Natasha Lyonne, who is from the United States and is 43 years old, is an actress and producer. She rose to fame playing Nicky Nichols on the comedy-drama show Orange Is the New Black.
At the age of six she played Opal in Pee-Playhouse. She then appeared in the films Heartburn, Dennis the Menace, and A Man Named Sarge.
The award-winning actress began her film career with a small uncredited role in Heartburn (1986). Some of her films are American Pie (1999), Madhouse (2004), Robots (2005), All About Evil (2010) and Bless The Harts (2020).
Aaron and Yvette Braunstein are Natasha Lyonne’s parents
Natasha Lyonne is one of Aaron and Yvette Braunstein’s two children. She was born on April 4, 1979 in New York City to her parents.
Aaron Braunstein, her father, is a well-known radio host and racing driver. He knows the cartoonist Al Jaffee well and works as a boxing promoter.
Natasha moved to Israel with her parents at a young age. They lived there for a year and a half. After her parents separated, she moved back to the United States with her mother and older brother.
After moving back to New York City, Lyonne attended the private Jewish school, the Ramaz Institution. She said she received a scholarship, could read Aramaic, and attended honorary Talmud events.
Adam Braunstein is Natasha Lyonne’s brother
Natasha Lyonne and her older brother Adam Braunstein grew up together. When her parents split up, they say that their father just left them.
Natasha reportedly went to a Manhattan family court to seek an order to keep her father, Aaron Braunstein, away from her.
Later, when her father’s attorney had to assist in a family matter, the judge dropped the case.
Her father, who lived on the Upper West Side and died in October 2014, was no longer in contact with her. Lyonne has mostly lived alone since she was 16. She says she doesn’t get along with her mother.
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Natasha Lyonne grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family, so she was raised Orthodox.
Her mother, Yvette Braunstein, was born in Paris, France, to Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivors.
Lyonne joked that her family consisted of “Flatbush on my father’s side and Auschwitz on my mother’s side.”
Ella, who was her grandmother, had a large family. Lynne believes that they were the only ones who survived because of their blue eyes and blonde hair.
Lyonne’s grandfather, Morris Buchinger, ran a watch shop in Los Angeles. During the war he hid in Budapest and worked as a non-Jew in a leather shop.
Natasha Lyonne and her husband Fred Armisen have split. What went wrong?
According to the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Lyonne recently announced that she and comedian Fred Armisen are no longer together. The two had been living together in Los Angeles during the COVID pandemic.
She also said that the “common reason” for the split was that they had different tastes and preferences.
“I really think we broke up because I wanted a swimming pool,” the actor told THR.
She also said, “We love each other as much as two people can love each other, and we still talk all the time.” “But Fred doesn’t like a swimming pool.”
Page Six says the two started dating around 2014 after mutual friend Maya Rudolph started it.
A lot of people think that Fred and Natasha are married, but they haven’t tied the knot yet.
Fred was already divorced from actress Elisabeth Moss (2009-2011) and singer Sally Timms before dating Natasha (1998-2004).