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Aug 31, 2023 · Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black) and Nicole da Silva (Doctor Doctor) speak to ABC News Breakfast about their latest series, One Night, and how their own powerful personal relationships with ...
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Aug 7, 2019 · 'Orange Is the New Black' stars Kate Mulgrew, Yael Stone and Uzo Aduba speak about how the Netflix prison dramedy explores mental illness, trauma and the detrimental effects of solitary ...
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Elana Stone (sister) Yael Stone is an Australian actress. She has worked extensively in Australian theatre and has won two Sydney Theatre Awards. On screen, she is best known for her portrayal of Lorna Morello in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. Stone is also known for her support of abortion rights and climate protection, and has ...
- Yael Stone was born in Sydney, Australia to Jewish parents. She has described herself as an atheist, explaining, “I’m really proud of where I’ve come from and really proud of my family, but I don’t have a strict relationship with God or with religion … When I was 12, I was studying Hebrew and getting ready to do my bat mitzvah and I sat down with my dad and I said: ‘Hey listen, I don’t know if I’m really comfortable with this, because here I am talking about God and I don’t know if I feel it.’
- She started her professional life on the stage. In Sydney, she starred in play called A Golem Story, where Stone’s Jewish background helped her understand the legend of golem.
- Her father, Harry Stone, was born in Czechoslovakia, and is the son of Holocaust survivors. Stone explains, “He’s a first-generation child of Holocaust survivors, so he didn’t really get to indulge a lot of [his] creative instincts.”
- She caught a big break when she was cast as Lorna Morello in Orange is the New Black, which she has been a part of since 2013. Lorna’s memorable accent — a mixture of Brooklyn and Boston — was called “the most amazing accent on television.”
Jul 15, 2014 · An Orange Is the New Black season 2 interview with Natasha Lyonne, who plays Nicky Nichols, and Yael Stone, who plays Lorna Morello on the Netflix series. From Weeds creator Jenji Kohan, Orange is ...
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Aug 23, 2013 · Yael Stone’s Lorna Morello is one of the most memorable characters on the hit Netflix series “Orange is the New Black.” ... Any talk of recent news stories about mandatory drug sentencing on ...
Jan 9, 2018 · News. View all News; US news; US elections 2024; Donald Trump trials; World news; Environment; Ukraine; ... Yael Stone as Lorna and Kimiko Glenn as Brook in the second season of Orange is the New ...
