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Natasha Lyonne (born Natasha Braunstein on April 4,
1979) is an American actress.
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Birth name Natasha Braunstein
Born April 4, 1979 (age 27)
New York City, New York United States
Notable roles Jessica in American Pie
Megan in But I'm a Cheerleader
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Biography
Early
life
Lyonne was born in New York City, New York to Aaron
Braunstein, a former boxing promoter and race-car driver, and Yvette Lyonne, a
product licensing consultant and former ballerina. Lyonne grew up in a
conservative Jewish household and lived in Israel with her family during her
childhood; her maternal grandparents are Holocaust survivors.[1] When her
parents divorced, Lyonne moved back to New York and lived with her mom and older
brother Adam in a one-bedroom apartment.
Angry and confused over the divorce of her parents,
Lyonne hated her high school years and spent time in several schools. She first
attended private Jewish school at Ramaz in Manhattan. Natasha's frustration
during these years caused her to get into fistfights and skip school in order to
be alone and away from peers. Her mother moved then to Miami, where she attended
Miami Country Day School. At sixteen, she left her mother in Miami and moved
back to New York on her own. She later dropped out of school to start making
movies.
Career
Lyonne began acting at an early age with her first
role as "Opal" on Pee-wee's Playhouse. She appeared in the 1990 film A Man
Called Sarge during the time her family lived in Israel. As a teenager, she
worked with Woody Allen in Everyone Says I Love You, an experience so
intimidating she remembers being afraid to smoke in front of the renowned
director.[citation needed]
Lyonne is perhaps best known for her roles in the
first two American Pie films as the wise-cracking feminist "Jessica." She has
also appeared in more than thirty other movies, including starring roles in the
independent films Slums of Beverly Hills and But I'm a Cheerleader. Lyonne also
starred opposite Macaulay Culkin in Party Monster in 2003, a dramatization of
the Michael Alig story. As the character of "Brooke," Lyonne donned a fat suit
and dreadlocks.
Personal life
Lyonne dated actor Edward Furlong, who she met on
the set of Detroit Rock City, from 1998 to 2000. She became friends with actor
Michael Rapaport in 1997 and later rented an apartment in a building he owned on
East 18th Street. In 2005, Rapaport evicted her and wrote an account of the
matter in May 2005's issue of Jane Magazine. He said problems began in 2003 when
Lyonne's heavy partying and harassment of tenants triggered complaints. After
her eviction, he went to inspect her apartment and found it trashed.[2]
Singer and former neighbour Rufus Wainwright wrote
a song about her called "Natasha" included on his 2003-released album Want One.
Legal
troubles
On August 28, 2001, Lyonne was arrested by Miami
Beach police after hitting a road sign with her rented Dodge and trying to flee
the scene. An officer who witnessed the incident said Lyonne refused to take a
breathalyzer test and told him, "I'm a movie star. Can I talk to my
entertainment lawyer?" Actor Adam Goldberg was riding in the car at the time.
Lyonne later pled guilty to driving under the influence and received six months
of probation and 50 hours of community service.[3] In December 2004, Lyonne was
arrested after verbally threatening her neighbor, breaking a mirror in the
neighbor's apartment, and threatening to sexually molest the neighbor's dog. She
spent a night in jail before being arraigned on charges of criminal mischief,
harassment, and trespassing. In April 2005, an arrest warrant was issued for
Lyonne for failure to appear in court on the charges. Prosecutors say she showed
up, but arrived an hour late and only stayed 30 minutes.[4] Police were unable
to locate Lyonne until reports of her hospitalization in August. In January
2006, another arrest warrant was issued for her after she missed another
hearing. Lyonne's laywer said an emergency came up, but he didn't specify.[5]
Hospitalization
In August 2005, the New York Post reported that
Lyonne was in Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan under a pseudonym, and had
been there for over a month after being transferred from Bellevue Hospital. She
reportedly suffered from hepatitis C, a heart infection, and a collapsed lung.
She was also allegedly undergoing methadone treatment for a heroin addiction and
had track marks on her body.[6] The Post also reported that Lyonne had been
homeless and on the streets after her eviction by Rapaport. In an interview with
Access Hollywood, Lyonne's father denied she was homeless and said he might take
legal action against the hospital for breaking the confidentiality of Lyonne's
status.[7]
Lyonne is currently filming Goyband in New York
City.
Selected filmography
Heartburn (1986) (uncredited)
Pee-Wee's Playhouse (1986) (TV series) (1986–1987)
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
American Pie (1999)
Detroit Rock City (1999)
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV)
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
American Pie 2 (2001)
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
Party Monster (2003)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Robots (2005) (voice)
Max And Grace (2005)
Francis Hamper (2005)
References
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Footnotes
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^ New York Metro. November 27,
2000. Retrieved on July 16, 2006.
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^ New York Daily News. American
Pie' star got crusty, sez actor. Retrieved on July 16, 2006.
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^ E! Online. Pie Star Cops a
Plea. Retrieved on July 16, 2006.
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^ E! Online. Wanted: Natasha
Lyonne. Retrieved on July 16, 2006.
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^ E! Online. Another Warrant for
Lyonne's Arrest. Retrieved on July 16, 2006.
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^ MSNBC. American Pie star’s
fight for life. Retrieved on July 16, 2006.
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^ E! Online. Lyonne in Limbo at
Hospital. Retrieved on July 16, 2006.
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