Lea DeLaria

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Lea DeLaria Wiki Biography

Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actress, and jazz musician. The “famously controversial” DeLaria was “the first openly gay comic to break the late-night talk-show barrier” with her 1993 appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show.DeLaria has performed stand-up comedy for over 25 years and is a prominent figure in the world of LGBT comedy. She began her career billing herself as “That Fucking Dyke”; she states “I called myself that because I would walk down the street and people would yell (it) at me. But after two years of performing I would walk down the street and people would yell (it) at me and I wouldn’t know if they were a fan or not!” IMDB Wikipedia $1.5 million 1958 1958-5-23 Actress Belleville Edge of Seventeen (1998) Gemini Homo Heights (1998) Illinois Lea DeLaria Lea DeLaria Net Worth May 23 Orange Is the New Black (2013) Soundtrack The First Wives Club (1996) U.S. Writer

Lea DeLaria Quick Info

Full Name Lea DeLaria
Net Worth $1.5 Million
Date Of Birth May 23, 1958
Place Of Birth Belleville, Illinois, U.S.
Profession Actress, Soundtrack, Writer
Nationality American, American
Parents Robert DeLaria, Jerry DeLaria, Robert DeLaria, Jerry DeLaria
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Awards Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Obie Award for Performance, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Obie Award for Performance
Nominations Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Movies Bear with Us, The Same Difference, Dear Dumb Diary, Ass Backwards, Edge of Seventeen, Homo Heights, Outlaugh: The Best of Queer Comedy, Fat Rose and Squeaky
TV Shows The Oblongs, Orange Is the New Black, The Oblongs, Orange Is the New Black, The Beat

Lea DeLaria Quotes

  • I was basically disowned by my Italian Catholic parents when I came out. They didn’t speak to me for five years. Over a course of time however – mostly through my rubbing their faces in it – they came around to a place of peace with who I am.
  • [on whose musical style she was most influenced] John Coltrane. He spent a lifetime trying to sound unique and to have his own style. As a jazz musician I find it very important to find my own style – which is why it’s very interesting that whenever reviewers review me, they compare me to a laundry list of other singers. We’re talking everyone from Bjork to Ethel Merman..The reality is, I sound like me. I’m just able to sing in a variety of styles. And that’s how I try to find my own.
  • My idea as far as comedy goes has always been able to push the limits of what’s acceptable for a woman to do or say or be. My hero in that would be Lenny Bruce, who teaches us that words have no meaning. It’s the intent behind them is that is what’s important.
  • As a standup, I tried to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room. Not necessarily in that order.
  • It’s a cosmic joke that I’m a lesbian because I understand men so completely and women are a total mystery to me. … Women are the most confusing, annoying people in the world.

Lea DeLaria Important Facts

  • Famously controversial for her irreverent commentary, DeLaria was the first openly gay comic to break the late-night talk-show barrier with her 1993 appearance on “The Arsenio Hall Show”.
  • She attended kindergarten through 8th grade at St Mary’s Elementary School in Belleville, and has referenced her Catholic upbringing in her performances.
  • In December 1993 she hosted Comedy Central’s Out There, the first all-gay stand-up comedy special.
  • Performed as Jane in the 1998 Off Broadway production of Paul Rudnick’s “The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told,” a gay retelling of the Bible.
  • DeLaria released two CD recordings of her comedy, Bulldyke in a China Shop (1994) and Box Lunch (1997). She has also written a humorous book entitled Lea’s Book of Rules for the World.
  • Daughter of Italian Robert (a social worker and jazz pianist) and Jerry (a homemaker) DeLaria.
  • An outspoken actress, director, singer, comedian, and writer, she began singing in jazz clubs as a teenager before extending herself successfully into stand-up comedy in the early 1980s.
  • Made her recording Warner Bros. debut in 2000. Hailed by the Times as “the Best Jazz Album of 2001”. Her second album, Double Standards, received rave reviews in the UK and US press.
  • Was seen on Broadway in “On The Town”, from which she sang the song “I Can Cook, Too” on the Broadway Leading Ladies show.
  • Seen in the 2000 Broadway revival of “The Rocky Horror Show” as two male characters, Eddie / Dr. Scott.

