Laura Prepon

At 44 years old, Laura Prepon has this physical status:

Laura Helene Prepon (born March 7, 1980) is an American actress, director, and author.

Donna Pinciotti appeared on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show (1998–2006).

Alex Vause's role 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.

Come Early Morning (2006), the romantic drama Lay the Favorite (2012), the comedy Lay the Favorite (2012), The Girl on the Train (2016), and the drama The Hero (2017) are among her other films.

Early life

Prepon was born in Watchung, New Jersey. She is the youngest of five children of Marjorie (née Coll), a high school mentor and gourmet home chef, and orthopedic surgeon Michael Prepon. Prepon's father died after heart surgery in 1993 at the age of 49; she was 13 years old at the time. She attended Watchung Hills Regional High School and then studied at the Total Theatre Lab in New York City. Her father, who was of Russian Jewish descent, was Jewish, and her mother, Mary Annette, has Irish Catholic roots. Union Army General Joseph Bradford Carr was her maternal great-grandfather.

Personal life

From 1999 to 2007, Prepon was in a relationship with her That's Show co-star Christopher Masterson.

She dated Scott Michael Foster for several years, but said they had broken up in 2013.

On Live with Kelly and Ryan in June 2017, a pregnant Prepon revealed that she and her fiancé, actor Ben Foster, were expecting a child. In August 2017, Prepon gave birth to Ella, the family's daughter. In June 2018, Prepon and Foster married. Prepon revealed on social media on October 24, 2019. In February 2020, their child, a boy, was born.

Prepon became a Scientologist in 1999. She admitted in 2021 that she hadn't been practicing Scientology since 2016, and that it wasn't even a part of her life.

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Career

When in New York, Prepon appeared in plays including A Woman of Property and Ascension Day. She studied drama with acting coach Caroline Thomas at Thomas' Total Theatre Lab in 1996. Later in September 1997, she premiered on They Go On, a Web-based soap opera hosted by Levi Strauss. Prepon has also worked as a model and has shot photo shoots in Paris, Milan, and Brazil.

On the Fox sitcom That '70s Show from 1998 to 2006, Prepon appeared as Donna Pinciotti. Donna Forman, Eric Forman's niece and next-door neighbor, was the subject (Topher Grace). After Grace left the series, Randy Pearson (Josh Meyers), who was first introduced in the eighth and final seasons of the series, became Donna's third love interest. Prepon attended film school while doing on That '70s Show.'

Prepon co-starred in Slackers (2002), a college drama about three of their best friends who have been banned from attending college for cheating their way into college. In 2002, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for her participation in That '70s Show. She made her film debut in Steve Hanft's musical comedy-drama Southlander, with Beck, Beth Orton, and Hank Williams III, where she appeared in Seven=Five, a young TV telepathic. Prepon appeared on the independent drama film The Pornographer: A Love Story in 2004. The film tells the tale of an obsessive friendship between a filmmaker and an actress.

Prepon was named one of Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" in 2002 and one of Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" in 2005. In Halo 2, which was first introduced in 2004, Prepon made a cameo voice as a United Nations Space Command marine. Bret Harrison, Kevin Gage, and Ashley Laurence were among her first film appearances with the narcotic Lightning Bug in 2004. Prepon also worked as the film's executive producer, expanding into other areas than acting. In 2003, she appeared on an episode of MTV's Cribs.

Prepon appeared in Misha Collins' psychological thriller Karla, based on Paul Bernardo's true story, sexually assaulted, sexually assaulted, and murdered three girls, setting a contrast to her usual lighthearted roles.

She was also an executive producer of E!

The same year was held in Hollywood Hold'em. In the ABC drama October Road, which premiered on March 15, 2007, Prepon co-starred with Bryan Greenberg as Hannah Daniels. Despite high ratings and a grassroots movement from the show's fanbase to keep the show alive, the show was cancelled by ABC on May 12, 2008. She appeared in a dramatic short film Once Upon a Time in April 2007. She appeared in the 2005 Oxygen romantic comedy Romancing the Bride. Hayley Smith appeared on the Fox animated sitcom American Dad, and she was also the first actress for Hayley Smith. In an unaired pilot, she appeared on an unaired pilot. In the USA Network mystery drama "A Frond in Need," Lauren, the long-lost sister of Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack) appeared in "In Plain Sight." Prepon reportedly signed on to appear in Awkward Situations for Men, a pilot on ABC, on February 5, 2010. In the episode "Sorry, Bro," Prepon appeared on CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother as Karen, one of Ted Mosby's girlfriends (Josh Radnor). In 2009 and 2010, she reprised her role in "The Front Porch" and "Say Cheese" in 2009. House M.D. starred her in House of Commons as well. In the episode "Private Lives," Michael Coveney addresses the difference between life and death.

Prepon had been teaching classes at the Art Center College of Design for the past five years. "Upon being privy to his father's murder, she produced Abide with Me," a 10-year-old boy who is rendered mute. Prepon said she intends to make Abide with Me a film.

Prepon appeared in an ABC police procedural drama Castle as an actor training for the role of Nikki Heat, a character developed by Nathan Fillion's title character. Prepon had been working on Neighbros, a web series she produced and edited, starring her then-boyfriend Scott Michael Foster. The series had been sold to Comedy Central, and they had to be the star of the movie. Chelsea Newman, the title character on NBC's Are You There, Chelsea? based on Chelsea Handler's 2008 book Are You There, Vodka? Me, Chelsea, it's me. The show premiered on January 11, 2012, and it was cancelled on May 11, 2012. She appeared in the TBS sitcom Men at Work. Prepon signed on to co-star Taylor Schilling in the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black, based on Piper Kerman's 2010 book Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison. Alex Vause, a former drug importer and girlfriend of Piper Chapman, was portrayed as (Schilling). On July 11, 2013, the series premiered. Prepon appeared in all 13 episodes in the first season but only in four of the 13 episodes. In the third season, she appeared as a series regular.

Prepon and nutritionist Elizabeth Troy co-wrote The Stash Plan, a wellness book that draws on Prepon's experiences with organic foods as a child, as well as her struggles with obesity, low energy, and digestive issues. On The New York Times Best Seller list, the book debuted at number 10 under "Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous." Prepon has expanded her cooking career since releasing The Stash Plan, including the introduction of a line of kitchenware called PrepOn Kitchen and regular posting instructional videos online.

Prepon appeared in the psychological thriller The Girl on the Train, based on Paula Hawkins' book of the same name. In 2017, she appeared in The Hero opposite Sam Elliott in Charlotte. "The Reverse Midas Touch" is Prepon's tenth episode of Orange Is the New Black's fifth season. It was announced on April 30, 2022, that Prepon would appear in That '90s Show, a follow-up sitcom.

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