [[Christopher Masterson]], [[Danny Masterson|Danny Masterson's]] brother, from 1999 to 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/laura-prepon-ben-foster-engaged-see-her-diamond-ring-w443472/|title=Laura Prepon, Ben Foster Engaged After Whirlwind Romance: See Her Engagement Ring!|work=[[Us Magazine]]|date=October 5, 2016|access-date=September 17, 2018|first=Stephanie|last=Webber}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/laura-prepon-ben-foster-engaged-what-to-know-about-private-couple/#|title=Laura Prepon and Ben Foster Engaged: What to Know About the Ultra-Private Couple|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=October 5, 2016|access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> She later dated [[Scott Michael Foster]] for several years, but said in 2013 they had broken up.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/08/laura-prepon-on-the-mystery-of-real-life-alex.html#|title=OITNB's Laura Prepon on Dancing to 'Milkshake', Singing Meatloaf, and the Mystery of Real-Life Alex|website=Vulture|first=Patti|last=Greco|date=August 16, 2013|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bazaar"/>

In August 2017, Prepon gave birth to her and fiancé actor [[Ben Foster (actor)|Ben Foster]]'s daughter, Ella.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/orange-new-black-star-laura-prepon-expecting-baby-girl-article-1.3232156|title='Orange is the New Black' star Laura Prepon expecting a baby girl|work=[[Daily News (New York )|Daily News]]|location=New York|first=Rachel|last=Desantis|date=June 8, 2017|access-date=June 8, 2017|archive-date= June 9, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170609044906/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/orange-new-black-star-laura-prepon-expecting-baby-girl-article-1.3232156|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/babies/laura-prepon-reveals-daughter-name-working-mom/|title=New Mom Laura Prepon Talks Balancing Career with Motherhood&nbsp;– and Reveals Her Daughter's Name|work=People|first=Jen|last=Juneau| date=April 23, 2018|access-date=May 6, 2018}}</ref> Prepon and Foster married in June 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/laura-prepon-ben-foster-are-married/|title=Laura Prepon and Ben Foster Are Married! 'Thank You for All the Love'|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Mike|last=Miller|date=June 3, 2018|access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref> Their second child, a son, was born in February 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cardoza |first1=Riley |title=First Pic! Laura Prepon Gives Birth, Welcomes Baby No. 2 With Ben Foster |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/laura-prepon-gives-birth-to-baby-no-2-with-husband-ben-foster-pic |website=Us Weekly |date=February 26, 2020}}</ref>

|''The Pornographer: A Love Story''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246157/|title=The Pornographer: A Love Story|date=May 2, 2004|websitepublisher=IMDb.com}}</ref>

|Main role (season 1, 3–7), recurring role (season 2); 82 episodes<br />Directed season 5, episode 10: "The Reverse Midas Touch" <br />Directed, season 6, episode 11: "Well This Took a Dark Turn"<br>Directed, season 7, episode 5: "Minority Deport"

|Donna Pinciotti -Forman

|Guest Role;role 3(7 episodes<br>) Director; 2(10 episodes)

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