Lea DeLaria Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Orange Is the New Black 2013-2017 TV Series Big Boo Actress
Clarence 2014-2016 TV Series EJ / Nurse / Incidental Lady / … Actress
Bear with Us 2016 Chief Ranger Stewart (voice) Actress
The Jim Gaffigan Show 2015 TV Series Lea DeLaria Actress
Awkward. 2014 TV Series Tattooist Actress
Dear Dumb Diary 2013 TV Movie Ms. Bruntford Actress
Ass Backwards 2013 Deb Actress
Submissions Only 2012 TV Series Auditioner #4 Actress
Californication 2012 TV Series Debbie Actress
One Life to Live 2008-2011 TV Series Madame Delphina
Professor Del Fina
Professor Delbert Fina
Actress
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2009 TV Series Frankie Actress
Fat Rose and Squeaky 2006 Fat Rose Actress
Mercury in Retrograde 2004 Short Betsy Brick Actress
Will & Grace 2003 TV Series Nurse Carver Actress
The Job 2002 TV Series Kiki Actress
The Oblongs 2001 TV Series Helga Phugly Actress
Further Tales of the City 2001 TV Mini-Series Willie Omiak Actress
The Beat 2000 TV Series Kathy Speck Actress
Edge of Seventeen 1998 Angie Actress
Homo Heights 1998 Clementine Actress
In Through the Out Door 1998 TV Movie Various Characters Actress
Plump Fiction 1997 Mr. Purple Actress
The Drew Carey Show 1997 TV Series Jewel Actress
Rescuing Desire 1996 Sadie Actress
The First Wives Club 1996 Elise’s Fan (as Lea De Laria) Actress
Friends 1996 TV Series Woman Actress
Saved by the Bell: The New Class 1995 TV Series Miss Hearst Actress
OP Center 1995 TV Movie Capt. White Actress
The John Larroquette Show 1994-1995 TV Series Loreli / Lorelei Actress
Matlock 1994 TV Series Det. Pat Poletti / Det. Pat Jordan Actress
Orange Is the New Black 2013 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
So You Think You Can Dance 2010 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The 55th Annual Tony Awards 2001 TV Special performer: “The Time Warp” Soundtrack
Great Performances 1999 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Edge of Seventeen 1998 performer: “Blue Skies” Soundtrack
In Through the Out Door 1998 TV Movie Writer
Ptown Diaries 2009 Documentary DeLaria Self
Outlaugh! 2006 Herself – Stand-Up Comic Self
The Award Show Awards Show 2003 TV Special documentary Herself Self
Just for Laughs 2002 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Cabaret Live! 2001 TV Series Herself Self
The 55th Annual Tony Awards 2001 TV Special Herself – Performer Self
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1998-1999 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Great Performances 1999 TV Series Herself – Performer Self
We’re Funny That Way 1998 Documentary Herself Self
Out There in Hollywood 1995 TV Movie Herself Self
Out There 2 1994 TV Movie Herself Self
The Arsenio Hall Show 1993-1994 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Out There 1993 TV Special Herself Self
Camp Christmas 1993 TV Movie Herself Self
The Word 1993 TV Series Herself Self
In the Life 1992 TV Series documentary Guest Host (1993) Self
Equal Means Equal 2016 Documentary Herself Self
Conan 2014-2016 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Access Hollywood Live 2016 TV Series Herself Self
Broadway.com 2016 Tony Awards Special 2016 TV Movie Herself Self
22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2016 TV Special Herself – Winner: Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Self
Ice & Coco 2015 TV Series Herself Self
The View 2014-2015 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest Self
Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself – Comédienne Self
Today 2015 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The Same Difference 2015 Documentary Self
The Soup 2015 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Cocktails & Classics 2015 TV Series Herself Self
Red Nose Day 2015 TV Special Herself Self
The Broadway.com Show 2013-2014 TV Series Herself Self
HuffPost Live Conversations 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The Noite com Danilo Gentili 2014 TV Series Herself Self
A World of Dreams: Voices from the Out100 2013 Documentary Herself Self
The Drunken Peasants 2014 TV Series Herself Archive Footage

Lea DeLaria Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2016 Best Ensemble Cast Orlando Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast in a Feature Film Bear with Us (2016) Won
2016 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black (2013) Won
2015 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black (2013) Won
2016 Best Ensemble Cast Orlando Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast in a Feature Film Bear with Us (2016) Nominated
2016 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black (2013) Nominated
2015 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black (2013) Nominated